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    Pinch Me
    Pinch Me
    Pinch Me
    Audiobook8 hours

    Pinch Me

    Written by Adena Halpern

    Narrated by Susan Bennett

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    Acclaimed for her playful novels featuring fantastical elements, Adena Halpern was praised by Publishers Weekly for having "serious wit up her sleeve." In Pinch Me, Lily Burns has just married the man of her dreams when her mother tells Lily the truth-their family is cursed. Now she's been transported to an alternate reality-one where she lives alone, her husband has no idea who she is, and worst of all, he's married to another woman! Can Lily find a way to break the family curse?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 13, 2012
    ISBN9781464038686
    Author

    Adena Halpern

    Adena Halpern is the author of the novels 29 and THE TEN BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE and TARGET UNDERWEAR AND A VERA WANG GOWN- NOTES FROM A SINGLE GIRL'S CLOSET, a memoir which was based on her popular "Haute Life" essays for the back page of Marie Claire magazine. In addition to Marie Claire, Adena has written for Daily Variety and The New York Times. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dramatic writing from New York University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in screenwriting from The American Film Institute. A proud Philadelphia native, she resides in Los Angeles with her husband, television and screenwriter Jonathan Goldstein.

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    • 4/5
      ADENA HALPERN'S "PINCH ME" (REVIEW)This book is hilarious and sweet at the same time. Lily Burns is a woman cursed to never find true love. With the advice given to her by her mother and grandmother she decides to forgo this and find love anyway only to realize it was all a dream. In order to get back the man she fell for she has to go through a whole new scenario and convince him that he's in love with her regardless that he's already married.This book was delightfully funny, with just the right touch of romance that keeps you reading to the end. Adena Halpern is a wonderful writer with the ability to keep you interested. I highly recommend this book!-Kitty Bullard / Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club
    • 4/5
      Lily Burns found the perfect man in Gogo Goldblatt. What she didn't realize was the extent of the family curse placed on the women of the family by a great-great aunt. Her mother, Selma and grandmother Dolly must be the bearer of the bad news in this case. Part fairytale, part chick lit, Lily tries to break the curse and win the alternate version of Gogo's heart. Halpern writes some of the scenes so vividly they come to life easily. Particularly when Dolly tries to feed Gogo and then wipes his chin.
    • 4/5
      ADENA HALPERN'S "PINCH ME" (REVIEW)This book is hilarious and sweet at the same time. Lily Burns is a woman cursed to never find true love. With the advice given to her by her mother and grandmother she decides to forgo this and find love anyway only to realize it was all a dream. In order to get back the man she fell for she has to go through a whole new scenario and convince him that he's in love with her regardless that he's already married.This book was delightfully funny, with just the right touch of romance that keeps you reading to the end. Adena Halpern is a wonderful writer with the ability to keep you interested. I highly recommend this book!-Kitty Bullard / Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club