English as a Second Language | Megan Crane | Wasn't in it for the love story...

English as a Second Language | Megan Crane | fast and fun read

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English as a Secon...

	English as a Second Language Megan Crane Grand Central Publishing, 2004 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 48 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

DESCRIPTION: In this wickedly funny first novel--think Legally Blonde at Oxford--a young New York woman exchanges her corporate job for a year of books, blokes, and new friends in graduate school in England. Alexandra Brennan is fed up with her dead end New York City job--and even more fed up with running into her smug ex-boyfriend. So when he crosses the line by telling her that shell never get into graduate school in the United Kingdom, thats precisely what she does. Armed with imported cigarettes and extra-strength coffee, Alex crosses the Atlantic to face all that Great Britain and grad school have to offer, including ill-considered romantic interludes, a red-headed nemesis with intellectual pretensions and ulterior motives, and more books than she can possibly read in a year. What she discovers, however, is that instead of running away from home, she may have actually found it. With its cheeky wit and terrific cast of characters, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE is a hilarious coming-of-age story readers wont soon forget about one young womans misadventures along the path to adulthood.

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Wasn't in it for the love story...

I loved this book precisely because it wasn't about finding love. It was the story of Alex Brennan finding out who she was and what she wanted to do with her life. I loved Alex because her personality resonated with me...and because at 26 she's turned her life upside down and hauled her ass across the pond! Her humor and wit is amazing and I found myself unable to put this book down...laughing out loud so many times. I love the development of the friendship with Alex and two other dormmates...so many times I have sat around with my girls and bs'ed like that. I LOVED this book because it wasn't about finding love like other chick lit stories...it was about finding herself. And that is what made this book so incredibly satisfying. Oh, and the funny drunken happenings are pretty hilarious too!! :)

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fast and fun read

I found this book to be quite entertaining and fell in love with all the characters. If you love chick-lits this is a book for you.

~just "ok"~

I have to agree with the other reviewers who stated that the book is rather shallow and focuses the majority of its efforts on drinking and being at the local pub. I too, was unable to connect with any of the characters and often found my mind drifting while reading this book. I just couldn't get "into it", although I did manage to finish it. It was a "cute" typical chick-lit book, but I've read better.

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