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NY-based travel writer Claire is bored with her life. Her last significant romance ended with him leaving the country to get away from her. When she is seated next to a sexy stranger on a flight to London, they hit it off and arrange to hook up after he ends his current unsatisfying relationship. Not expecting to ever see him again, she is surprised when he calls and arranges to show her around London.

Imagine her surprise when she discovers that her new man, Jack is Jack Harrison, the man that just dumped her best friend Maddy (though Maddy refers to him only as "Harrison"). It wouldn't be so bad - after all, she did not know who he was, except that Maddy is obsessed with getting back with Jack, while Claire might just be falling in love.

They continue to have a trans-Atlantic romance, and Claire never gets around to telling Maddy about it, even though she knows that Maddy is threatening to hire a private detective.

Claire suffers from self-esteem issues and can never really understand why Jack wants her. She is suspicious of his intentions, and it does not help when those closest to her feed into her ego problems. Will she tempt fate and allow herself to fall for the man who seemed to be born to love her? Is Jack a good guy or a bad guy?

Gaskell follows up her excellent debut with a charming story about two unlikely but perfectly suited people fated to find each other despite the odds.


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True Love and Other Lies A Novel Whitney Gaskell 9780553382259 Books Reviews

I really wanted to like this book. Really, really, really wanted to. In many ways I identified with the heroine and found it funny and sweet, but mostly it just fell flat for me.

While there are aspects of the heroine's personality that I liked, mostly I found her to be unlikable. Perhaps things weren't explained well enough, but I thought she was mostly very abrasive to those around her and while she was funny and snarky, about halfway through the book I realized that she's just plain rude to most people. She battles with her coworkers and though they certainly left much to be desired, she would go out of her way to push their buttons in passive-aggressive ways. When the hero shows up, she is constantly pushing him away to the point where I had a hard time understanding why he continually pursued her.

I liked the story because I thought it was funny and there were parts that were very sweet. Yes, it had it's happy ever after ending, but the climax and characters left much to be desired.
Heroine full-figured, voluptuous

Claire Spencer isn't bitter about love, oh no. Seeing her parents divorce didn't leave a bad taste about marriage in her mouth. And having her lover flee her didn't affect her in the least. Not at all.

So when an attractive fellow American catches her eye on a trans-Atlantic flight, she's surprised and a bit suspicious that he'd hit on a bigger girl like herself, but decides that engaging in a little harmless flirtation to pass the time would be reasonable. But she didn't count on falling hard for him during that overnight flight. And Jack (think Owen Wilson meets Matthew McConaughey) was wonderful enough for her to reconsider the dating scene, right up until he dropped the other shoe. He was in a relationship, albeit one he was about to end.

And what's even more distressing, Claire knows the girlfriend in question very well indeed. She swears to herself that she will not get involved in the upcoming romantic mess, but she's so drawn to Jack that she just can't help it. And before long she's entangled in a web of lies, deceit, and guilt.

What good is it to have a great new guy in your life if you can't actually talk about him and feel guilty for even knowing him?

What worked for me

I totally get Claire's interest in reading high-end home decor magazines and wanting not just the profiled homes but the lives of their owners. I, too, wish I could be in a gourmet kitchen serenely washing baby arugula leaves, but my lifestyle and personality dictate that instead I lift my feet as kids and cats race under them while I give the iceberg lettuce a quick pass by swishing the core into the trash can, so be it. It's probably not going anywhere, so I'll pick it up later.

The litany of movies in this story was a blast from the past for this child of the 80s.

I enjoyed the cute little email exchanges between Claire and Jack, but things got a bit confusing when other people were added to the correspondence. Of course, I imagine it was a bit confusing for Claire too.

Size-wise Claire sounded abundant, but only in the way she thought of herself. At the end of the story we find out that she is tall, a size 14, and built along the lines of a young Liz Taylor.

What didn't work for me

It was fine for me, but some folks might not enjoy the first person point of view.

The story could have used a tad more polishing in spots. And Claire's low self-esteem and unwillingness to sort out her own life really annoyed me at times. (But mainly because it hit too close to home for comfort's sake.)

Overall

             "True Love and Other Lies" is a quick and funny read. Worth picking up for that last visit to the beach this summer.

Warning there are some coarse words and sexual scenarios in this book.

If you liked "True Love and Other Lies" you might also enjoy "The Way It Is", "Inappropriate Men", "The High Price of a Good Man", "Bridget Jones's Diary", "Good in Bed", "Coffee and Kung Fu", "Separation Anxiety", "Jemima J.", "Waking Beauty", and "Fat Chance".
A not so typical love story for the cynical (no-such-thing-as-love-at-first-sight kind of woman. This was a great read that I couldn't stop reading.
You'll definitely want to find out what happens to Claire!
WOW, I'm sad to say I learned something about my family life from reading this book. Some of the situations the characters went through hit too close to home.
I'll save you the synopsis since many others already described the book. (One person even included the "mystery" Claire discovers which is the best part to embark upon) The author is quite comical in her descriptions of both people and situations. She makes funny little side comments in ( ) that I especially found to be cute and uncommon when reading similar books. I really enjoyed the style and whit portrayed.

If you've had bad luck finding and holding onto love, you MUST pick up this book! It's a great pleasure to read. Enjoy!
NY-based travel writer Claire is bored with her life. Her last significant romance ended with him leaving the country to get away from her. When she is seated next to a sexy stranger on a flight to London, they hit it off and arrange to hook up after he ends his current unsatisfying relationship. Not expecting to ever see him again, she is surprised when he calls and arranges to show her around London.

Imagine her surprise when she discovers that her new man, Jack is Jack Harrison, the man that just dumped her best friend Maddy (though Maddy refers to him only as "Harrison"). It wouldn't be so bad - after all, she did not know who he was, except that Maddy is obsessed with getting back with Jack, while Claire might just be falling in love.

They continue to have a trans-Atlantic romance, and Claire never gets around to telling Maddy about it, even though she knows that Maddy is threatening to hire a private detective.

Claire suffers from self-esteem issues and can never really understand why Jack wants her. She is suspicious of his intentions, and it does not help when those closest to her feed into her ego problems. Will she tempt fate and allow herself to fall for the man who seemed to be born to love her? Is Jack a good guy or a bad guy?

Gaskell follows up her excellent debut with a charming story about two unlikely but perfectly suited people fated to find each other despite the odds.