Love and the Art of War eBook Dinah Lee Küng
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"From the Orange Prize-nominated author of A Visit From Voltaire comes a delightful mix of Desperate Housewife-meets-Karate Kid, with hints for the underdog reader in each of us. Read this and get ready to take on the bullies and poseurs out in the cold, cruel everyday world."
When fighting for love, it's nice to have a warlord on your side. . .
A London librarian is losing her job, her man and, possibly even her mind. Enrolling in an evening class, "Mending Marriage or Decent Divorce," Jane ends up by mistake with a handful of oddball businessmen studying military genius Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" and China's legendary Thirty-six Battle Stratagems.
Professor Baldwin suggests Jane give his class a try before joining the course for abandoned ladies next door. Applying the wiles and wisdom of ancient military sages, he'll train her how to "fight without fighting"—and win back Joe, her career and best of all, her self-esteem.
Can Sun Tzu and his feudal warlords solve the problems of a middle-aged woman in NW1 London, not to mention the dilemmas of her hapless classmates? Overwhelmed by an ageing celebrity mother and an anorexic teen daughter, the distraught Jane has nothing to lose and in fact, gains more from Baldwin's coaching than she bargained for—with hilarious and poignant results.
Dinah Lee Küng worked for twenty years as a reporter in Asia writing for among others, The Economist, The International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, and Business Week. She won the Overseas Press Club’s Award for Best Humanitarian Coverage in 1991 and her comic novel, A Visit From Voltaire, was nominated for The Orange Prize for Fiction in 2004. She is the author of six novels and a number of plays, including the radio play "Dear Mr Rogge," which won a commendation in the BBC World Service Playwriting Contest of 2008. She and her husband, a retired International Committee of the Red Cross delegate, have three adult children and live in Switzerland.
(If she uses Sun Tzu's tactics for a happy household, she's not confessing and her husband isn't complaining.)
Love and the Art of War eBook Dinah Lee Küng
a bit dramatic and chick flick like. i would recommend reading about Social Dynamics and the laws of attraction, they tend to give you more realistic approach to why people lose attractionProduct details
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Love and the Art of War eBook Dinah Lee Küng Reviews
An out of the ordinary story about a middle-aged wife who discovers that her husband is having an affair. Küng's characters are an interesting combination of traits. A fun read with overtones of something deeper. Küng has a real talent on taking what might be commonplace and gives it a twist such as she did in Visit from Voltaire.
The hilarious premise makes for a delightful novel. I didn't expect that to be the case because I've read a lot of, well, tripe lately (plus some amazing gems, so I guess it balances out) but this one really was a delight. The premise is that Jane, a nervous librarian worried about the state of her relationship, signs up for a night class called "Mending Marriages" but is surprised to find out that the class is comprised of only a handful of men, none of whom is wearing a wedding ring. And then the instructor starts talking about Sun Tzu. Turns out the class is actually a management class that uses The Art of War to gives tips for the office (when I mentioned this to my partner Mike he said, "Oh that's very '80's!" but I have it on good authority that he currently uses Sun Tzu's The Art of War to teach chess strategy to his junior high kids). When Jane tries to leave the class, the instructor convinces her to stay because she'll learn more from his class than she ever would from "a class of discarded wives." So begins Jane's attempts to save her marriage using ancient Chinese military tactics. I could see this being made into a quirky movie, a la Shirley Valentine or Fried Green Tomatoes. Well done!
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Disclaimer I received a free copy of this book from the publisher/author through the LibraryThing Members Giveaway program. I was asked to post an honest review (though not necessarily a favourable one). The opinions expressed are strictly my own.
a bit dramatic and chick flick like. i would recommend reading about Social Dynamics and the laws of attraction, they tend to give you more realistic approach to why people lose attraction
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