Jack with a Twist by Brenda Janowitz
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- Pub. Date: July 2008
- 384pp
- Sales Rank: 208,441
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: July 2008
- Publisher: Red Dress Ink
- Format: Paperback, 384pp
- Sales Rank: 208,441
- ISBN-13: 9780373895557
- ISBN: 0373895550
Synopsis
Planning a wedding can be a trying experience...
A little prewedding anxiety is normal for every bride, and Manhattan attorney Brooke Miller isn't worried. She's got the loving support of the world's greatest guy, so planning her nuptials should be a piece of cake.
But that was yesterday.
Today, Brooke's landed her first big case and has just discovered that the opposing attorney is none other than her fiancé, Jack. But that's okay. These two professionals aren't going to let a little courtroom sparring get their legal briefs in a bunch.... Right? Wrong! Now Jack's pulling every dirty trick in the law books, and Brooke's starting to suspect that maybe he isn't the man she thought he was. Warring with her fiancé at work and at home, Brooke realizes that she'll have to choose between the case of her life, or actually having a life.
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Biography
A native New Yorker, Brenda Janowitz has had a flair for all things dramatic since she played the title role in her third-grade production of Really Rosie. When her grandmother asked if the experience made her want to be an actress when she grew up, Brenda responded, "An actress? No. A writer, maybe."
Brenda attended Cornell University, earning a bachelor of science in human service studies, with a concentration in race and discrimination. After graduating from Cornell, she attended Hofstra Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review and won the Law Review's writing competition.
Upon graduation from Hofstra, she went to work for the law firm Kaye Scholer LLP, where she was an associate in the intellectual property group, handling cases in the areas of trademark, antitrust, Internet and false advertising. Brenda later left Kaye Scholer to pursue a federal clerkship with the Honorable Marilyn Dolan Go, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
Since her clerkship, Brenda has worked as a career counselor at two New York City law schools, where she published a number of articles on career-related issues in publications such as the National Law Journal and the New York Law Journal. She is hard at work on her second novel, while lecturing frequently on the publishing process and teaching creative writing at Mediabistro.com.
Brenda lives in Manhattan, where she has bravely attended three of her ex-boyfriend's weddings.
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?Hysterical?by ReviewYourBook.com
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January 03, 2009:
Jack with a Twist
Written by: Brenda Janowitz
Published by: Red Dress
Reviewed by: Stephanie Rollins for ReviewYourBook.com 1/1/2009
ISBN: 978-0-373-89555-7
?Hysterical? 5 stars
Brooke is a litigating attorney. She is marrying another litigating attorney. All is going as she planned her life would. Then, she has to spar in court against her fiancé. Will her relationship hold up?
There is no way to describe how hysterical this book is. This is the epitome of chick lit. I could not wait until the end. Then, I regretted that there would be no more wacky Brooke, crazy Solomons, dimwit Jack, and doting Millers.
This story is written in a style that is similar to Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus?, authors of The Nanny Diaries. This should end up as a movie; it is that good.
Grab a copy for yourself and your friends. This is one that you will want to read with someone, so you can laugh together.
A reviewerby Anonymous
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July 07, 2008: This follow-up to SCOT ON THE ROCKS finds Brooke Miller working at a new, smaller law firm, while engaged to and living with Jack, the floppy-haired accent bungler from the first book. We've got some new characters, as well as the old favorites. Brooke's still not the most professional lawyer, but she's working harder now that she's stumbled into her first big case, arguing against Jack as the opposing counsel. Jack and his new underling, a real hussy, have her sweating like a ho in church. But at least she doesn't have time to worry about her non-existent wedding dress, right? Jack's parents are probably the most WASPy Jews ever with an abiding love for lobster. Brooke's mom is a champagne hound who'd never hesitate to tell you that you could stand to lose a few pounds. My mom's like that too! She becomes less insufferable as the book progresses, fortunately otherwise I'd be wondering whether they serve champagne at The Home. Brooke's dad is a lover of meat, just in a kosher, non-sexual way. Vanessa and Brooke both face the dilemma of how to be a good, considerate friend planning a wedding while the other friend's marriage is falling apart. Jack wants to make his mark in the firm as a newly made partner, and pulls some real weaselstein moves to do it. Against Brooke! He obviously wasn't worried about the state of his testicles. Anyway, I really enjoyed this book. Clashing families, her first big legal case, naivete by the boatload, and doubts about her fiance keep Brooke from becoming yet another Bridezilla. Check it out, folks!
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