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Me Times Three narrator Sandra Berlin has just discovered that her fiancé has been cheating on her with not one but two women. She's looking for a support group, one where "I could stand up and say, 'Hi, I'm Sandra and I'm a gullible, pathetic sap.'" Sandra's journey from sap to grownup provides the plot line for the first novel from Alex Witchel, a Style reporter for the New York Times. But the real raison d'être of the novel is the opportunity for Witchel to flaunt her delightfully insiderish view of Manhattan. Sandra works for Jolie, a fashion magazine that sounds a lot like Elle, under the fearsome Susie, a mercurial editor who seems determined to ruin every story Sandra turns in. Plotting and character aren't Witchel's strong points, but the verisimilitude of her evocation of Manhattan media life makes Me Times Three a fun, fluffy romp. --Claire Dederer.
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"What I learned from my father was the boys' lesson of dealing in the world -- trust no one and win the first time. What I learned from my mother was the girls' lesson -- trust no one and win the first time, but just in case you don't, come home, eat something, talk about it, have a drink, cry a little, then go back out there and try again."

Armed with these family tenets, Alex Witchel goes soul-searching and shopping with the ever-present help of her mother, Barbara, the "human Swiss Army knife who can do it all," and her sister, Phoebe, Alex's perpetual rival and best friend. These three form a family within a family, and with a passionate unity they offer each other sharp, witty, and (occasionally exasperating) insights on everything from men, pedicures, and careers to sibling rivalry, the challenges of stepparenting, and the pains of aging and loss.

Insightful, poignant, and hilarious by turns, Girls Only is a memoir that celebrates the one thing that remains "for women only"...mother/daughter/sister love..
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This digital document is an article from New York Times Upfront, published by Scholastic, Inc. on January 21, 2002. The length of the article is 662 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Laughing when it hurts: Saturday Night Live anchor Tina Fey struggles wire making comedy out of tragedy. (arts).(television comedy writer)
Author: Alex Witchel
Publication:New York Times Upfront (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 21, 2002
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Volume: 134 Issue: 8 Page: 23(1)

Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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The Witchel Name in History is a customized book offering a unique blend of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary about the Witchel name. The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the Our Name in History collection. Each book in the collection is printed on demand and is compiled from hundreds of millions of records from the world's largest online resource of family history, Ancestry.com. This particular book follows the Witchel family name through history and makes the perfect gift for your family members and anyone interested in the Witchel name. In the book you'll find out about where people with the Witchel last name originated. You may discover the countries and ports they left behind, the ships they sailed and more. You'll get a better idea of where people sharing the Witchel name settled and where they may reside today in the United States, Canada, England and other countries. You'll get all this information and much more in your Witchel family name book. If your last name is not Witchel, then check out our collection of nearly 300,000 family name books to find other available names in the series..
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The bond shared by women with their mothers and their sisters is undeniably complex. Alex Witchel, a style reporter for the New York Times, was lucky enough to grow up in a family of strong, sage, and funny women. The bond between Witchel, her mother Barbara, and her sister Phoebe was so tight that when she married, Witchel worried about this new arrangement cutting into her time with them. Girls Only is a sweet, witty collection of essays detailing this delicious triangle. Witchel dubs Barbara a "human Swiss Army knife": a description befitting a mom who is also an educational psychology professor, referee to sibling squabbles, dispenser of perfect tuna sandwiches, and a Trekkie. Witchel's writing is always entertaining, her wit is a constant, and the book is a pleasure..
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