Single in the City [Anglais] [Broché]

A candy of a novel - delicious from beginning to end. Full of sparkling humour and spot-on sketches of life in the present day London, the book tells a story of a 26-years-old American girl, freshly landed in the British capital, from a perspective that any ex-pat would easily relate to.
The ex-pat does not have to be American, by the way. How many of us, flocking to London from all corners of the world in search of an "ideal" job, "ideal" friends and an "ideal" partner, just like Michele Gorman's heroine Hannah, were confused, to say the least (and bamboozled, if we are really honest), at first by how the "real" British ways work. Narrowly avoiding being hit by a car that goes in the opposite direction to the one we were used to all our previous lives, trying to reconcile ourselves with the weird eating habits and unpredictable weather, we gradually learn to decipher not only the subtlety of oh, so many purely "English" expressions that turn out to mean something entirely different from what they actually say, but also the totally unexpected meaning of some "typically British" behaviour. This is not to mention the ever lurking perils of the dating field in a new country. (No, the classical English literature you have proudly consumed as part of your education does not help at all to prepare yourself for the encounter of modern "English gentlemen", whether of true aristocratic or a slightly more modest decent.)
Those sufficiently familiar with the American version of English, will appreciate the extra flavour of Gorman's footnotes, in which her heroine explains the particularly "bizarre" bits of the world she's found herself in with a refreshing American straightforwardness that makes even those of us who have been here long enough to stop noticing suddenly look at it afresh and burst out laughing.
And it is, of course, a piece of chick lit, so we are privy to Hannah's search for Mr. Right and everything it entails - her inner thoughts and "not-so-perfectly-thought-through" behaviour with potential prince charmings, her heart-felt conversations with the old and new "best friends", her panic fits and distress when things go horribly wrong only to turn out for the best in the end. The end is a bit unexpected, by the way, which makes it an even better read. Yes, sequel, please!

This book is really funny! In fact, there are parts of the book that had me laughing so hard I was crying. It was so entertaining, I finished the book in one day. A must for lovers of the chick lit genre.

This book is a delight to read...I found myself smiling or laughing out loud at all the hilarity. I often felt like I was right there in London, another one of Hannah's friends. I can't wait for the sequel or maybe even a series. The humor and story line would be great as a movie or a tv sitcom. Keep writing Ms. Gorman, we want more!