Excuse Me for Asking

by Janis Arnold

Book Overview

"In a hundred warm and funny ways Arnold reminds us that friends can give us something our families never can."
--The Chicago Tribune

Janis Arnold's good-humored second novel is about big dreams, sweet dreams, and nightmares.

Julia Salwell seems to have it all--money, a father and brother who are crazy about her, and a rich boyfriend who's co-captain of the football team in tiny Cypress Springs, Texas. But there's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565121724
• ISBN13: 9781565121720
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Algonquin Books
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

An entertaining book along the line of the Ya Ya's

This is the first book I have read by Janis Arnold and I hope that she writes more! A few times I had to decide that maybe that could happen, but I have never known anyone to have that exact experience. However, I was willing to follow the incident to the end, and I was glad I did. People who do not see themselves as victims usually aren't, and that is what I saw time and time again in this book. I really enjoyed it and I am anxious to see what others think.