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Set in present day Wisconsin, EASILY AMUSED is a romantic comedy targeted to the readers of Claire Cook, Jennifer Weiner and Emily Giffin. Here's the premise: Twenty-nine year-old Lola Watson has two best friends, a dream job, and a charming old house inherited from a great-aunt she barely... read more
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When twenty-nine-year-old Lola Watson unexpectedly inherits a rambling house in the suburbs, she thinks it just may be the cherry on a banner year. After all, she’s happily single, with fabulous friends and her dream job working at a popular magazine. Life is perfect—until her new neighbors... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Baxter: Add a description of this character.
- Belinda: Lola's neighbor with "all the pups".
- Brandon: Piper's baby
- Brother Jasper: He has a church and is a nearly across the street neighbor.
- Chad: Mindy's fiance
- Mrs. Cho: A neighbor to Lola.
- Christina
- Crazy Myra: Is a neighbor and has 2 dogs.
- Mrs. Debrowsky: Neighbor to Hubert and his wife, Kelly.
- Derek: A disabled boy.
- Drew: Works for Lola at the Magazine company
- Hubert: Hubert & Lola have been friends since high school. He shows up unannounced because his wife, Kelly, threw him out.
- Jessica: Lola's sister's friend.
- Kelly: Hubert's girlfriend.
- Mrs. Kinkaid
- Lola Watson: The main character in the story told from the first person point of view.
- Mike: Piper's husband.
- Mindy: Lola's sister
- Piper: Apparently Lola's best friend, Piper is married and has a baby. Lola thinks Piper always looks better than Lola does.
- Rachel: Kelly's sister.
- Roger
- Ryan Moriarty: A very handsome man, set up to be a pretend fiance at Mindy's wedding reception so Lola can one-up her sister.
- Stein
- Tanya
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First Sentence edit
When I saw a group of my neighbors clustered on the sidewalk in front of Mrs. Cho's house, I was sure they were talking about me.
Table of Contents edit
Chapters 1 - 37
About the Author
Reading Group Guide
Authors & Contributors edit
- Karen McQuestion (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Amazon Digital
Country: United States
Publication Date: September 5, 2009
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 277
Publisher: Amazon Digital
Country: United States
Publication Date: September 5, 2009
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 277
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: AdultsThe target market for this book is mature adult. While this romantic comedy has plenty of laughs and examples of good people, still the author refers to very intimate situations and male anatomy a few times. Otherwise this book would have received 5 stars.
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