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New cow...
Ray makes the move. Jane feels the rush. Ray says the L-word. Jane breaks her lease. Then suddenly, inexplicably, he dumps her. Just. Like. That.
...old cow.
Now black is the only color in Jane's closet and Kleenex is clinging to her nose. Why did it happen? How…
Why read it?
2 authors picked Animal Husbandry as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book was meant for OLDER women. It is cynical, insightful and hilarious. I loved this book because of these issues. It’s not a book for younger women, who still have hope and the faith that men will be decent, and not dump them when boredom sets in. It was written exclusively for women who have given up - given up on men and given up on the future. Women, ‘of an age’ who have seen it all and perhaps done it all.
This book was the inspiration for the film, Someone Like You, starring Ashley Judd. It presents…
I would argue that this novel set up the formula for fresh funny self-deprecating women characters that become heroines of their own stories. Later made into a movie with Ashley Judd and titled Someone Like You, the heroine compares modern-day dating to the rituals of mating in the animal kingdom to hilarious results.
From Mary's list on girl power books that leaped from page to screen.
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