Bachelor Boys

By Kate Saunders and saunders-kate

Book Overview

As the child of remote, chilly parents, Cassie reveled in the exuberant chaos she found at the home of the Darlings--two boys, a cheerful father, and a glorious mother, Phoebe, who welcomed the lonely little girl next door into their family circle. Now Cassie is all grown up, the editor of a highly respectable literary magazine, with a well-ordered life and a suitable boyfriend. But her beloved Phoebe is dying and comes to Cassie with one last request: Will Cassie help find wives for her sons, two gorgeous, sexy, but wildly impractical bachelors still living in their mother's basement flat? Heartbroken at the thought of losing Phoebe, Cassie cannot refuse--but how will she ever find decent girlfriends, let alone wives, for the Darling boys? It's all very well for Phoebe to insist they are lovely boys who are absolutely sweet to their mother, but who else would see either one as husband material: Fritz, a handsome medical student turned unemployed actor; or Ben, a dreamy, soulful musician who is too "sensitive" to perform or teach? Even Cassie, she tells Phoebe firmly right from the start, is "not" prepared to marry one of these bachelor boys. . . . Kate Saunders has written a story about love and loss that is moving, wise, and wickedly funny.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312339402
• ISBN13: 9780312339401
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Wasn't sure...

after reading some of the other reviews, I wasn't sure if I wanted to read this book. I am so glad that I did. I thought the book was great and would recommend it to anyone. I'll be picking up other books by this author.

A HAPPY SURPRISE

Normally, I would never have picked up a book like this, which I guess I consider to be "Chick Lit" and something I won't like. However, it was one of the top 25 recommended books by the Book of the Month Club for 2005, so I took a chance. Bottom line -- I adore this book. Lots of laughs out loud. Would make a really cute movie with all of Phoebe's unusual friends and their paths to luv. The Bachelor Boys themselves? Fabulous fun in their escapades, and you end up loving both of them.

Heartwarming and hilarious

I don't know when I've read a novel that made me laugh and even cry as much as this one. Here and in her earlier book, THE MARRYING GAME, the author has a gift for creating fantastic characters who are lovable and warm without ever being trite or sentimental. Phoebe Darling, the woman who wants the heroine Cassie to find good wives for her dashing but irresponsible sons, is one of the most appealing characters I've ever met, and her boys are pretty irresistible too. As entertaining as any chick-lit I've ever read, with way more heart and brains.