Product Description

A major national media event when published in hardcover, this delicious follow-up to Bergdorf Blondes was an immediate New York Times bestseller and confirmed Plum Sykes' status as a literary superstar.Sylvie Mortimer has just married and is blissfully happy with The Divine New Husband, Hunter. Sylvie's new friend, Lauren Blount, is very rich, very young, very thin, very pretty -- and very, very divorced. The most reckless and glamorous of Manhattan's Debutante Divorc+e set, Lauren captivates Sylvie, the group's token newlywed. But while Lauren sets out on a morality-lite, orgasm-heavy "Make Out Challenge," Sylvie discovers her marriage isn't exactly an Eternity ad -- especially when the city's most notorious Husband Huntress zeros in on her spouse.The Debutante Divorc+e delivers all the wit and charm that made Bergdorf Blondes a smash hit. This juicy new tale delighted Sykes' many fans in hardcover and will continue to earn her new ones in this dazzling, chic paperback edition.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #292484 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-18
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Sykes picks up where the prospective-husband hunters of her bestselling 2004 debut, Bergdorf Blondes, left off: "Married girls in New York these days put almost as much effort into losing husbands as they once did into finding them." When Sylvie Mortimer's husband, Hunter, gets called away for business on the second day of their Mexican honeymoon, Sylvie meets fellow Manhattanite Lauren Blount, in town for her divorce honeymoon, and Lauren takes the abandoned newlywed under her wing. Back in New York, Sylvie, working on the cheap for fashion designer friend Thackeray Johnston, brings a grounded perspective to Lauren's world of the rich, well-connected and freshly single, a world of theme parties (divorce showers, power christenings) and modest goals (make out with five men before Memorial Day, hook up their own surround sound). Meanwhile, Hunter's blossoming career as a television producer makes him a prime target for "husband huntresses," including his notorious co-worker Sophia D'Arlan. With Hunter acting secretive, Sophia popping up everywhere and Lauren egging her on, Sylvie sees her own divorce shower in the works. Though characters are as complex as the labels they wear and dialogue tends toward observations like "I want to be Lindsey Lohan most of the time, don't you?" Sykes's Bergdorf formula is still light, wicked, name-dropping fun. (May)
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From AudioFile
Sonya Walger immerses the listener in this audio with her clear voice and British accent. Lauren, a wealthy New York divorcŽe, is on her divorce honeymoon when she meets Sylvia, a British woman who is on her wedding honeymoon--alone--because of her husband's work commitments. Walger capably switches from Sylvia's British accent to Lauren's more nasal American tones. Lauren's voice is filled with inflection and a touch of humor as she takes her wealth and recent divorce in stride. As Sylvia finds herself amid Manhattan's Debutante Divorcees, her developing distrust in her new husband is revealed in her hesitant voice. Walger's skilled character differentiation helps listeners enjoy a clever story. S.M. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Booklist
Sykes made a splash on the socialite lit scene with her debut, Bergdorf Blondes (2004), which centered on rich, glamorous party girls looking for the perfect accessory--husbands. Her follow-up celebrates the opposite: what the young wealthy women do when they unload said husbands. According to stylish divorcee Lauren Blount, they have the time of their lives, taking solo honeymoons, having divorce showers, and pursuing any man they like. Newlywed Sylvie Mortimer, the novel's narrator, isn't envious in the least--she's basking in the love of her handsome husband, Hugh, even if she's a little miffed that business obligations pulled him away from their honeymoon. But then Sophie D'Arlan, a notorious seductress who only dates married men, sets her sights on Hugh, and Sylvie fears she may soon be joining the ranks of the debutante divorcees, even though it's the last thing she wants. Readers who enjoy the novels of Candace Bushnell and the writing team of Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman will cotton to Sykes' depiction of Manhattan's jet-setting elite. Kristine Huntley
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Customer Reviews

St. Plum
Plum Sykes deserves a standing ovation: her ridiculous second novel proves once and for all that you can have the talent of a fruit and not only get published (as she did) but HBO can buy the rights to your book and turn it into a series (as I read it was happening). So why should she care if her novel has all the plot of the phone book and the character depth of a kiddie pool? She's still rich! Plum Sykes should be canonized as the patron saint of all talentless, but well-connected, writers.

I couldn't even finish it.
I'm all about fluff and I love a good chick lit book, but I just could NOT get into this one to save my life. I tried, I really did, but it just could not grab my attention.

Head Banger
I got through chapter two and it was either begin beating my head on the wall or stop reading. Okay, that was a little harsh. But honestly, it was like listening to a bunch of high school girls in a locker room. At best you can say that it was shallow. If you're into that sort of juvenile talk then...like... this book should be right up your alley. Kay'?