If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend
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If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend
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Art-gallery assistant Jane Laine, recuperating after a failed love affair, really hates her odious martinet of a boss. So she is ready to go when famed sculptor Ian Rhys--Fitzsimmons conceives a project that will take him on a six-month tour. Assigned to accompany him and take care of gallery business, Jane becomes good friends with Ian, but continues to look for love in all the wrong places. This very Bridget Jones's Diary-like chick-lit novel turns laugh-out-loud funny when Jane's parents and their schnauzers are on the scene, especially during a Christmas dinner in Santa Fe during which schnauzer Elijah is the object of a bizarre ritual called "Pass the Schnauzer." Ian is an endearing character, kind and thoughtful in spite of his renown, and he is not even taken aback when Jane's aunt suggests he convert to the Lutheran faith and take up accounting. Andy Warhol quotes at the beginning of each chapter add to the alluring art-world ambience of Pace's novel. Diana Tixier Herald
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Review
"A funny, feel-good fairy tale set improbably in the high-powered international art world." -- Pam Houston, author of Cowboys Are My Weakness and Sighthound
"A funny, snappy, beauty of a read I loved it!" -- Sarah Mlynowski, author of Milkrun and Bras and Broomsticks
"This book is GENIUS! I stayed up all night laughing hyena-style." -- Jill Kargman, co-author of The Right Address

16/03/2005
Other than a cliched boy-meets-girl, boy-cheats-on-girl beginning, this book has very few flaws. It has a somewhat slow pace that is relaxing, and folds you into the world of the book.
Each chapter starts with a fun Andy Warhol quote, and each chapter contains an interesting idea. In fact, the chapters could almost stand on their own as short stories.
Jane Laine, the main character, is smart, funny and a little uncertain of herself, while Ian Rhys-Fitzsimmons is a kind artist who doesn't let his celebrity inflate his ego. Jane Laine's boss, Dick Reese, steals many scenes as the jerk we've all worked for or worked with. Jane's mother's obsession with her schnauzers is funny.
I read in one of the other reviews that this book leaves a smile on your face, and it's true; it does.

06/02/2005
Don't you love when a book leaves you smiling at the end? I can't say every book does that to me - in fact, very few do - but this novel certainly did. It turned out to be one of the sort that somehow gets under your skin and makes you think for days after reading it.
Meet Jane Laine. She works for the prominent Dick Reese gallery in New York City. At the beginning of our story she has just been dumped unceremoniously Fitzsimmons. Ian is known as a genius, and his work is highly regarded throughout the art world. When Jane's boss drops the bomb on her that she has to accompany Ian on a five month international art fair tour, Jane is disappointed. How is she going to promote an artist's work she doesn't even "get"? And why now, when she is trying to get her love life started back up?
Thus begins Ian and Jane's tour, which starts in England and continues on through Rome, Chicago, and many other places. Through their time spent, Jane begins to slowly learn just what it is about Ian's work that is so popular. And she begins to wonder if maybe she had someone great in front of her the whole time, but just didn't know it...
This book was a very satisfying read. It's a little difficult to pinpoint exactly what it was about this book that I liked so much. Jane as a main character was great - intelligent, down-to-earth, and funny. Ian was a great supporting character - he was very smart, polite, funny, interesting and a bit eccentric. Jane goes through the typical ups and downs of dating while trying to juggle her career and personal life. The book's plot moves smoothly and doesn't waver. If Andy Warhol Had a Girlfriend simmers with a quiet brilliance and polish that will stay in a reader's mind for days.
Overall, I definitely recommend this novel to all readers who enjoy a superb, feel-good yet realistic book.

29/01/2005
This is one of those fantastic books that you can't put down once you start reading. If you're a fan of dogs, art, or love (and, come on, who isn't?) then you're going to adore ANDY WARHOL. Everything about this novel is fantastic. The pacing is awesome, the setting is divine (you get a world-class tour of Europe and the US), and the characters are unique and loveable. Can't wait to see what she comes up with next!
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