If the Shoe Fits

by Stephanie Rowe

Book Overview

When a car accident cuts short a runner's dreams, she turns to her new business--and goes from running sneakers to designer heels. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843955619
• ISBN13: 9780843955613
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Great chick lit book....

Paris Jackson has a lot on her plate for one woman. Trying to start up her own shoe company using a product she and her friends developed called Sfoam. A job at a local bank she's not entirely happy at, but she finds her boss attractive. A boyfriend who keeps changing the rules of their relationship, AND an ex-husband who wants her back. Not to mention her mom is now going to random funerals of people she doesn't even know and dating ex cons she finds in the personal ads? It's enough to make Paris want to run, from everything and everyone. Great book I enjoyed this one immensly. One of the best chick lit books I've read.

A great book to read

I read this book in less than a day because I just could not put it down. I had to know what was going to happen with JWP, Inc., whether Paris was every going to achieve her dreams and see her company succeed, and if all the people in her life truly had her best interest at heart. I know that this is Chick-lit but there was a lot of real world experience that you can take away from this such as: trust your gut instinct, never give up on your dream but don't be afraid to make adjustment, learn to think with your head and not just with your heart, and sometimes you have to take off the rose colored glasses to really see a person. I would truly recommend this book, you will not be disappointed.

as much a fine character study as it is a wondeful chick lit tale

It looks like PWJ, Inc; the company that is making Sfoam (a cushioning system for running shoes) is going to go belly-up because none of the foot wear companies are willing to give it a chance. Paris Jackson, a runner who created the concept is ready to throw in the towel due to a lack of funds when her ex-husband Greg, a venture capitalist, comes to town five years after he left her one month into their marriage. Paris has a no commitment relationship with Will, one of the scientists who developed Sfoam but he is very unhappy that Greg is back in town. His possessiveness makes commitment shy Paris back away from him and move closer to Greg while she fantasizes about her boss who is about to fire her because her work at the bank has suffered because of the hours she puts in at PWJ. When Will and Paris officially break off, Greg is there ready to pick up the pieces and help her run the company. Paris has to find out what she needs to make herself happy before she can make any decisions about the firm or the men in her life. This is as much a character study as it is a chick lit tale. There are many funny scenes as well as serious moments. Readers come too really like and care for the vulnerable protagonist. Stephanie Rowe knows how to grab and keep reader interest as IF THE SHOE FITS is a terrific reading experience. This is an author who makes chick-lit tales deep and enriching novels. Harriet Klausner