The Thing About Jane Spring - Hardcover

Krum, Sharon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670034177 ISBN 13: 9780670034178

Publisher: Viking Adult, 2005

Synopsis

Struggling to find romance in spite of her intelligence, attractiveness, and promising career in the Manhattan D.A.'s office, Jane Spring models herself after Doris Day in the hope that a more feminine, pink-clad persona will land her the man of her dreams. By the author of Walk of Fame. 40,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author

Sharon Krum is a freelance journalist who writes for major fashion and news magazines around the world. Her first novel, Walk of Fame, was published in 2001.

From the Inside Flap

"Here's the thing about Sharon Krum: she knows how to make you laugh, and she'll do so relentlessly. THE THING ABOUT JANE SPRING isn't just about one woman's search for true love; it's a paean to a world straddling the border between fairy tales and feminism, where Doris Day and Cary Grant spend their days arguing legal matters and their nights nuzzling over pillow talk. Jane Spring is a character perfectly suited to our modern times: she's tough yet tender, abrasive yet sensitive, completely confused about her life's direction, and endlessly entertaining."
-- Eric Garcia, author of Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys and Matchstick Men

Reviews

One of the first things the reader learns about the leggy blonde heroine of Krum's sprightly, high-concept novel (after Walk of Fame) is that she can't keep a man. An assistant DA for the city of New York, Jane Spring soon discovers her aggressive personality might have something to do with it—she overhears colleagues describe her as a "ball-breaker." The daughter of a general, Jane was trained to value honor, duty and discipline and to "study all the strengths and weaknesses of your opponent before you go into battle," an approach that doesn't serve her well when it comes to dating. Comically, Krum sets Jane on a softer plan of attack. Jane watches a Doris Day marathon on TV and has a drunken epiphany: men want "kittens, not tigers," and she will become the sweet-as-honey Doris Day, since Doris always got the guy. So she dons her grandmother's vintage clothes instead of her usual shapeless black suits, paints her apartment yellow and becomes nice to everyone, including scheming playboy Chip Bancroft, competing counsel in the murder case that will make or break Jane's career. Over the course of this confection, Jane learns to maintain her integrity while softening her edge.
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Jane Spring is on a horrible first date. Food is gobbled, conversation is littered with thinly disguised insults, and sexual performance is questioned. And it's all Jane's fault. The beautiful, brainy, successful attorney is militaristic in her approach to all life's situations, including her social life. When she is dumped at the end of yet another in a string of endless first dates, Jane finally understands--it's not them, it's her. Trapped in her apartment by a blizzard with two bottles of wine and a Doris Day movie marathon, Jane hits on a plan for a total makeover. She will channel Doris and get her man, whoever he is. Her transformation into the '50s icon astonishes her coworkers, charms the jurors in her latest trial, and befuddles the opposing counsel, a former law-school buddy. A charming modern fairy tale with all the essential chick-lit elements: witty banter, quirky secondary characters, dueling love interests, and personal makeovers. This frothy summer confection will please fans of single-in-the-city comic romance. Kaite Mediatore
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Edition details

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670034177
• ISBN 13: 9780670034178
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 315