Pushing 30 | 
 enlarge | Author: Whitney Gaskell
Publisher: Bantam
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Sales Rank: 120615
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 0553382241
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780553382242
ASIN: 0553382241
Publication Date: September 30, 2003
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“The one thing you should know about me is this: I’m the consummate Good Girl. . .”
Ellie Winters is dependable and loyal and has a near-phobic aversion to conflict. But as her thirtieth birthday looms ever closer, she starts to feel like she’s lost the instruction manual to her life. She has just broken up with her boring boyfriend, despises her job, and is the last of her high school friends to remain single. Worse, her dysfunctional family is driving her nuts, and she’s somehow become enslaved to her demanding pet pug Sally, who she suspects is the reincarnation of Pol Pot.
One night, after a botched attempt to color her hair at home, Ellie rushes to the drugstore for emergency bleach, Sally in tow. Sally is accosted by a smitten canine admirer . . . but it’s the dog’s owner who captures Ellie’s attention. Television news anchor Ted Langston is witty, intriguing, and sexy. The only catch? He’s twice her age--and the only man on the planet who isn’t interested in dating a younger woman. And no one, from Ellie’s best friends to Ted’s ex-wife, wants to see them get together.
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 Been there, read that... May 30, 2008
ChicBookFiend (MA)
Ellie Winters is a litigation attorney. You have to be tough to have a job like that, right? So why does she have a hard time breaking up with men? Alas, she has to break up with her current boyfriend, who seems to be moving much faster than she is comfortable with. But why doesn't she want the commitment? She is twenty-nine, about to turn thirty, and desperation has begun to creep in. Yet she is reluctant to make the next step. That is until she meets fifty-something Ted Lagston. He is tall, broad-shouldered, handsome and a gentleman. His age is not a problem for her. It is, however, a problem with him. He is an important TV personality and doesn't want to be ridiculed as the typical fool with a midlife crisis, dating younger women. At first, he accepts to go out with her because he is under the impression that Ellie is thirty-eight, not twenty-nine. After her initial shock of having been told that she looks so much older, she decides she wants Ted in her life.
I'd had this book on my TBR pile for years (yes, years. I bought this when it first came out) and found it by chance when I was cleaning up my library. I was in the mood for a chick-lit after reading a couple of very intense gothic novels. Pushing 30 is fun in some ways. I like the whole older man, younger woman angle, but the problem I had with this novel is that it offers nothing fresh or innovative in this tried and true genre. You get the single career woman with the eccentric family and the meetings with friends. She also has quirks of her own, like dying her own hair with disastrous results. This is very been there, done that, and I couldn't help but think why publishers release something that will only end up in the middling list saleswise. I haven't read any of Whitney Gaskell's other novels, but I hope they are better than her debut. Pushing 30 is an okay enough beach read, but you'd be better off picking up a Jennifer Weiner book instead.
fun April 14, 2008
Anaya (new york)
the purpose of chick lit is to read for fun and entertainment. Most plots are predictable and characters are seterotypical. this book is no different. you'l know the story from start. read it only if u want a light read. if your looking for something denser with more sustance and intellectual stimulation, this is not it. well, chick is not it then.
 Sweet and romantic, but predictable, and a bit superficial! February 7, 2007
Kara (Somewhere in the midwest . . .)
I purchased the book because I am an unmarried litigator "pushing 30," so the theme of the story is so appealing. But, although this a definitely a feel good story, it is not as good as I thought that it would be. The story is clear, fun, and sweet, and the romantic scenes are written in a very tender and touching manner. But the real motivations of the characters aren't there. There really has to be so much more to say about two people with a 23 year age difference falling in love, and with Elli's conflict-aversion. My preference, as a reader, would be for a story that digs deeper into those issues. I almost stopped reading at the beginning because the writing seemed to superficial, but the story got a lot better, and I wanted to spend all day reading it to see how it turned out. I agree with some other reviewers that the story is not completely wrapped up at the end, but I still liked it, and rooted for the unlikely lovers.
 Very disappointing November 9, 2006
Dr. TMK (West Chester, PA)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book could have been written by a high school student-- the plot was *totally* predictable, the characters underdeveloped and stereotyped, the dialogue lame. It also had a pretentious quality that was hard to stomach. Very unsatisfying, even for a light beach read.
 A Fun Read June 28, 2006
Stacie N (Boise, ID)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
From the first page the book drew me in and I read it in one sitting. The characters were well written and came to life on the pages. I loved Ellie & Ted's first date, it was laugh out loud funny and so well written. Add the dysfunctional family, friends & enemies, and a pug named Sally and you have a fabulous book that has me searching out Whitney Gaskell's other books.
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