โ Scribed by Neale, Naomi
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After a TV dinner explodes in her microwave, modern New York City girl Cathy Vorhees wakes up in 1959, setting in motion this inventive romantic comedy from Neale (Calendar Girl). Mortified to find herself living the life of uptight Cathy Voight, office tyrant and recipe creator, Cathy bravely tries to "relax and enjoy my psychosis" with the help of her nifty '50s flatmates Tilly and Miranda, who think she's suffered an electric shock. More often, Cathy reacts like a movie heroine waking up next to a strange man "with absolutely no memory of how... the knife sticking out of his chest got there." When she isn't expressing shock at all the pork products, fur coats and sexual harassment in the workplace, she's trying to make a confidante out of hunky Hank, owner of her apartment building, and to find a way home. While some of Cathy's actions are out of character for a savvy city girl (i.e., brainlessly blurting out future events like the Kennedy assassination to Hank), she's got an enjoyable, sarcastic narrative voice that carries readers from confusion and despair ("why hadn't that microwave outright killed me?") to a You-go-girl! finale that's sure to please. (June)
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Cathy Voorhees is at the top of her game, certain that she is going to be given the key to the executive suite at the ad agency. So, when her boss tells her she is hard, cynical, and fired, she is stunned. Strategizing on how to make a comeback, she shoves one of the retro foil-wrapped TV dinners, the subject of her ad campaign, into the microwave, which explodes and knocks her out. Cathy comes to in a strange apartment, looking at a strange man in horn-rimmed glasses, plaid shirt, and a flattop. As she takes in her surroundings, she realizes that she may still be herself but that it's currently 1959. She has no clue as to how this has happened, but she goes with the flow, stepping into another Cathy's shoes, clothes, and job. Never one to mince words, she has plenty of shocking things to say about sexual harassment, race relations, and women's rights. Witty and fun, Neale's highly original time-travel tale is delightful. Maria Hatton
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