Product Description

Jane Spring has discovered that twenty-first-century relationships are built on a myth. She's organized, attractive, strong-minded and self-sufficient - yet she's single. She's smart, ambitious and sexually confident - yet somehow, while all her friends plan their weddings, no-one wants to marry her. Then one day she finds the answer. Drinking her way through a depressing afternoon snowed into her apartment, she turns on the TV and finds a Doris Day marathon. And that's when the revelation hits her: Doris wouldn't be stuck inside alone at a weekend. Doris wouldn't scare men off. Doris always gets her man. Because despite everything men say, they're terrified of women like Jane. What they really want is a cute little blonde with frosted pink lipstick, tight pencil skirts and kitten heels. What they really want is Doris. And so Jane Spring sets out to reinvent herself. If that's what men want, that's what she'll give them...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #591480 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-18
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

From the Publisher
To catch the perfect man, you have to become the perfect girl ...

From the Back Cover
Jane Spring has discovered that twenty-first-century relationships are built on a myth. She's organized, attractive, strong-minded and self-sufficient - yet she's single. She's smart, ambitious and sexually confident - yet somehow, while all her friends plan their weddings, no-one wants to marry her.

Then one day she finds the answer. Drinking her way through a depressing afternoon snowed into her apartment, she turns on the TV and finds a Doris Day marathon. And that's when the revelation hits her: Doris wouldn't be stuck inside alone at a weekend. Doris wouldn't scare men off. Doris always gets her man. Because despite everything men say, they're terrified of women like Jane. What they really want is a cute little blonde with frosted pink lipstick, tight pencil skirts and kitten heels. What they really want is Doris. And so Jane Spring sets out to reinvent herself. If that's what men want, that's what she'll give them...

'Not your typical heroine, not your typical makeover - and fabulous for that! A real page-turner!' - Belinda Jones

'A peach of a poolside read' - Good Housekeeping

About the Author
SHARON KRUM was born in Australia but has lived in New York for eleven years. She is a regular contributor to many UK, Australian and US magazines and newspapers, including the Guardian and Vogue. Her first book, Walk of Fame was published in 2000 and sold in twelve foreign countries and to Twentieth Century Fox.

Customer Reviews

The Thing About It Is It's Fun!
This is a real treat of a book. Jane Spring has been mainly raised by her father, a general. He treated her as if she was a boy. A punishment for disobedience was press-ups!!

Consequently Jane is a little regimented to say the least. She also dresses like a man and never wears make-up. she can take orders but she also gives them, a lot! This puts off potential suitors. But poor Jane can't figure out why...

Until one day she's confined to barracks, so to speak, during a blizzard. She watches some Doris Day re-runs and notices how Doris always seems to get her man. So Jane thinks that if she could be more like Doris..

I'm not telling you any more. I don't want to spoil it for you!

A real 'girl' book - with an edge
Browsing in a book store a couple of days ago, and having already bought 3 books, I chanced upon The Thing About Jane Spring. Maybe the cover caught my eye; I can't remember, but the synopsis on the sleeve certainly whetted my appetite. I started reading the book the next day and it has taken me about 6 hours to read it. I couldn't put it down, it was so entertaining.

I can't recall ever reading anything quite so original in storyline. Jane Spring (Model) 1 is something of a cold, heartless killing machine, having been raised by her widowed father, a General in the US army. He raised his daughter the same way he raised his sons which was probably the only way he knew how after his wife died, but which didn't do Jane any favours on the feminine front.

A hot-shot Attorney, by her mid-'30s Jane is wondering why she has been unable to keep a man interested for more than a couple of dates. She considers herself an honourable, trustworthy 'soldier' - what more could a man want?

Trapped in her apartment during a weekend's blizzard, Jane finds herself enjoying a Doris Day film marathon. Suddenly, she realises the answer to her dilemma lies in reinventing herself as Doris. Doris always got her man, didn't she?

From this unlikely scenario, comes a fabulously funny story. I laughed out loud often. Jane's transformation into Doris is hysterical. The story is so visual that I felt this is one of those books which would make a great film, and on further research, I discovered that there is indeed a film in the offing.

It's the kind of book which will mean different things to different people, but one strong message comes through and that is that if you treat people nicely, are as charming and delightful as you can be, then people will respond in kind. You don't have to dress in pastel clothes to be a nice person.

In a society where so many people are disrespectful of each other, believing that sarcasm and harsh words are the only way to get results, it would be great if this book was made compulsory reading in schools.

These days, some successful women try to emulate men to such an extent they forget that their own femininity is a powerful weapon in the workplace.

The female character Doris Day played in all her films, respected and nurtured the power a woman held in her dainty hands. Those films might be over 40 years old, but the basics of human nature will never change.

This is not a traditional 'make-over' story. Plain girl finds happiness with the help of losing a few pounds and application of cosmetics. No, Jane is already a beautiful woman. She just has to learn how to use this gift wisely. Her transformation is something of a journey of discovery into womanhood. With the General her only role model, it is with some relief that Jane discovers the lessons Doris can teach her.

A real page-turner - and it has to be a helluva book to hold my interest so strongly!

An amusing book
This is a story of a woman looking for "True Love" and the very unusual and amusing way she goes about it. Marjie, Australia