The Making of Minty Malone - Softcover

Wolff, Isabel

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9780007305131: The Making of Minty Malone

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ISBN 10: 0007305133 ISBN 13: 9780007305131

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2008

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London Radio Reporter, Minty, is terribly nice. But being nice doesn't save her from being jilted at the very altar by her domineering fiance, Dominic. Ditched rather than hitched, a shocked Minty takes stock, and on her husbandless honeymoon she vows to become just a little less 'nice'. Joined by her fiery cousin Amber, whom no-one could describe as sweet-natured, Minty sets out on a quest for the Self, in which she will finally learn how to say 'No.' But Dominic's devastating desertion has left her with an unhealed wound. For if the man she loves could do that to her, then how can any man be trusted? But then Minty stubles upon the real reason for Dominic's dreadful defection. Faced with the ugly truth she prepares to move on, let go, and learn how to say 'Yes' once more. The re-issued second novel from the internationally best-selling author of 'A Vintage Affair'.

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About the Author:

Isabel Wolff's poigant novels are published in 30 languages and have sold five million copies worldwide. A former BBC journalist, she lives in London's Notting Hill with her partner, their children and the family's cocker spaniel. For more information about Isabel and her books please visit ww.IsabelWolff.com, 'Isabel Wolff Author' on Facebook, @IsabelWolff on Twitter, or Isabel_Wolff_Author on Instagram,

From Publishers Weekly:

From the author of The Trials of Tiffany Trott comes an amusing tale about Minty Malone's year-long recovery after being jilted at the altar by her insurance salesman fianc?, the self-righteous Dominic. Determined to overcome the "Dominic Effect," Minty, a London radio reporter, gives her engagement ring to a street musician, takes off on a Paris honeymoon with her bridesmaid, and enrolls in a seminar on how not to be so helplessly nice that everyone takes advantage of her. Minty's workplace (in which she must compete with a lisping coworker for the job of presenter and fend off letters from a stalker) and home life (where cousin Amber and her obnoxious parrot have just moved in) prove to be fertile settings for the author's unwavering sense of humor and offhand wit. Wolff's talent for outrageous characters, like Minty's hopeless, "philanthropoholic" mother who supports such charities as the Canine Prosthetics Association, and the Boys'R'Us male escort who can't quit discussing his bowel problems, more than makes up for the novel's sappy ending. (July)
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