The Men I Didn't Marry

By: Janice Kaplan, Lynn Schnurnberger

Narrated by: Susan Denaker

Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

The authors of the national best sellers Mine Are Spectacular! and The Botox Diaries apply their trademark wit and wisdom to another delicious adventure. Join Hallie Lawrence Pierpont as she’s whisked away on a journey into her past love life that leads to her future.

Hallie’s husband, Bill, doesn’t even wait until they get home from dropping off their youngest daughter at Yale to announce that he’s leaving Hallie. After first succumbing to an Oreo-induced coma, Hallie is determined to get her life back. An unexpected call from an old college boyfriend sets a plan in motion. Whatever happened to all those men she didn’t marry?

With her best friend, Bellini Baxter, Hallie visits an all-night spray-tanning salon and Soho’s legendary Cellulite Exorcist. Her college-age children are protective of their mom but embarrassed to have her back in teenage territory - the world of dating and condoms. Finally, Hallie confronts the great love she swore she’d never see again and, while resolving an old family secret, reconciles with her long-estranged sister.

Janice Kaplan and Lynn Schnurnberger tell a heartfelt and hilarious story about moving forward by looking back. By turns poignant and laugh-aloud funny, this is a must-listen for every woman who’s ever wondered about the men she didn’t marry.

©2006 Janice Kaplan and Lynn Schnurnberger (P)2006 Books on Tape

Critic reviews

“This summer’s must-have beach read!” (ABC’s The View)

“A sexy romp...which leads [its characters] charmingly back to the basics of being best friends.” (Elle)

“[A] midlife-crisis bonbon, which should be sold with fuzzy slippers and a tube of cucumber eye gel.” (The New York Times Book Review)

What was this??

First off, when I say that Janice Kaplan and Lynn Schnumberger came out with another book, I was super excited. Especially since Susan Denaker was the narrator again. But there were some problems:
Although Susan is a great narrator, she makes me think too much of the other characters in the other two books, and I kept merging them all together.

This book was trying to be funny and also serious. These Authors can't pull of serious, stick with the funny.

I really had to force myself to finish this book. I really didn't get pulled into the story.

Even though this was an unabridged book, I felt that they didn't give enough background of the other characters. I really didn't get to know them.

I would not recommend this book.