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A witty, sometimes hilarious, sometimes heart-wrenching story about relationships, writing, and getting real.
March 2011
On Sale: March 15, 2011
Featuring: Andi Cutrone; Devin
220 pages
ISBN: 1935597353
EAN: 9781935597353
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Contemporary Women's Fiction
In FAKING IT we meet Andi Cutrone, a thirty-something
writing professor whose personal life is in flux after she
breaks off her engagement. Deciding to yield New England to
her ex, Andi moves home to Long Island and new teaching
position at Brooklyn University, eager to get a fresh start
on her career and herself. Things seem to be going
according to plan, Andi’s classes are invigorating and
she’s enjoying the company of her best friend and
colleague, Maggie. Then, just when Andi seems to be finding
her footing, she meets Devin, a male escort whose client
list seems to include at least half of the accomplished
women she knows.
Devin, totally handsome and charming (and decidedly out of
her league), has something else underneath his sexy
exterior that piques Andi’s interest. So she proposes
a “teaching” arrangement: each of them will educate the
other in what they know best. Devin will teach Andi to be a
better lover, and she’ll teach him to be a writer. With
that, their unconventional “instructional” arrangement
begins. But what starts out as a clear-cut contract slowly
develops into a deeper, unexpected relationship. In the
midst of lessons in rhetorical theory and foreplay, Andi
and Devin delve into profound questions about everything
from art to love to politics, stripping away the emotional
walls each has built up, and ultimately opening themselves
up to each other and the rest of the world.
As Andi and Devin discover just how much they’ve been
faking in their everyday lives, their charged banter
ignites on the page. More romantic comedy than romance,
with just the right amount of drama added in, FAKING IT is
a smart, witty, and introspective debut.
Comments
5 comments posted.
Re: Faking It
I have to say that I found your blog a lot deeper than most, as well as very interesting. Your book has quite a different slant from the others out there, and I'm willing to give it a shot. Perhaps we should look at life from your perspective, at least for a while. It might make us a little more open-minded to the things around us, as well as the people we are involved with. Thank you for another way of looking at life.
(Peggy Roberson 12:15pm February 21, 2011)
I agree with Peggy in that your blog is deeper than most. It also left me feeling a bit inadequate, but maybe I'm just not used to that level of rhetoric.
(Karen Cherubino 2:55pm February 21, 2011)
How I missed your book I can't image as it's exactly my type.
After reading about a dozen of the 100+ glowing reviews on
Amazon, it went straight on my wishlist.
(Lisa Richards 2:57pm February 21, 2011)
@Peggy, @Karen, @Lisa: Thank you so much for your comments -- I'm so pleased you liked the blogpost, and thanks for giving the book a shot!
@Lisa: The re-release of Faking It is next month, so hopefully your "wish" will come true! :)
@Karen: No need for inadequacies! I'm just a writing and rhetoric geek, is all. :P
(Elisa Lorello 8:32pm February 21, 2011)
Thanks for making me hit the dictionary twice; once for rhetoric and the other for dictionery which, of course, I changed to the right spelling. Your love of words is certainly apparent. I love the eloquence of flowery speech and long words do not bother me except to want to have a dictionary nearby.
(Alyson Widen 11:02pm February 27, 2011)
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