"humorous road show"
In DC advertising copywriter for a not for profit
organization Marlee Jones also maintains a
website "Travels with Marlee" where she provides her
driving travesties and fun. Her latest entry informs her
webbing public that she lost her license after making a
wrong turn onto a one way street going the other way.
Immediately following the post her best friend Susan calls
to ask how Marlee, who refuses to fly, will come cross
country to attend her San Diego wedding with Brian. Susan
suggests she drive with Brian's best man Craig Brinkman,
but also warns her that he is her direct opposite anally
controlling his life to a scheduled nanosecond. Even before they leave, Brian and Marlee relate like oil
and water as he has written an itinerary to the minute
while she wants to stop along the way to enjoy the odd
sites of America. As they travel together, she parades on
his timetable with her unscheduled side trips. Soon these
opposites fall in love as she encourages him to take a
chance on opening his own restaurant while he urges her to
take a risk on him. This chick lit road trip is often amusing as Marlee seems
to get her way most of the time because of Craig's mixed
emotions of wanting to please her vs. staying on
schedule. Though she can drive a reader and her "Chef"
batty, she makes this opposites falling in love in spite
of the DETOURS AHEAD for their hearts into a fine humorous
road show. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted March 7, 2005
SummaryOkay, so there are some clichés that are true—rolling
stones gathering no moss and the grass is greener are two
that come to mind...mainly because I'm stuck in a ditch next
to a sinfully gorgeous and far too stubborn man who won't
allow himself to smell the roses. (Yes, I know. It's another
true one.)
But I've learned that the kindness of strangers can lead to
some pleasant surprises, if not actual happiness. So that
(along with a fear of flying and a pesky judge who took away
my license) is how I found myself driving cross-country to a
friend's wedding with the groom's best friend.
Hmm. Best friend? Isn't there something about that I should
remember...?
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