Ready to Fall

by Claire Cook

Book Overview

A witty tale of marriage and midlife longing, as a taked-for-granted-wife pursues a fantasy love via e-mail. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882593480
• ISBN13: 9781882593484
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Bridge Works Publishing Company
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Been there

Beth Riordan, the main character in Ready to Fall, reveals all of the self-doubt, questioning, and searching that are a part of mid-life. The lesson is that, faced with humor, we continue to grow, find our way, and move on. Beth does the work for us in this intelligent, humorous book. I couldnt stop reading because I had to know what would happen and to whom. And I too laughed out loud, which doesn t happen often enough in literature or in life.

Laugh out loud funny!

It is rare to read a book that makes you laugh out loud, but Claire Cook accomplishes this on the first page! Her email format is truly unique. You can bet others will be copying her believing that her witty style will be easy to replicate. I'm sure they'll find they are wrong. She manages to create the same excitement for the reader as they would get if they were intercepting email from a quirky neighbor about her semi-psychotic crush on the man next door. It doesn't get more innovative or seductive than this novel. If you want a book you simply can't put down, this is it! I can't wait to read more from this author.

A remarkable accomplishment

Claire Cook writes with such a relaxed easy style and with such accessibility that it I almost missed the significance of what she's accomplished with READY TO FALL besides providing the reader with a quick read and lots of laughs. Cook has created an entire world through one-way emails, no small feat. I wasn't sure she could pull it off without a few seams showing, but she did. Bravo! True innovation here.

I read it in one sitting!

A very difficult-to-put-down book. I just had to see if Beth would figure herself out, with or without Heather's help. I wanted to see if she'd go through with it. I wanted to see if she found out exactly how happy we can all expect to be at this point. I wanted her to live my mid-life crisis for me. Thanks, Beth! Not to be missed!

To Die For!

One of the best novels I've read in a long time! Brilliantly written with an amazing hook, it feels like eavesdropping on someone's e-mail. I couldn't stop laughing. This book is a must have.