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Shoe Addicts Anonymous | 
| Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press
Category: EBooks
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 4692
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B000U0NSXQ
Publication Date: June 12, 2007
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Product Description
Helene Zaharis's politician husband keeps her on a tight leash and cancels her credit cards as a way of controlling her. Lorna Rafferty is up to her eyeballs in debt and can't stop her addiction to Ebay. Sandra Vanderslice, battling agoraphobia, pays her shoe bills by working as a phone sex operator. And Jocelyn Bowen is a nanny for the family from hell (who barely knows a sole from a heel but who will do anything to get out of the house). On Tuesday nights, these women meet to trade shoes, and, in the process, form friendships that will help them each triumph over their problems-from secret pasts to blackmail, bankrupcy, and dating. Funny, emotional, and powerful, Shoe Addicts Anonymous is the perfect read for any woman who has ever struggled to find the perfect fit.
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 shoe addicts Anonymous July 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this as a part of my usual Sunday NC times Book Review selection while working and traveling in Denver Colorado. I rarely have a lot of time to read so I pick books that are both entertaining and have nothing to do with my daily job. I was pleasantly surprised on how easily this piece flowed and was saddened when it ended, but I brought the sequel so hopefully the saga will continue. This book was a well written romp into the world of shoes and our lives as we live it in them.
The BEST Book for Summer!!! July 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book. Once I started it, I found it impossible to put down. The characters are so real and each are in a situation that can be related to. The chapters switch between characters for most of the book, and at the beginning it was a bit hard to keep them straight. But once you are out of the first few chapters, you feel like you are right there with them. The writing is wonderfully fun and descriptive. I am buying the next Shoe Addicts right now and can't wait to start reading it!
Great Summer Read.....especially for a shoe lover!! July 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great summer read!! I'm not an avid reader, but this book I could hardly put down. It's fun and helps those of us with shoe problems not feel ashamed of our addiction. The four main characters are great, and create a friendship and bond that makes you want to join their club. The are strong women, even though it takes a while to get there. I would love to see this as a movie. It's definitely a page turner, and the end of each chapter makes you want more. The only complaint I have is that it ended to quick. Maybe that could be drawn out in a movie. I highly recommend this to anyone who loves shoes and being a part of something special.
Unputdownable and entertaining! June 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Lorna Rafferty is addicted to shoes. So addicted, in fact, that she is knee-deep in credit card debts. The bank's assistant manager has made it his personal mission to try to help her out with her debts. But with her waitress job and limited budget, not to mention her newfound obsession with eBay, she doubts she'll be able to kick her habit any time soon. Helene Zaharis is also addicted to designer shoes. In fact, they are her lifeline. Retail is the only form of therapy that works with her insufferable life with a senator husband who has an eye for the presidency. His cheating ways are no secret to her. How will her life change when her husband suddenly takes away her credit cards? And who's following her all over town and why? She has secrets she doesn't want revealed -- for the sake of her husband's political career as well as her own need to keep the past at bay. Sandra Vanderslice hates the outdoors -- hence her lucrative job as a phone sex operator. It helps buy her beautiful designer shoes. But is she happy with the status quo, especially when she is reacquainted with an attractive former high school friend? The rubenesque shoe lover will want to change her life. And Jocelyn Bowen doesn't care either way about shoes, but when she discovers Shoe Addicts Anonymous, it is the perfect escape from her nanny job from hell. As it happens, it is Lorna who begins Shoe Addicts Anonymous by placing an online ad, a meeting where women who share the same shoe size (7 ) can get together and exchange shoes. Little does she know that starting that little group is the best thing that could happen to her and to the three women who show up to the meetings.
This is a great, addictive read. I couldn't put it down and enjoyed it to the max. At first, I thought this would be a book with very little substance, about women who love shoes and nothing more, but the four heroines are well fleshed out and real, with actual problems and concerns. You will relate will all four of them in one way or another. I for one have an addiction to spending (especially books), so I enjoyed Lorna's plight. If only things worked out in real life the way it works out in these books though! One thing I do complain about is that the story seems unfinished. Who was the man Sandra spoke to on the phone, the one who may or may not have been a transsexual? And was he the one who showed up at one of the meetings? That was never answered or resolved. Anyway, other than that, Shoe Addicts Anonymous is the perfect antidote to a boring day. You will be sucked into the story. Beth Harbison is a great author. I've already picked up Secrets of a Shoe Addict (which may or may not be a sequel to this one) and look forward to giving it a whirl.
 Have to get into it June 20, 2008
When I started this book I wasn't really into it. I felt like i was just reading it to get it over with so I could start my next book. I felt that once i did get into the book, it was close to the end. I like books that keep me entertained not for the last 20 pages. I think the author dragged out the plain story for far to long and then wrapped it up way to quickly. I do not think I will be picking up the next installment becasue it deals with different characters but the same premise.
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