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Girl reinvents herself after faking amnesia
"Forget About It" By Caprice Crane (Warner Books, $13.99)
Reviewed by Cindy Elavsky
Caprice Crane's latest book, "Forget About It," is everything a good chicklit book should be: smart, funny, entertaining and a touch bittersweet. Crane's keen outer ear for dialogue and inner ear for what women are really thinking lends to the believability and likeability of her main character, Jordan Landau.
The story opens with our heroine trying to make her way through a life that just seems to happen to her. Jordan is in a job she can't seem to advance in, with a bad boyfriend she can't seem to break up with, and she takes crap from a family who can't seem to appreciate her. However, as is Jordan's nature, she just accepts it - as she's been conditioned to do her entire life.
Then, a freak accident changes everything. As she is lying in a hospital bed waking from unconsciousness after she gets hit while riding her bike, she has an idea. She is going to rewrite her life by faking amnesia. Things the old Jordan would let slide, the new Jordan won't tolerate. She can chalk up her weird behavior to her head injury, and, in the process, gain control of her life.
As new Jordan wows her boss, confuses her boyfriend and woos a new man, other circumstances are set into motion that could derail her entire plan.
"Forget About It" is a fast, fun read. While not entirely plausible, the book does what it should - offer a wonderful escape from everyday life. And isn't that what a good book should do? Plus, since the writing is so smart and witty, you don't feel like you're getting too much junk food in your diet. So relax, and enjoy!
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(c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc.
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