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Samantha Joyce, Gore's heroine, is a 26-year-old self-deprecating health-care policy advisor to Robert Gary, a well-respected senator from her home state of Ohio. Between endless work days, a grueling campaign schedule, and frequent trips to the pet store where she seeks advice on caring for her listless Japanese fighting fish, Sammy finds time to obsess over her new boyfriend, sexy speechwriter Aaron Driver. As things heat up with Aaron, Sammy's work schedule takes on a new intensity when Gary becomes the Democratic candidate for vice president. Along the way, scandal clouds both her personal and professional life, and our heroine discovers the often salacious underbelly of life on the hill.
Gore is best-known for her work as a writer on television shows such as Saturday Night Live and Futurama, and her comedic talents certainly shine through in this first effort. While at times the banter is overly constructed, and Sammy's neuroses can become grating at best ("...a sore throat was never just a sore throat--it was much more lively the beginning stages of Ebola, rickets, or wasting disease."), Gore does a good job of creating a protagonist who becomes ever more likeable as the book progresses. Thrown into the mix is a delicious sprinkling of hilarious Blackberry exchanges that round out this clever contemporary political adventure. --Gisele Toueg --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
专业书评 From Publishers Weekly
This first novel by Al Gore's daughter is a fun, fast read, anchored by likable heroine Samantha Joyce, who spends her days toiling as domestic policy adviser to the noble Ohio senator Robert Gary, while neurotically carving out a social and romantic life. Just 26 and amazed that she's the senator's go-to girl on health policy, Samantha thinks she's gotten another lucky break when she meets Aaron Driver, speechwriter to Democratic presidential front-runner John Bramen. Aaron is "hot, and not just D.C. hot," and Samantha falls hard for him. Early on in their relationship, a Blackberry mishap—she mistakenly sends a message featuring whipped cream and video cameras to a list of important Washington players—gives Samantha her first taste of D.C. scandal, but it's soon eclipsed by politics and deception on a grand scale. As Gary goes up against backstabbing Bramen, eventually accepting the vice-presidential spot on Bramen's rival's ticket, Samantha learns of Aaron's epic infidelities. Samantha's whimsical asides and long-winded explication of political matters give the novel an awkward bulkiness, but her self-deprecating sense of humor and idealism will keep readers entertained.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
*Starred Review* Gore, the daughter of former vice-president Al Gore, has written an enchanting, downright hilarious debut, centered on young domestic-policy advisor Samantha Joyce. Sammy is an idealist, and she believes in Robert Gary, the senator from Ohio, who shares Sammy's passion for health-care reform. While Sammy works to get the facts together for Gary's latest health-care-related bill, she finds herself attracted to Aaron Driver, a charismatic speechwriter for John Bramen, a powerful senator with questionable ethics. When Gary and Bramen team up on the health-care bill, Sammy spends more time with Aaron, and she begins to think she's snagged the one upstanding guy within the Beltway. Despite his occasionally casual attitude toward their relationship, Sammy thinks he might be the one. A misdirected, racy personal e-mail (which Sammy accidentally sends to half of Capital Hill's denizens) and a subsequent critical newspaper story written by a cute reporter can't dampen Sammy's enthusiasm for the bill or life on the Hill, but both political and personal betrayal from unexpected avenues might. Readers will have fun trying to figure out the real political figures represented in Gore's book, but the true joy is the delightful Sammy herself, a quirky, clever, and completely lovable heroine whose charming narration is guaranteed to have readers in stitches. Kristine Huntley
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Newsweek
"A hilarious first novel–a laugh-out-loud literary debut."
O‚ The Oprah Magazine
"A smash debut. Her tale is an absurd and convincing rendering of everyday life in the political jungle."
Matt Groening
"Full of sly plot twists and big laughs."
San Francisco Chronicle
"Laugh-out-loud funny."
Washington Post
"A chick-lit romp with a Capital Hill twist."
Elle
"A beltway Bridget Jones." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
O, The Oprah magazine
"Her light and juicy tale is an absurd and convincing rendering of everyday life in the political jungle." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Matt Groening, creator of
"Full of sly plot twists and big laughs, and every word rings true." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
San Francisco Chronicle
"Laugh-out-loud funny…fresh and clever." --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
