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I'm So Happy for You: A novel about best friends |  | Author: Lucinda Rosenfeld
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 177565
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0316044504
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316044509
ASIN: 0316044504
Publication Date: July 29, 2009
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Product Description
What if your best friend, whom you've always counted on to flounder in life and love (making your own modest accomplishments look not so bad), suddenly starts to surpass you in every way?
Wendy's best friend, Daphne, has always been dependably prone to catastrophe. And Wendy has always been there to help. If Daphne veers from suicidal to madly in love, Wendy offers encouragement. But when Daphne is suddenly engaged, pregnant, and decorating a fabulous town house in no time at all, Wendy is...not so happy for her. Caught between wanting to be the best friend she prides herself on being and crippling jealousy of flighty Daphne, Wendy takes things to the extreme, waging a full-scale attack on her best friend-all the while wearing her best, I'm-so-happy-for-you smile-and ends up in way over her head.
Rosenfeld has a knack for exposing the not-always-pretty side of being best friends--in writing that is glittering and diamond-sharp. I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU is a smart, darkly humorous, and uncannily dead-on novel about female friendship.
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 "Modern womanhood" is pretty bleak... March 10, 2010
Meredith L. (SC, USA)
I didn't care for this book at all. The characters were shallow and thinly developed, and the plot unengaging. I think the story was supposed to come across as "scandalous" but instead proved petty and whiny. The main character, Wendy, is boring and incredibly self-absorbed and never improves throughout the book. There is just no heart or anything redeeming to the story.
The only positive thing I gained out of reading this book was acknowledging that I wanted to be and act the exact opposite of these characters, especially Wendy. Bleak and depressing. If this is "modern womanhood," you can have it.
And you're supposed to be my best friend?!? February 28, 2010
Shon
Wendy and Daphne have been friends since college. At first glance, it appears they are best friends. After spending a few minutes with them, one begins to wonder if they secretly despise each other.
Wendy functions better when Daphne is needy, helpless and a complete mess. She comes across as the caring "I would do anything to help you" kind of friend, when deep down she's thrilled that Daphne is miserable. From the beginning, I didn't like Wendy. AT. ALL. I couldn't decide if she's insecure, jealous, bitter and angry, passive-aggressive or all the above. She is so unhappy with her own life, that she can't express real joy for her friends.
Daphne feels she has to tip-toe around Wendy and continue being the "fragile" one as her life falls into place. As a result, Wendy becomes more sensitive about their friendship and feels Daphne is leaving her behind as she starts this new life. When the two friends finally have it out at Daphne's baby shower, the reader feels it is long overdue.
I'm not sure about this book. It was very hard for me to get in to as I really didn't care for any of the characters. The second half of the book was much better for me, as I managed to zip right through it. What I would have wanted to see was more of the book told from Daphne's perspective. The reader learns about Daphne through Wendy's eyes and I just wondered how tainted her description was. Alternating chapters where Daphne and Wendy both told the story would have made this more enjoyable for me.
Would I recommend I'm So Happy for You? Probably so, but with some hesitation.
 poignant veracity February 6, 2010
S Wilson (Salem, OR United States)
I'm guessing that those who left negative reviews haven't been in a friendship that's reflected in Wendy and Daphne's relationship. I found it painfully accurate, but also well-written and entertaining all the way to the end.
 Petty but easy read February 2, 2010
Katherine
I found the main character verging on the side of petty complaining and frustratingly thick headed/self deprecating. But the ending gave it a good twist of reaffirming boundaries and ending mindless comparing yourself to your friends. I was hoping the book would be more grown up instead of sophmoric. But it was an easy read for a tired working mother of an infant, which does not say much... At times I wanted to hit my head on the wall. Other times I laughed. Hoping the author creates more grown up and complex characters next time.
 Friend trouble. January 17, 2010
Myrna Velez (Babylon, NY United States)
A very enjoyable read. Yes, it's true the characters and sometimes the plot went a little overboard but that's why it's fiction! I laughed, I had trouble putting the book down, and was sorry it had to end. If you want more, read the classics. This was what it was, plain girl fun.
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