A Stitch in Time: A Novel

What a find. Just a pulpy pick-up off a random book store, and I find myself devouring the novel from cover to cover. It recreates with fascinating honesty a world where bodily contours are critical; a world with an alternative reflection on the complexities of age, image and marriage in the twenty first century. Gruelling exercising regimes, plastic surgeons, ribald but rip-roaring one liners -- this is fast paced and a highly amusing read. Oh, and it's quite an insightful read too, well-rinsed in worldly ways.

Please don't confuse this book with the new TV show "Nip/Tuck"! I like that show, too, but this book is decidedly, 100% comedy. Lette's writing is pure comic genius, with every sentence holding a zinger."Nip `n' Tuck" is told from inside the slightly neurotic mind of Lizzie, who's staring down age 40. She's being shoved over at her position as a news reporter by younger, perkier talking heads; and she's having severe doubts about the fidelity of her too-good-to-be-true plastic surgeon husband.Although this falls squarely within the "chick lit" genre, this is TONS funnier than anything else I've read in years. Not only is Lizzie's inner dialogue hysterical, but the mental images Lette creates are uproarious, especially as she invokes the image of a hyperreal Pamela Anderson-type seducing Lizzie's husband. The story takes a completely unreal turn towards the end, but it makes for a delicious slapstick resolution. Please do not expect this to read like a novelization of "Extreme Makeovers"; it's so much more like the zany misadventures of Lucy Ricardo brought into the 21st century.If you can get your hands on this novel, READ IT!! It's a wonderful comedic antidote to anything depressing (i.e., real life). Lette is here to stay, and I can't wait to read something else by her!

One of the funniest books I've ever read. Lizzie McPhee is turning forty, losing her husband and losing her job. And so she decides to go under the knife, which can only spell trouble. Funny without being a romantic comedy. One of my top reads of the year. (A+)