Books by Laurie Frankel
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review 1: Sam is a computer geek who works for an online dating company. He creates an algorithm that will find the perfect match for the subscribers. Unfortunately, that is not good for repeat business for the company and Sam loses his job. But before he is fired, his experiment with t...
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review 1: I'm not 100% sure, but I think this book would be an example of metafiction. The narrator (and she describes herself as an unreliable narrator) is an English professor. There's talk about narration, tragedy vs. comedy, convention, etc. I loved all that.The main premise of the ...
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review 1: what would you do to see a loved one whos passed away? just to speak one last time or to speak everyday just to feel close to them again?. This book is based on exactly that. you will either agree or disagree with this book. you will either agree that everyone should mourn proper...
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review 1: I really liked this book, right from the very beginning. All of the characters are extremely likeable, and the dialogue and narrative are both believeable. Basically, Sam creates a computer program that will allow his girlfriend to communicate electronically with her deceased g...
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review 1: I really liked this book. It was a great book about friendship. I was surprised that after the baby was born it really glossed over how difficult a newborn is. I appreciated that the character, Katie, was a pretty good representation of a "Mormon" (member of the Church of Jesus C...
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review 1: I wasn't expecting to like this very much because it had chick-lit written all over it. And it is that, but it also engages a broader tradition of chick-lit: Austen, the Brontes, etc. Three women -- graduate students working towards Ph.Ds in literature -- work to define and simul...