Spin Cycle: Best-Selling Chicklit Fiction

by Sue Margolis

Overview

Life lacks a certain spark for stand-up comedian and cleaner Rachel Katz whose husband left her for another man - but there are sparks a-plenty when the washing machine breaks down and a repair man called Matt arrives… and sends her life into a spin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908556349
Publisher:	Apostrophe Books Ltd
Publication date:	01/21/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	632 KB

About the Author

Sue Margolis was a radio reporter for fifteen years mostly for BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. She studied politics at Nottingham University, where she met and married Jonathan Margolis, also a journalist and author. Sue is the author of ten romantic comedy novels. Her first, Neurotica, came out in 1998 and was a bestseller in the UK, the US and Germany. Her third novel, Apocalipstick, was bought by NBC television in the US in 2011 as a potential TV series. Sue’s audiobooks are consistently in the fiction top 20 on iTunes. Sue lives with Jonathan and their family in London. For more information, see www.suemargolis.com and www.facebook.com/suemargolis.books

Read an Excerpt

Rachel Katz lifted the mike off its stand and jerked the lead away from her feet. ‘So yeah, right, anyway,’ she began, moving the mike stand to one side, ‘what do you think about this new morning-after pill for men?'

Editorial Reviews

Margolis's last roll in the hay was Neurotica (LJ 7/15/99), a funny, sexy British romp which is exactly what she delivers again here. Rachel Katz is finally trying her hand at stand-up comedy and working as a maid for rich folks to pay the bills. She's trying to decide whether she wants to marry her boyfriend, the boring but ever-stable dentist, and working up the guts to enter a big comedy contest. Suddenly, Rachel's life is thrown into chaos when she trades sparks with Matt, the washing-machine repairman. He's definitely sexy, not at all boring, and understands all her jokes, of which there are many. What will Rachel do? Enjoy the ride with Rachel's funny parents, gay ex-husband, Barbra Streisand-obsessed ten-year-old son, and kooky friends. With a stand-up comic main character, Margolis is able to keep the witty one-liners spraying like bullets. Light, fun, and a bit silly; recommended for public libraries. Beth Gibbs, formerly with P.L. of Charlotte & Mecklenburg Cty., NC Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Can a divorced stand-up comedienne find happiness with a washing-machine repairman? Sure, says the author of Neurotica (1999)-particularly when her dentist fiance is away in South Africa. Rachel Katz isn't positive she wants to marry Adam anyway, even if her mum is busily planning the wedding. Oh, well. Adam makes a good living even if he is deadly dull and prone to nosebleeds; and, despite her dreams of glory, Rachel isn't exactly setting audiences on fire at the Anarchist Bathmat comedy club. Shelley, her best friend and neighbor, a health-food nut with gigantic bosoms, lends a sympathetic ear. Freewheeling Shelley isn't sure Rachel should marry Adam, either. Rachel's ten-year-old son Sam is indifferent, but he doesn't really think about anything except his growing collection of Barbra Streisand records. Is it possible he's gay like his father? Rachel frets over this until Matt Clapton, a hunky washing-machine repairman, becomes a distraction. He thinks she's hysterically funny, and he's happy to be her (cough, cough) handyman. Rachel feels a few pangs of guilt for cheating, but she reasons that it doesn't matter since she and Adam hardly ever had sex. She's got other things to worry about: her mum is having a bikini wax and shopping for revealing underwear. What on earth? Then she catches her parents doing something wild with another elderly couple! The truth comes out: Mum and Dad are baring their wrinkly bottoms for a how-to sex video for seniors. Oh, well. No big deal compared to the latest news flash from South Africa: Adam's dumping her for an anorexic dental hygienist who starches her underwear. Rachel can't worry about that now: she's getting ready for a big comedy competition,which she just might win if an Aussie upstart doesn't steal all her material. Life goes on, and so do the silly contrivances. Pleasant enough in a punny way, but awfully British. Lots of sex to compensate for the lame jokes.

Kirkus Reviews