The Dirty Girls Social Club: A Novel | 
| Author: Alisa Valdes-rodriguez
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 14945
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Edition: 1st
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Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4 x 1
ISBN: 0312989245
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780312989248
ASIN: 0312989245
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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The Dirty Girls Social Club closely resembles Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale: a handful of young women seek real love and job satisfaction. Unlike McMillan, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez has completely thrown out any literary pretensions whatsoever, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Dirty Girls is a fun, easy, ultimately charming read, not least because the girls themselves are so appealing. Six Latina women become fast friends at Boston University and thereafter meet as a group every few months. Now in their late twenties, they're each on the cusp of the life they want. The novel is narrated in turn by each woman. Feisty Lauren has a column at the Boston Globe, but can't help falling for losers; ghetto-elegant Usnavys is trying to find a man to match her own earning power and expensive tastes; uptight Rebecca is a successful magazine publisher and an unsuccessful wife; beautiful TV anchor Elizabeth has a secret; Sara leads a Martha-Stewart-perfect life as a homemaker; and Amber is a hopeful rock musician in L.A. The novel works because Valdes-Rodriguez has compassion for her characters; each is faulted, but none is culpable. She also has an eye for the telling detail, as when Rebecca tries to befriend her white husband's stuffy family: "His sister took step classes with me and we shopped for clothes together on Newbury Street and went to the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum one afternoon with Au Bon Pain sandwiches in our handbags." Something about those sandwiches makes the whole enterprise seem more poignant. On the down side, Valdes-Rodriguez is so eager to make things work out for her ladies, her writing sometimes beggars belief. Men actually say things like "Swear to me you're happily married, and I'll stop pursuing you." Yes, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez is, in fact, the Latina Terry McMillan. That is, if McMillan were a slighty guiltier pleasure. --Claire Dederer
Product Description
Meet the six unforgettable women who make up The Dirty Girls Social Club Lauren, the “caliente” columnist for the local Boston paper whose love life is making headlines… Sara, the perfect wife and mother who’s got it all but pays a high price… Elizabeth, the stunning black Latina whose TV anchor job conflicts with her intensely private personal life… Amber, the Valley girl who doesn’t speak Spanish but is fast becoming a huge rock star en Espanol… Rebecca, hyper-in-command in her glossy magazine world but clueless when it comes to men…and Usnavys, fabulous, larger than life, and at risk of falling head over five-inch Manolos in love…. No matter what happens to each of them, the Girls dish, dine, whine, and compare notes as they try to sort out the bumpy course of life and love. And what a wild ride it is!
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 One of the dumbest books ever June 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book gives latinas a bad name. Basically it's about a group of empty headed, useless, lazy, out of shape, and on the top of that boring girls. They are a disgrace to latina community. The book was the most boring one I've seen in ages. Yuck!
 Loved it! May 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is like a delicious dessert - so quick & easy to read, yet also captivating and thoughtful. It's also such a pleasure to read about successful, intelligent Latina women. I highly recommend this.
 Latina Waiting to Exhale May 5, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First, let me say I do not usually read these kinds of books. So to me, it was a little on the slow side. I really got it cause it was written by a Spanish author about spanish women...which I am. Good drama, with a lot of human...at least from what I read. Unfortunately, i did not finish the book.
Dry.....get your saltines out !!! December 11, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book has a very dry start. It does not get good until page 200 or so and 306 is the end of the book. Take your chance if you want to but I would say don't waste your money and get it from the library.
Latinas rule in her books!!! November 24, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is HARD to put down. Alisa educates the reader so there are no misunderstandings. Alisa motivates the reader into thinking "He's just a regular guy - I am capable of a relationship with him." She opens your eyes to the misconceptions and preconceived notions about Latino men/men in general, men with money, the hard-to-get man...
You can relate to the characters of this book and you can relate to their issues. She has a way of articulating your thoughts about men, and women who are obsessed with men, and men who tend to obsess over women. Her characters are deep, intelligent, victorious, articulate, insightful, intuitive, funny, fun, realistic, multicultural, lovable and they shine - all of her characters. I love this author and can't wait for the next book.
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