American Girls About Town

Rating: 3 out of 5 horses

Pages: 386

Challenges: Short Stories, 20 in 2009, Support your local Library,

Synopsis (and picture from BN.com)
Born in the U.S.A....
American gals are taking liberties — and pursuing happiness on their own terms — in this star-studded story collection featuring the nation's red-hot women writers.
They've declared their independence!

Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes) learns "The Truth About Nigel" — and the trouble with falling for an incognito Hollywood actor. Lauren Weisberger (The Devil Wears Prada) sends a single New Yorker on a backpacking trip halfway around the world — where she sees her love life back home with new eyes — in "The Bamboo Confessions." A harried mom with a hit novel crosses the pond in "My Great Brit Book Tour" by Adriana Trigiani (Lucia, Lucia), and turns a crumbling talk show appearance into a sweet success.

Review

I picked up this book because I was wanting to read Adriana Trigiani's story (I love her Big Stone Gap series). I enjoyed this collection a lot - so much I got the Irish Girl collection. It is contemporary short stories by today's popular authors. I was surprised that it was called American Girls and the main characters were American Girls, but the stories weren't necessarily set in the US and the ladies in the story didn't necessarily date American, but that is just something I wish I knew going into it to set my expectations.

Here are the stories in the collection and what I thought of them...

My Great Brit Book Tour - Adriana Trigiani (4)
Five - Julianna Baggot (2)
Leaving a Light On - Claire LaZebnik (3)
Moving Day - Cindy Chupack (3)
Yoga Baby - Lauren Henderson (1)
The Truth about Nigel - Jennifer Weiner (4)
Voodoo Dolls, C-Cups and Eminem - Melissa Senate (3)
The Bamboo Confessions - Lauren Weisberger (4)
Amore - Laura Wolf (2)
Andromeda on the Street of Ducklings - Judi Hendricks (5)
Bad manners - Chris Manby (3)
The Two-Month Itch - Sarah Mlynowski (3)
I know a Woman - Quinn Dalton (4.5)
Just Visiting - Nancy Starling (5)
Forty Days - Jill Smolinski (4)
The Uncertainty Principle - Lynda Curnyn (4)
Small Worlds - Gretchen Laskas (3)

Let me know what you think of the collection!