When New York attorney Claire St. John discovers that her husband is having an affair, she hightails it out of the Big Apple and returns to her home town of Austin, Texas. Eschewing her life as a successful lawyer, Claire does a complete 180 and decides to take up writing. Her vehicle of choice: a self- help novel for men that will help them navigate the perils of the women's bathroom. As Claire sees it, women find sanctuary in the women's restroom while men are left to ponder the goings-on. Her book, written in a conversational, advice column format, will help them understand what's really going on and answer the many questions men may have including, "Why do women go to the bathroom in packs?", "What takes so long in there?", and "Are they talking about me?" (the answer to which is always yes).
As Claire tries to write her novel, she's also involved with an organic food distributor named Jake Armstrong. Jake is everything that Claire is looking for in a man: fit, attractive, and treats her like a queen. The only problem is that Claire doesn't know if she's ready for a real relationship, and feels that she might be falling to fast. Rounding out the cast are Claire's gay best friend and fashion coordinator, Aaron; her closest friend who currently lives in Frankfurt, Germany, and has to deal with international relationship problems, Laura; and her Samantha from Sex and the City, confident girlfriend, Leslie.
THE MEN'S GUIDE TO THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM was entertaining and fun to read. I read it in less than a day because it was such a lighthearted and amusing story. Jo Barrett has her finger on the pulse of women's voices and her book doesn't read like classic chick lit, but instead actually sounds the way women think and speak. Claire is a likeable heroine who is flawed and easy to relate to. I was rooting for her to get her act together and hoping that she could make things work with Jake. THE MEN'S GUIDE TO THE WOMEN'S BATHROOM will be a great beach read this spring, or the perfect book to curl up with and have some "me time."
When the witty and
urbane Claire St. John leaves New York City and returns to
Austin, Texas, she realizes that all of the good advice she
has ever received has been from strangers in the women's
bathroom. If only she'd listened before she'd married the
wrong man and wound up on the losing end of a divorce.
Swearing off men, Claire decides to take a big
chanceโshe will quit her life as a lawyer and write the
ultimate self-help book-a book detailing exactly what goes
on in that most sacred feminine temple: the women's
bathroom.
But will the new how-to guru ever learn
to take her own advice? While she's discovering the truth
behind the bathroom door, re-assimilating to Texas culture
by eating "nuclear" jalapeรฑo carrots, speeding down highways
through the famed Texas hill country, and even joining an
ill-fated booze cruise, Claire St. John is fighting her
feelings for Jake Armstrong, a dashing organic food
entrepreneur who threatens to throw off the balance of her
new life. Will she be able to handle the pressure or will
she watch her love life get flushed away?
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