Ex and the Single Girl

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Adriana Trigiani meets Jane Green in this irresistible new novel about a family of southern women who have rotten luck with men.Portia Fallon calls it PTEor the Penis Teflon Effect. It's the way all the women in her family deflect men like ping pong balls. No man has ever stuck with a Fallon woman for more than two years, and Portia has nearly surpassed that record. Until her live-in boyfriend dumps her. Now, everyone from her mother Mags to Auntie Vera and Grandma Bev is convinced that Portia must have sex with a temporary man. Enter Colin Beckett, a sexy, smart, and unsuspecting British novelist, who's visiting her small town of Truly, Georgia, for the summer.Then enter once again Portia's ex-beau, who's decided to fight to win her back. Now Portia faces a slippery decision: Which of these men has the right stuff to make a commitment stick?From Publishers WeeklyWhen Portia Fallon's boyfriend, Peter, dumps her on Valentine's Day, she realizes she's "four cats and a Reader's Digest subscription away from being totally irredeemable." Maybe that explains why she lets her mother trick her into quitting her Syracuse apartment to summer down in Truly, Ga., home of the irrepressible Miz Fallons (Portia's mother, Mags; her aunt Vera; and her grandmother Bev). "Men just don't stick to Miz Fallons," Mags likes to say; Portia calls the Fallons' eternal singlehood the "Penis Teflon Effect." Portia's meddling kin aim to find her a "Flyer"—a fling—to take her mind off Peter, and Ian Beckett, a British novelist, is chosen. Portia spends her days renovating a farmhouse with Ian and her nights reliving memories of her father, digging into her family's past to learn the secret of his abandonment. Just as she's falling for Ian, Peter shows up with a ring. "Penis Teflon wasn't a curse, but rather a learned behavior," Portia realizes, so she sets out to open the Miz Fallons' hearts, search for her father and find the true love of her life. Rich way overplays the frankly inexcusable Penis Teflon idea, but this is a sweet, readable book about following your dreams (and your dream man). Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From BooklistWhen Portia Fallon's boyfriend, Peter, leaves her, she fears she is heading toward a life of permanent spinsterhood. Lured back to her Georgia hometown by her mother, aunt, and grandmother--the feisty "Miz Fallons"--Portia's relatives plot to distract her from her woes by hooking her up with Ian, a visiting British author. They don't plan for her to fall for the handsome novelist, and neither does she. After all, Portia is convinced that females in her family are inflicted with "penis Teflon"--men just don't stick. Of course, she falls hard, and just in time for Peter to reappear with an engagement ring. This funny, sweet novel is full of quirky, likable characters and the charms of small-town life without being too precious. Though Rich at times overworks the willful southern lady stereotype, the Miz Fallons will appeal to fans of Rebecca Wells' Ya-Yas. Aleksandra KostovskiCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved