It should come as no surprise that the coauthor of the movie Legally Blonde has penned an equally hilarious, female-bonding inspired romp. Zadie Roberts is an attractive high school teacher who finds herself fantasizing about the young Abercrombie model in her English class as the rest of her friends pair off in grown-up relationships and get hitched. Not that she's against monogamy‹her soap opera star fiancé recently abandoned her at the altar, leaving her a little bit bitter and a lot horny. When she learns her best friend, Grey, is getting engaged to her perfect, prudish cousin Helen, Zadie thinks the world as she knows it might truly have ended. To make matters worse, Zadie must attend Helen's bachelorette party, complete with tea, yoga and the type of "dull women who have two-hour conversations about the contents of their children's diapers." But then the party takes a naughty turn, and chaste and virtuous Helen sets out to prove that she isn't the "uptight" girl everyone thinks she is. When all is said and done, Zadie must decide if her loyalties lie with her cousin or her best friend. Will she save Grey from a future of unhappiness or simply ruin their friendship forever? Laugh-out-loud funny with a nasty edge, this is chick lit for mean girls.
- Publisher's Weekly
“Raucously funny with dead-on observations. An “A”
-Entertainment Weekly
“Uproarious”
-US Weekly
“Lutz creates likeable women who are smart and funny and enjoyably disheveled.”
-New York Daily News
“Un-put-downable”
-Cosmopolitan
“Karen McCullah Lutz will keep you giggling.”
-Marie Claire
“Lutz will have you laughing out loud in many parts of The Bachelorette Party”
-San Antonio Express-News
“The Bachelorette Party is one of the funniest books this reviewer has read in quite awhile.... this book is a must-read... well-written, fast-paced... Lutz has done a service to the genre.”
-Bookreporter.com
“Solidly written.”
-Library Journal
“Funny and poignant.”
-Richmond Times Dispatch
“A very funny (if sometimes raunchy story. I highly recommend it.”
-Soap Opera Digest
“Funny and bawdy, this book has more grit than Bridget Jones.”
-Vision Magazine
“Hysterical romp full of female bonding”
-Bergen County Record
“A witty distraction to everyday life... nothing but comic relief from the first page to the last chapter.”
-CelebrityCafe.com
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"A raunchy, raucous, joyride of a book"
- Jennifer Weiner, author of Good in Bed and Little Earthquakes
"I woke my husband up from a deep sleep within the first few chapters of this adorably hilarious book. I laughed through every step of Zadie's uncomfortable, single existence. The perfect vacation book. You won't put it down until you're done."
- Selma Blair, actress
"Attention chick lit fans: The Bachelorette Party is laugh-out-loud fun and not to be missed! Karen Lutz of "Legally Blonde" fame scores big time with a heroine whose spot-on, smart-mouthed observations about life, love and La-La Land will keep you turning the pages and hoping for a sequel."
- Jane Heller, author of Best Enemies and Lucky Stars
"I absolutely loved this witty, charming, and wickedly funny book and could not put it down! Karen Lutz introduces a character whose experiences are accurate, poignant, and so hilarious they will make you laugh out loud!"
- Amanda Brown, author of Legally Blonde and Family Trust
"I loved it! I couldn't stop reading it. So good and so funny! Zadie's observations on life are hysterical. Completely delicious and original."
- Heather Graham, actress
"I'm a guy. I don't usually like books like this. But Karen McCullah Lutz tells a tale so wonderfully crass and insightful that I found myself wrapped up, engaged and laughing out loud at almost every page. If you've had enough of "Sex and the City" but not its subject, you've gotta read this book. It's a truly fresh take on friendship, women and the pop culture they live in. An effortless and hilarious read I just couldn't put down."
- Peter Horton, actor, director
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