English as a Second Language
In this wickedly funny first novel--think Legally Blonde at Oxford--a young New York woman exchanges her corporate job for a year of books, blokes, and new friends in graduate school in England.Alexandra Brennan is fed up with her dead end New York City job--and even more fed up with running into...
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In this wickedly funny first novel--think Legally Blonde at Oxford--a young New York woman exchanges her corporate job for a year of books, blokes, and new friends in graduate school in England.Alexandra Brennan is fed up with her dead end New York City job--and even more fed up with running into her smug ex-boyfriend. So when he crosses the line by telling her that shell never get into graduate school in the United Kingdom, thats precisely what she does. Armed with imported cigarettes and extra-strength coffee, Alex crosses the Atlantic to face all that Great Britain and grad school have to offer, including ill-considered romantic interludes, a red-headed nemesis with intellectual pretensions and ulterior motives, and more books than she can possibly read in a year. What she discovers, however, is that instead of running away from home, she may have actually found it. With its cheeky wit and terrific cast of characters, English As A Second Language is a hilarious coming-of-age story reader's won't soon forget about one young womans misadventures along the path to adulthood.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780446692861 (0446692867)
Publish date: August 1st 2004
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 277
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Humor,
Academic,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Contemporary Romance,
College,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
I don't know why i bouth this predictable romance book, I thought that set in England it would funny but it is not. I couldn't even finish it... although the cute teacher is described to be out of this world.
This book was okay. It just seemed to drag on with the same series of events happening over and over.
For me, picking up books to read can go several ways. There are the books that I love and adore and written by authors whom I love and adore. On the opposite end, there are books that look interesting, but when I get past a certain point, there’s the growing realization that the book is not what I’v...