Details About Books Shopgirl
| Title | : | Shopgirl |
| Author | : | Steve Martin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 130 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2000 by Hachette Books |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Romance. Contemporary. Humor |
Steve Martin
Paperback | Pages: 130 pages Rating: 3.42 | 35081 Users | 2750 Reviews
Narration During Books Shopgirl
Lonely, depressed, Vermont transplant Mirabelle Buttersfield, who sells expensive evening gloves nobody ever buys at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and spends her evenings watching television with her two cats. She attempts to forge a relationship with middle-aged, womanizing, Seattle millionaire Ray Porter while being pursued by socially inept and unambitious slacker Jeremy. With more than 340,000 copies in print, Steve Martin's Shopgirl has landed on bestseller lists nationwide including: New York Times, Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. Filled with the kind of witty, discerning observations that have brought Steve Martin incredible critical success, this story of modern day love and romance is a work of disarming tenderness.
Specify Books Toward Shopgirl
| Original Title: | Shopgirl: A Novella |
| ISBN: | 0786891076 (ISBN13: 9780786891078) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mirabelle Buttersfield, Ray Porter, Jeremy Malory |
| Setting: | United States of America |
| Literary Awards: | Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album (2001) |
Rating About Books Shopgirl
Ratings: 3.42 From 35081 Users | 2750 ReviewsNotice About Books Shopgirl
Mirabelle works as a Glove clerk at the Neiman's department store in the mall in L.A. . While she is fighting off depression and questioning her self-worth, two men pursue and lust after her: a slacker named Jeremy and a rich playboy millionaire named Mr. Ray Porter. Can Mirabelle find out who loves her before she gets hurt? Read on and find out for yourself.This was the first ever book that I have read by comedian/actor Steve Martin. It was a funny and sad read. One of the parts that made me"She knows that she needs new friends but introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness." p.4"However, Jeremy does have one outstanding quality. He likes her. And this quality in a person makes them infinitely interesting to the person being liked." p.8"She is offering herself to him on the outside chance that he will hold her afterward. She feels very practical about this and vows not to feel bad if things don't work out. After all, she tells herself, she isn't really
Edit: Goodreads just showed me the following quote from Steve Martin: Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way. Heh. I'm gonna go ahead and add that to my review here. Also, I am totes against GIFs/pics in goodreads reviews usually (because USE YOUR WORDS) but I will make an exception (b/c RuPaul and Visage): OH, what an utterly FASCINATING look into the totally important and equally fascinating stereotypes regarding heterosexual sexual relationships. Everyone
I read this book out of curiosity because I'd always wondered what kind of writer Steve Martin is. (I mean, I'd used his quote "I think I did pretty well, considering all I started out with was a bunch of blank paper" for YEARS in writing classes, at the tops of syllabi, etc. I could at least see what he'd done with that blank paper.)I was pleasantly surprised. I *really* liked this novella. It was the right size for the story. I think too often writers cram a lot into a short story or stretch
How can a movie that seemed so horrible and so sad be such an amazing book when the novel and screen play were written by the same person? Shouldn't they be, i don't know.. the same? It just doesn't make sense. Anyway, this was a wonderful book. Yes, it made me cry just as much as the movie did but the book was just so much better. The book leaves you more at peace with the ending. The movie just throws the ending at you and expects you to accept it. Thankfully, my favorite movie line was in the
I read and really enjoyed Martin's The Pleasure of my Company a few years ago. It was quirky and sweet and I found it very funny in parts. I was hoping for more of the same with Shopgirl when I stumbled across this unabridged audio but for some reason it's not working for me. At all.I'm finding myself bored and annoyed. It's about a 28 year old woman who works in a shop selling "gloves no one wants to buy" and lives like a newly graduated college student. She's lonely and shy and wants to meet a
This book was a surprise to me, loaned for on-the-plane reading after I'd finished the book I'd brought on the trip.I had low expectations of the writing and the story. Both were pleasant surprises. Written in almost elegant prose, the characters in their small lives unfold. Vignettes of their lives are neat and complete, stacking on top of and inside one another, until the chain of experiences moves each character to a different place. It may seem insignificant or that the characters just
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