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L.a. woman

After getting rid of her commitment-phobic fiance, Sarah Walker decides to start a new life in Los Angeles, and, with the help of her new roommate Martika, plunges headfirst into the fast-paced world of day jobs, dating, and nightclubs.

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  • "L.A. women"@pl
  • "Los Angeles woman"

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  • "After getting rid of her commitment-phobic fiance, Sarah Walker decides to start a new life in Los Angeles, and, with the help of her new roommate Martika, plunges headfirst into the fast-paced world of day jobs, dating, and nightclubs."
  • "After getting rid of her commitment-phobic fiance, Sarah Walker decides to start a new life in Los Angeles, and, with the help of her new roommate Martika, plunges headfirst into the fast-paced world of day jobs, dating, and nightclubs."@en
  • "Sarah Walker has left the comforts of Northern California to move to L.A., where she rents an apartment and waits for her fiance, Benjamin, to join her. But when his transfer is delayed, his nonchalant attitude and refusal to help her with the rent lead Sarah to get a roommate. Enter Martika, an outspoken, glamorous clubber who is the exact opposite of quiet homebody Sarah. Despite Sarah's resistance, Martika begins to draw her out, taking her clubbing and helping her change her look. When Benjamin backs out of living with Sarah, she dumps him, tired of his self-centeredness and lack of concern for her. Martika couldn't be happier, and under her watchful eye, Sarah gradually becomes acclimated to L.A., until the protegee threatens to surpass the mentor. Martika has her own issues to deal with as well when she receives some surprising news that will change her life and force her to grow up. With its engaging characters, snappy dialogue, and fast-paced story, Yardley's novel is a winning standout. - Kristine Huntley; 288p AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2002.-"
  • "Yardley takes readers on a fast-paced tour of the joys and perils of single life in Los Angeles in her first novel. At the urging of Benjamin, her workaholic fiance of four years, Sarah Walker has left Northern California for the mayhem of L.A., only to find out that he will not be joining her for several months. With her crummy entry-level job, she can't handle the rent on her own, so she decides to share her apartment with Martika, a charming and tireless party queen the polar opposite of naive Sarah. Their friendship is tentative at best, but when Sarah freaks out and quits her job, dumps selfish Benjamin and chops off all her hair, Martika springs into action and the two really bond. Sarah gets a makeover and is pulled into a whirlwind of clubs, cocktails and men, but Benjamin keeps popping up, and she wonders if she's really cut out for the life of a single girl. Sarah's smalltown shtick gets tiring, but Martika and other characters, like Sarah's best friend Judith, an uber-organized exec who is navigating the murky waters of online infidelity, pick up some of the slack. Although everything about this novel the requisite fabulous gay friend, the chapters named for the Doors' song titles, the far-fetched ending should be annoying, Yardley throws it all together with enough brio to make it a fun book to bring to the beach on either coast. 288pg. (June) CAHNERS PUBLISHING, c2002.-"
  • "Ever moved to a city you didn't know, for a guy who wasn't worth it' all because you thought you were in love' Sarah Walker has. She's just moved to L.A. and changed her whole life in anticipation of cohabitation with her fiance, Benjamin. But he stalls, again. Pushed to the limit, the stability-seeking Sarah snaps and actually finds herself dumping him. Now she's in free fall: no fiance, no job. No idea what to do next. According to her new roommate Martika, Sarah is now in the perfect place to start life in L.A. Before she knows it, Sarah becomes Martika's project, getting pulled headlong into a crazy, chaotic world of nightclubs and day jobs, where the only constant is change. Sarah's about to discover that "single" isn't a dirty word. Not that she'll be staying single for long."@en
  • "Sarah Walker follows her fiancé to the big city only to find that he has no plans of making a permanent life with her. Struggling to make ends meet in a chaotic environment, she is taken under the wings of local "glamazon" Martika. With little more than a blink of an eye, Martika and friends mould Sarah into a secure and self-sufficient woman who is capable of making it on her own. While each character has her strengths, we see the inner world of their lives and their dealings with job losses, drinking binges, and one night stands."

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Domestic fiction"
  • "Domestic fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en

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  • "Kobieta z Los Angeles"@pl
  • "Kobieta z Los Angeles"
  • "L.a. woman"@en
  • "Dziewczyna w mieście aniołow"
  • "Aller simple pour Los Angeles"
  • "L.A. woman Roman"
  • "Dziewczyna w Mieście Aniołów"@pl
  • "Sarah en Los Ángeles"
  • "L.A. woman"
  • "L.A. woman"@en
  • "L.A. woman"@sv
  • "Sarah en Los Ángeles"@es
  • "Dziewczyna w miescie aniolow"
  • "L. A. woman"

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