Female Intelligence

by Jane Heller

Book Overview

In a modern twist on My Fair Lady, Lynn Wyman is a linguist who teaches alpha-males how to talk with women. A specialist in sensitivity training, Lynn has a successful practice, supportive friends and a devoted husband. Life is grand -- until she learns that her hubby isn't so devoted after all. Splashed in the tabloids, his betrayal ruins her career; the expert on male/female relationships failed to keep her own male from straying Now, she must claw...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312261594
• ISBN13: 9780312261597
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Alot better than I thought from reading the reviews

When I first started reading "Female Intelligence", I had a tremendous urge to review this book immediately and explain all the pitfalls of the "Wyman Method". Luckily for me, Jane Heller did it all herself. This book for me was an all-nighter. I simply couldn't put it down. Look, humor is relative. People have different life experiences, therefore people find different things funny. Now, I know many people who have read "Mars and Venus" books and feel that they were really, really helpful to them in their relationships. I have read alot of these books, and while there are many good points, I feel that alot of it is formula - and, so, if my husband says "How was YOUR day" instead of "How was your day! Goodbye" I'm suddenly going to be happy? He didn't mean it then, and he still doesn't mean it now. So what does it help if he learned to be a parrot? So you can see why I found "Female Intelligence" so hilarious. I really enjoyed the h/h as well. They were a really funny couple - you know, the kind where they're so opposite that everything about them is funny? And, no, I didn't "know" who gave away Lynn's secrets to the media. I am thankful that I have good friends, it never occured to me that a good friend could really do that. For those who took this book seriously - it was a spoof! A spoof with a message, if you will. I think it did have a message somewhere in all that laughter. I especially loved the part where he analyzes what went wrong with her parent's marriage - and he's right! That part was really funny. And I don't think she could have possibly have meant it seriously (the author), when she had Lynn (the character) saying "Oh, I don't know how you metabolize mousse, but that mousse last night went straight to my thighs!" Can you imagine a man actually saying that? I don't think Jane Heller was really that stupid that she thought a therapist would actually say that, she just thought of some outrageous things a therapist MIGHT say, and then doubled and quadrupled it, till we have a very funny method, and a funny book. This was NOT a how-to book on the Wymann method, it was a comedy! The Wymann method was NOT meant to be taken seriously! I don't think everyone got that. I really enjoyed this book, and it was a pleasure to read the dialogue where you have two very intelligent people having a conversation, rather than what is the case in some other books where the characters either talk AT each other, or both crack a bunch of one-liners. To be quite honest, I found all that intelligent conversation a little intimidating - I don't have those kind of conversations, it's easy to see that Jane Heller's IQ is quite a few points above mine. But while mine is not quite there alas, it's fun to watch a real first class brain at work.

Exactly!

i thought this book was great! it was so true! and so entertaining! on a personal level, it wasn't so much that "men and women are different" ('cos we all know that already) but that we're different and it's okay. it helped me come to terms with my boyfriend's nods and grunts! plus there's a mystery to be solved. so good i passed it on to my best girlfriend the very next day!

Hilarious

This is a great read and very funny. This book is especially geared toward women. I couldn't put it down. I can relate to everything Lynn Whyman says about men and women. A deffinate must to add to your personal library.

super read

I have read all of Ms. Heller's books and I am a big fan, so I was thrilled when I saw she had a new one. Well...I just finished it and believe me when I tell you, you have to read this book. I spent the whole weekend reading it, and I laughed out loud so many times, my family quit asking what I was laughing at. I can't wait another year or two for her next one, so I guess I'll have to go back and reread some of her earlier books. Do yourself a favor, read this book and enjoy.

Jane Heller writes what women want to read

"Women's Speak" is a learned communication technique developed and taught by Dr. Lynn Wyman, a current media darling. Lynn is happily married until she discovers that her spouse is cheating on her and that the media uncovers that fact and turns it into a feast that almost destroys her reputation and thriving business. Lynn is determined to regain what she lost by obtaining Fortune Magazine's crowned worst boss as her client. At first Brandon brushes off Lynn as a pest, but the board of directors forces him to become a student because female employees are quitting in numbers that could spell EEOC. Over the next six months she gives him sensitivity training, but at the end of the class he asks her out as he finds himself very attracted to his instructor. She shares his feelings, but his love turns to rage when his story is splashed on the front page of the paper. He believes Lynn betrayed him, but she is determined to prove otherwise to the man she loves. Jane Heller has written a seriocomic novel that centers on how the genders communicate differently. The story line focuses on a heroine who has built bridges of understanding to foster improved communications that would work especially in the work place. FEMALE INTELLIGENCE is an amusing romp that rocks with intelligence. This author is on her way to the bestseller list if there is any justiceHarriet Klausner