Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #642797 in Books
• Published on: 2001-08-15
• Format: Large Print
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 553 pages

Customer Reviews

Good Book Material!
Trisha Ashley has quickly become one of my favorite authors. I first read The Urge to Jump - liked it well enough to want to read more. Then I found Every Woman for Herself (you must read it, too!) and fell in love. Good Husband Material just reinforces what a terrific writer Ashley is! It's so hard to describe what makes her writing special - it's that element of whimsy that permeates. The books are never out-and-out farce, but there's always a magical quality to the storyline. The women are never scatty or dim, but they're certainly not your "woman-on-a-mission-get-out-of-her-way". It's the little things that are funny - in this book, our heroine Tish (NOT "Trisha") doesn't see herself as a redhead, but everyone else does and there are several funny references to that. There are two completely opposite, yet equally ridiculous, party scenes. The idea that Tish and Fergal both view themselves as creative "vampires", unknowingly drawing inspiration from each other for their creativity. (You wonder if Fergal's career will go downhill once he's happy!) The dialog is so funny - you do laugh out loud and want to keep reading right through until the end. In a wonderful turn the book also allows you to get inside the head of Fergal, the One Who Got Away, very early on. In fact, the book opens with his recounting the story of how Tish and Fergal first met when he was 22 and she was 17. The chapters are then broken up by brief snippets in his voice, a critical element to the story. Good Husband Material is a grown up fairy tale and reads like one. That's not to say that it's totally improbable, Ashley writes a convincing tale - you can believe that Fergal truly never stopped loving Tish and vice versa. She is so adept at the character development - James (the Good Husband) is so very funny (in a pathetic way) and certainly gets exactly what he deserves in the end. As does Tish, Fergal, and everyone - including the dog! Definitely a keeper!

Fabulous fun!
As you would expect from the cover this is a sharp, witty romantic comedy with oodles of charm. If you like Katie Fforde or Helen Fielding you'll love this book. The author has created a strong willed entertaining heroine, a stonking hero and a wonderful cast of characters. She also has a completely delightful - and very very funny - turn of phrase. Can't wait for her next book!

funny
Book is much funnier than I had expected- I confess to buying it on a whim. The heroine is a romance writer- love the titles of all her books and the plot descriptions! I read it in one day- and I eagerly look forward to the author's next book. And how many women wish their first love had turned into one of the world's most famous and sexiest rock stars? Wish fulfillment at the very best!