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The Continuity Girl
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$18.95 |
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26/01/2006 |
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Trade PB
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Meredith Moore: reluctant daughter,
devoted friend, flawless continuity girl, raging sperm bandit.
Meredith Moore is the perfect
continuity girl. An on-set film script supervisor, it is her job to make sure
every frame of the picture is consistent with the one before. She is the error
catcher. The needle-in-the-haystack finder. A cigarette in the left hand when it
should be in the right, a prematurely melted ice cube in a half-empty glass of
Scotch, a stray lock of an actor’s hair—these are the details by which she
measures out her life.
But when Meredith wakes up on the
morning of her 35th birthday yearning for a baby, her personal sense
of continuity is thrown into flux. Determined not to marry, she impulsively
flees to London to reunite with her eccentric single mother and accept a new job
on a well-known producer’s film set. Her covert plan: to become a Sperm Bandit
and find an unsuspecting donor to father her child.
Navigating London’s murky social
waters, Meredith is thrown into a strange new story, one that quickly spins out
of control. In her quest to get pregnant on her own terms, she will accidentally
uncover a web of secrets that will change the way she envisions both her working
life and the nature of love.
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Critical Praise for
The Continuity Girl
"Leah McLaren…plumbs literary depths beyond the newspaper margins and shows she can sustain a fast-paced, multi-character story, while surrendering none of her hipster cred… The Continuity Girl hits the chick-lit bullseye admirably."
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The Hamilton Spectator
"...the book has some features that place McLaren's novel among the high-quality examples of chick lit — the territory occupied by bestselling authors Jennifer Weiner, Sophie Kinsella and Kathleen Tessaro, to name a few. McLaren's use of girlfriend-y dialogue is spot on. She successfully captures the sass and spirit of female friendships that endure through the improbable plot twists and surprising character revelations of the real-life dating scene these days. Her sense of place is well developed, too…"
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Toronto Star
"Leah McLaren gives us a first novel just like her columns: savvy, insightful, and hysterically funny. I absolutely loved it."
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Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada
"Leah McLaren is Canada's Carrie Bradshaw and a wit for the ages. If you don't love this book I'll eat her shorts."
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Toby Young, journalist and author of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
"Leah McLaren's writing is an elbow to the ribs of the accepted CanLit notion that smart and entertaining don't belong together – a fizzy mix of intelligence, wit and unapologetic fun."
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Ceri Marsh, co-author of The Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum
"Much like her columns, the first novel by hipster Globe and Mail columnist Leah McLaren will titillate…readers with its wit and candour… [I]n the tradition of bright, run-yourself-a-bath-and-enjoy romance writing, The Continuity Girl pushes all the right buttons… McLaren's writing teems with vivid detail and nicely drawn characters."
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Quill & Quire
"The Continuity Girl is filled with hilarious lines... McLaren has crafted a relevant women's comedy for the ages. She astutely captures the dilemma of today's working woman who finds herself mid-thirties, single and longing to become a mother, and she does it while eliciting her fair share of laugh-out-loud moments in the process. McLaren has been touted as Canada's Carrie Bradshaw. Those are some big Manolo Blahniks to fill, but The Continuity Girl proves McLaren's got the style, wit and intelligence to do it."
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The Globe and Mail
"Women everywhere will fall in love with Meredith Moore... With a saucy vibe running throughout this 335-page novel, McLaren has adopted a unique style of writing to make this genre her own... McLaren's writing is familiarly unique. She is a mixture of Manhattan's Candace Bushnell, the UK's Sophie Kinsella and Helen Fielding, only McLaren is wrapped up in a maple leaf strolling down Bloor West. It's chick-lit revamped. And best of all, it's home grown.... McLaren's novel speaks to a generation of young-ish Canadians looking to find themselves. It's refreshing and youthful, but remains meaningful and intelligent."
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Digital Journal Magazine
Reader Reviews from First Look
Leah McLaren offers us a humourous tale complete with quirky characters. Meredith is borderline OCD and intent on getting pregnant. When her mother sends her tickets to England, she jumps at the chance to visit a land where no one knows her in order to snag a "sperm donor".
McLaren takes this subject, which is becoming a real issue for many women, and gives us a lighthearted tale filled with engaging characters and hilarious situations, yet still gives us an idea of the struggle many single 30-something women have gone through to become mothers. It's a fun read and certainly an enjoyable first novel!
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Jennifer (Kitchener, ON)
Leah McLaren offers us a humourous tale complete with quirky characters. Meredith is borderline OCD and intent on getting pregnant. When her mother sends her tickets to England, she jumps at the chance to visit a land where no one knows her in order to snag a "sperm donor".
McLaren takes this subject, which is becoming a real issue for many women, and gives us a lighthearted tale filled with engaging characters and hilarious situations, yet still gives us an idea of the struggle many single 30-something women have gone through to become mothers. It's a fun read and certainly an enjoyable first novel!
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Jennifer (Kitchener, ON)
The Continuity Girl is most enjoyable: the characters literally leap from the page; the dialogue fresh and the author's voice is audibly ironic. Witty, detailed, and postmodern, this charming tale of a charming Canadian woman will stay with you long after you finish it.
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Shoshana (Montreal, QC)
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The Continuity Girl
Meredith is a continuity girl. Her job is to make sure that the details in every scene on a film shoot are consistent. She is the error catcher. The needle- n-the-haystack finder. A cigarette in the left hand when it should be in the right, a prematurely melted ice cube in a half-empty glass of...
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