When Your Phone Doesn't Ring, It'll Be Me

by Atlantic Monthly Press

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Label:Atlantic Monthly Press
Pages:182
Binding:Paperback
Publication Date:1996-05-24
Published By:Atlantic Monthly Press
ASIN:0871136341
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In When Your Phone Doesn't Ring, It'll Be Me, which critics say is her best yet, Heimel reveals her secrets - which turn out to be our own. She croons over sweatpants. She finds the secret cause of romantic obsession. She hates Rush Limbaugh. She finds the hilarity in feminism. She shops for a new city for us to live in, away from Bible-thumping homophobes but near some trees. She finds romantic tranquility and gets bored. And her love affair with dogs gets to the point where we may have to perform an intervention.
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Playboy Magazine columnist Heimel isn't afraid to take on the big questions, like, how do I dump a man who won't call me? If he leaves me, can I come too? Answering these questions without Prozac requires a woman who is mean and smart; fortunately, Heimel is both. This feminist urban romantic guerrilla is afraid of nothing but the comfortable relationship, her mother's barbs and life without her dogs, who are always there to comfort her when she comes home from a first date with a man whose last words were, "I'll call." Funny, merciless and strong.

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elitism for the vapid masses - Reviewed on 2002-05-22
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5 customers found this review helpful, 18 did not.

Cynthia Heimel is an elitist without the benefit of being clever or funny. Her essays are cliche, slightly misanthropic, and yet are completely lacking in wit. How such vapid literary drivel gets publication and accolades is beyond me.
Holy Cow, It's Brilliant! - Reviewed on 2001-03-15
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6 customers found this review helpful, 4 did not.

Heimel had me at hello- I was hooked with the first sentence of the introduction.

So, I suggest skipping your next date and reading this book instead- you'll feel better about yourself when you're done, and you won't have to shave your legs beforehand.

Someone who adores her dogs as much as Heimel is all right in my book, which I'm inspired to write after being introduced to her unique brand of smarts-meets-smarty-pants prose.

As we folks from the '80s say: Cynthia Heimel, you rock!

What I always wanted to do - Reviewed on 2001-03-12
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7 customers found this review helpful, 17 did not.

I always wanted to get Cynthia Heimels cell phone number. Then I could call her up and say "Well, no one called, so I assumed it was you"

James Versluys

Fabulous Reading! - Reviewed on 2000-12-09
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8 customers found this review helpful, 5 did not.

When I first read one of her books I thought, "Lord, another woman has written my stories." I laughed and found myself following people around reading parts out loud.
Don't buy this book if you're not a feminist. - Reviewed on 2000-12-08
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6 customers found this review helpful, 23 did not.

If you are a conservative and not a feminist, this book is sure to irritate you. She whines and nags about herself and her life and it made me hope I never have or ever do sound like such a miserable wretch.
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