Kate Hollis s ex-boyfriend s face plasters newsstands and TV, the Internet, and the multiplex. Jake Sharpe is one of the biggest recording stars on the planet, and every song he s famous for is about Kate. For over a decade his soundtrack has chased her from the gym to the supermarket, from the dentist s office to the bars. Now thirty-year-old Kate gets the call that Jake has finally landed back in their Vermont hometown for an MTV special. The moment she has been waiting for has arrived. On the eve of their prom, Jake ...
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Kate Hollis s ex-boyfriend s face plasters newsstands and TV, the Internet, and the multiplex. Jake Sharpe is one of the biggest recording stars on the planet, and every song he s famous for is about Kate. For over a decade his soundtrack has chased her from the gym to the supermarket, from the dentist s office to the bars. Now thirty-year-old Kate gets the call that Jake has finally landed back in their Vermont hometown for an MTV special. The moment she has been waiting for has arrived. On the eve of their prom, Jake Sharpe vanished, resurfacing when his song Losing about his and Kate s first sexual experience shot to the top of the Billboard charts. And the hits kept coming, each more personal than the one before. Now Kate gets her chance to confront Jake and reclaim her past. But after eleven years of enduring protracted and far-from-private heartbreak, everyone in Kate s life has a stake in how this plays out. Kate must risk betraying the friends Jake abandoned, the band-mates whose songs he plundered, and her own parents, who fear this will dredge up a shared past more painful than any of them want to acknowledge. But after getting the call in the dead of night and jumping on a plane, can she turn back now? "Newsweek" dubbed "The Nanny Diaries" a national phenomenon and the "New Republic" proclaimed, Thank God for "Citizen Girl." Now McLaughlin and Kraus have written a poignant, humorous tale about modern celebrity obsession and coming of age during the divorce boom. With flawless depictions of the 1980s, a charismatic heroine, and their signature biting wit, the authors offer up another lively and hilarious tale of a smart young woman looking for satisfaction in the chaos of contemporary culture. "
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In this book the fantasy of a second chance becomes reality for Kate, whose high school boyfriend Jake dumps her by not showing up to prom and leaving town. He resurfaces in Hollywood as a huge rock star via a string of hit songs, all seemingly based on the intimate details of his relationship with Kate.
When Jake returns to their hometown, Kate also returns, fully prepared to hold him accountable for the long list of humiliations he has subjected her to for the past thirteen years.
I laughed out loud in so many places. The inside of Kate?s head is a wild, crazy, yet disturbingly familiar place. My memories precisely mimic the authors? descriptions of raiding my parents? closets and meticulously piecing together elaborate outfits but never looking quite as great as Molly Ringwald.
The characters are endearing. Kate is smart, quick-witted, and funny. Laura is the best kind of best friend - supportive, encouraging, fearless and honest. Jake is infuriatingly charming.
We get one tidy bit of satisfaction in that the Barbie that made the girls so miserable (every school has one) ends up managing a convenience store while Kate is an exec for a sustainable environment managing company. (Hee!) But that is the only tidy wrap-up. Resolving the other high school horrors is slightly more complicated for Kate.
McLaughlin also wrote The Nanny Diaries, which I absolutely yawned through, despite its rave reviews. Stories of rich people fumbling aimlessly through their own excess are funny to me for about 50 pages, then I just get sad.
On the other hand, hanging out with Kate for 200+ pages while her emotions bounced around between regret and revenge was all of embarrassing, cathartic, and very entertaining.
