The hautest new chick lit

The hautest new chick lit

The Sunday Province
25 Jun 2006


SThe J.A.P. Chronicles By Isabel Rose Random House, $16.95



Title: It got my PC back up a little but it’s cute, really.



Plot: The girl everybody picked on at summer camp turns out to be a documentary filmmaker.



When she’s asked to attend a camp reunion to make a film about the place, she focuses on her now-adult bunkmates and discovers how sweet life can be.



Source of angst: She’s pregnant, Jewish, with an Irish Catholic boyfriend who wants to get married.



Resolution: It brought back scary memories of my own ummer’s officially here, and you know what that means



. . . it’s the season of chick lit!



Of course, there are more new titles out there than men with commitment issues. So how do you tell diamonds from the cubic zirconia?



Read on for our guide to what’s hot and what’s merely warm. Annie Freeman’s Traveling Funeral By Kris Radish Bantam Books, $16



Title: It sucked me in and I actually thought I’d be laughing. Not so much.



Plot: OK. One woman, a college professor, arranges to send her ashes and her red hightops to one of her close friends, with the money and instructions to gather the rest of her bosom buddies to sprinkle the ashes in the important places of her... read more...