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Smart Vs. Pretty

par Valerie Frankel

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Out-of-work urban professional Francesca Greenfield has always known that she was the "smart" sister.Amanda was the soft and lovely one who, from the beginning, had always garnered most of the attention -- and all the dates. Now they've been thrown together in a last-ditch effort to save the family coffeehouse business before it goes permanently down the drain. In the chaotic misdt of mad promotional schemes and piranhalike next-door competitors, the sisters Greenfield are going to have to put aside their hard-faught sibling rivalry -- and quick! -- for the family good. What happens when a single woman in her early thirties gets stuck living and working with her sister again along with all the insecurities of sibling rivalry? "From where I stood now, fifteen years out of high school, I knew that smart was more valuable than pretty. For one thing, pretty is available to anyone who has the time, energy, money, and will. And even without exercise or makeup, I considered myself to be serviceably attractive. I elicit a grunt from workmen. Baggers at the supermarket, however, called me ma'am." Meet Francesca Greenfield, a smart, urban professional suddenly tossed out of her so-so career and into the business of selling coffee alongside her pretty, perky sister Amanda. But selling coffee is only the start of their worries. Francesca has always known that she was the smart sister, "though our mother never set us down and said, 'Francesca, we'll call you the smart one.'" Amanda was soft and lovely from the beginning and had always garnered most of the attention-and all of the dates. Now they've been thrown together in a last-ditch effort to save the family business before it goes permanently down the drain. As for the coffeehouse itself, well, there's rarely a dull moment. Consider the piranha-minded next-door franchise and the brainstorms of one nearly psychotic marketing manager for starters. And who can forget about love? Or at least sex. Thanks to a promotional contest, it's not long before Amanda is looking to explore the aura of a buff mountain climber while Francesca considers shedding more than her inhibitions with a J. Crew model. The stakes are rising. It's time to find out if smart or pretty knows best, whether the distinction really suits either one of them, and if the Greenfield sisters can actually live happily ever after.… (plus d'informations)
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I bought his for my younger daughter when she was a bright but round-faced adolescent while her older sister was a social butterfly and party girl. It looked fun but I didn't examine it properly and she never read it - it was aimed at women, not the Jacqueline Wilson market! The cover looked like Mag Cabot or one of the other writers young teens love...
  adpaton | Apr 17, 2013 |
#61, 2006

I picked this up today at the library, on a whim, because of the blurb on the front. I was further encouraged by the first line of the book:

Ask any woman who has a sister: Are you the smart one or the pretty one?

Yes, I have a sister. (I was the “smart” one). :D *winks at robingrace*

I started reading while my son was having his swimming lesson this afternoon, and then came home and finished it this evening. It was a fun book (it would have to be for me to read in basically one sitting), and it started out like fairly standard chick-lit until I realized, “hey! There’s a murder mystery going on here, isn’t there?” Two sisters (one “smart” and one “pretty”) are having some trouble keeping the family business – a coffee shop – afloat. When a flashy young woman walks in offering to help them turn things around, they have to decide just how far they’re willing to go to be successful. I enjoyed this one.

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  herebedragons | Jan 15, 2007 |
Two sisters are facing the end of their beloved family coffee shop unless something happens to change their luck. In walks a marketing grad student who is willing to help them for free. But things are not as they seem. As the girls deal with romance, murders and the mysterious behavior of one of their late parent's friends.

The book was a light fun read. It's full of unbelievable action and twists and turns. Another light fun read. ( )
  hockeycrew | Dec 4, 2006 |
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Out-of-work urban professional Francesca Greenfield has always known that she was the "smart" sister.Amanda was the soft and lovely one who, from the beginning, had always garnered most of the attention -- and all the dates. Now they've been thrown together in a last-ditch effort to save the family coffeehouse business before it goes permanently down the drain. In the chaotic misdt of mad promotional schemes and piranhalike next-door competitors, the sisters Greenfield are going to have to put aside their hard-faught sibling rivalry -- and quick! -- for the family good. What happens when a single woman in her early thirties gets stuck living and working with her sister again along with all the insecurities of sibling rivalry? "From where I stood now, fifteen years out of high school, I knew that smart was more valuable than pretty. For one thing, pretty is available to anyone who has the time, energy, money, and will. And even without exercise or makeup, I considered myself to be serviceably attractive. I elicit a grunt from workmen. Baggers at the supermarket, however, called me ma'am." Meet Francesca Greenfield, a smart, urban professional suddenly tossed out of her so-so career and into the business of selling coffee alongside her pretty, perky sister Amanda. But selling coffee is only the start of their worries. Francesca has always known that she was the smart sister, "though our mother never set us down and said, 'Francesca, we'll call you the smart one.'" Amanda was soft and lovely from the beginning and had always garnered most of the attention-and all of the dates. Now they've been thrown together in a last-ditch effort to save the family business before it goes permanently down the drain. As for the coffeehouse itself, well, there's rarely a dull moment. Consider the piranha-minded next-door franchise and the brainstorms of one nearly psychotic marketing manager for starters. And who can forget about love? Or at least sex. Thanks to a promotional contest, it's not long before Amanda is looking to explore the aura of a buff mountain climber while Francesca considers shedding more than her inhibitions with a J. Crew model. The stakes are rising. It's time to find out if smart or pretty knows best, whether the distinction really suits either one of them, and if the Greenfield sisters can actually live happily ever after.

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