| Sex as a Second Language Contributor(s): Kwitney, Alisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743268946 ISBN-13: 9780743268943 Publisher: Atria Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: In the tradition of "Desperate Housewives" and "Sex and the City," Kwitney's newest novel is about a Manhattan woman who discovers it's not as easy to abandon men as she had thought. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Contemporary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.37" W x 8.25" (0.68 lbs) 352 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A teacher of English as a second language, forty-year-old Katherine Miner is an expert on idiomatic phrases and subtle verbal cues. When it comes to the opposite sex, however, she's baffled enough to choose early retirement from the dating game. It's not that she hates men, it's just that she doesn't trust them. After all, her soon-to-be ex-husband has dropped all contact with their son, and her own father disappeared from her life thirty years ago. And then Kat meets Magnus Grimmson, a tall, good-looking, tongue-tied Icelander in the front row of her class. Magnus doesn't appear to pose any threat -- in fact, he seems to understand less about women than Kat does about men. But just when Kat considers risking a little intimacy, her father reappears in her life, causing unexpected complications. Emotionally torn, Kat is left to question whom she can trust -- and to realize that she still has a lot to learn about men and the kind of communication they don't teach in school. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kwitney, Alisa: - Alisa Kwitney is the author of On the Couch, Does She or Doesn't She?, The Dominant Blonde, Till the Fat Lady Sings, and the forthcoming Flirting in Cars. Her books have been translated into Russian, German, and Japanese. A former comic book editor with DC Comics/Vertigo, Kwitney holds an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Columbia University. She lives with her family in the Hudson River Valley and New York City. Visit her website at www.alisakwitney.com. |