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 Something Blue - Emily Giffin
 Something Blue - Emily Giffin ... Rhone used to think that 'being down and out' meant not finding a size four at the Barney's Warehouse Sale. Now she is pregnant, unmarried and recovering from a broken engagement to Dex and the betrayal of her ex-best friend Rachel, who stole Dex's affections. For the first time in her life, she is completely alone. Frantically casting around for help, she calls upon Ethan, an old high school friend, and convinces him to let her stay with him in London for a few weeks to get her act together. Little does she know what she's in for when she boards the plane to cross the Atlantic, but as weeks turn into months, Darcy makes a surprising discovery. Preparing for motherhood and settling into a new career, she builds herself a new life from scratch, finally finding romance - in the most unexpected place ...Newest Review: ... faces and how they affect her. We begin at a time when everything revolves around Darcy and how she feels. The character of ... more ... Darcy really annoyed me from the beginning, although I think that was the intention of Emily Giffin who begins the prologue with Darcy saying "I was born beautiful". This sets the tone for Darcy's character until a good way through the novel. I could sympathise with Rachel because as was pointed out by the friend she stays with in London, Rachel has always played second fiddle to Darcy. However I started to like Darcy when she developed as a result of everything that happens and she stops being so self centre...more |
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Something Blue - Emily Giffin: Something blue (618 words)
by - written on 03/06/08 (Very useful, 150 readings)
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Something Blue - Emily Giffin Darcy Rhone has it all really; she's successful, beautiful and engaged to a successful lawyer who she was introduced to through her best friend Rachel who has worshipped Darcy since they were at elementary school together in Indianapolis. Darcy wants to imitate her mother's perfect life with beauty and a perfect life. She follows Rachel to New York and everything is set for her to set up the Manhattan version of her mother's life. However her perfect world comes crashing down around her when her engagement is broken off, and she finds out why when she arrives at Rachel's apartment. She moves to London in an attempt to ... Read the complete review
Alone, pregnant and friendless.... (803 words)
by - written on 13/02/08 (Very useful, 118 readings)
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This book is a follow up to what happened in Emily Giffin's debut novel, 'Something Borrowed'. I was really looking forward to reading this as I thoroughly enjoyed her first book. THE STORY -- The book starts out as 'Something Borrwed' ended. Darcy is hysterical as she's just found her fiancé in her best friends closet. Days before that she discovered she was pregnant...and the father isn't her fiancé. Darcy soon realises that being alone, pregnant and without a best friend is not a good look in New York. She tries to replace her best friend Rachael with another long time friend, Claire, but she soon realises that nobody can replace her ... Read the complete review
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