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Calendar Girl

Calendar Girl, January 2005
by Naomi Neale

Making It
Featuring: Nan Cloutier
322 pages
ISBN: 0843954701
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"Enjoyable chick-lit."

Fresh Fiction Review

Calendar Girl
Naomi Neale

Reviewed by Sheila Graves
Posted February 12, 2005

Contemporary Chick Lit | Romance Chick-Lit

Nan Cloutier is a temp girl. Her job requires her to don costumes and hand out candy in department stores, or perform some other function, such as elf for the department store Santa. She wants a stable career as much as the next liberal arts major. Of course, she also wants a stable relationship, something else she hasn't had much luck at. But that was before she met Colm, the grandson of the department store owner. Is Colm really what she wants, or is she just looking for something different?

CALENDAR GIRL is a look at life from the single woman's perspective in Manhattan. I enjoyed the story, especially Nan's take on job descriptions. It wasn't as hard to put down as some of the suspense stories I've read, but the characters are great, most especially Nan's family. A good book to curl up with on a winter's day, hot chocolate at hand. A good read.

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SUMMARY

Name: Nan Cloutier

Address: Follow the gang graffiti until you reach the decrepit bakery. See the rooms above that even a squatter wouldn't claim? That's my little Manhattan paradise.

Education: Liberal Arts degree from an Ivy League university. In other words, totally useless.

Employment History: Cheer Facilitator for Seasonal Staffers Inc. Positions include Cindy-Lou Who Impersonator, Valentine's Day Purple Box of Chocolates, and Easter Egg- Carrying Girl in Bunny Suit. Responsible for spreading merriment and not throttling fellow employees or irritating seasonal shoppers, as appropriate.

Career Goal: To seek stable livelihood as. . . . Heck. Is there a career track that will rid my apartment of my competitive brothers and a father who's exploring his metrosexuality? Or prevent my old college crush from marrying the mistake of his life? Or get me through a year of flash mobs, karaoke bars, Greek weddings, snuggle parties, and my family's attempts at a total 'make-better' of myself? Or maybe, just maybe, helps me attract the attention of the department store heir of my dreams?

No way. That's a full-time job in itself!


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