Best Staged Plans
"[A] crowd-pleaser for empty nesters."—Publishers Weekly"Fans of HGTV and of Cook's previous charming fiction (Seven Year Switch;Must Love Dogs) will adore this light, funny read."—Library Journal(Starred Review)"Ms. Cook's writing only gets better with each new book."—New York Journal of Books"Addicts to HGTV marathons will drool . . . well paced all the way to a genuinely delightful conclusion."—Booklist"Cook knows the territory of secret longing and snappy dialog."—Publishers Weekly"Claire Cook's characters aren't rich or glamorous--they're physically imperfect, emotionally insecure, and deeply familiar."—Tom Perrotta, author ofLittle Children"Reading Claire Cook might be the most fun you have all summer."—Elin Hilderbrand, author ofThe Castaways"Claire Cook has an original voice, sparkling style, and a window into family life that will make you laugh and cry."—Adriana Trigiani, author ofBig Stone Gap"Charming, engagingly quirky, and full of fun, Claire Cook just gets it."—Meg Cabot, author ofThe Princess Diaries"Claire Cook has knocked it out of the park with BEST STAGED PLANS! Everything she has written previously has been entertaining, fun, and funny, but this novel made me cry as well, then laugh again.  Every page of this story of an almost-empty nester "Home Stager" trying to sell her own home is filled with humor, warmth, insight and humanity.  Plus great tips and tricks! ... And a homeless woman named Naomi will steal your heart.  I loved it!"—Joan Lang, Front Street Book Shop, Scituate MA"Claire Cook is back with another gift for beach readers and book clubs everywhere--BEST STAGED PLANS....you'll find fun, heart and hilarity from cover to cover.  This is yet another winner for Cook, most certainly."—Jackie Blem, Tattered Cover, Denver, CO"BEST STAGED PLANS is jam-packed with trademark Claire Cook wit and wry observations on those everyday situations that would be really comical if you could just slow down and view them from afar - or if they were happening to, well, someone else! You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll tell all your girlfriends that BEST STAGED PLANS is THE beach read of the summer. I know we are!"—Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord, MI"Another wise and witty novel from Claire Cook. There are some real nuggets of knowledge here on home staging, clearing your life of clutter and 'recipes' for creations made from prepared foods from Trader Joe's. I know this will make for some lively book club discussions for ladies of a particular 'stage' of life!"—Karen Vail, Titcomb's Bookshop, Sandwich, MA"In true 'Claire Cook form' BEST STAGED PLANS is thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish...fun, light-hearted but moving at the same time. An uplifting and fun read."—Lisa Kennally, R. J. Julia, Madison, CT"At the beginning of bestselling author Claire Cook's newest novel, professional homestager Sandy Sullivan has reached a mid-life crossroads, realizing that while she spends her time making other people's homes look picture-perfect, her own life could use some rearranging. Desperate for a change but with her husband dragging his feet, she takes on a job out of town staging a new hotel acquired by her best friend's boyfriend. But even the best staged plans are never perfect, leaving Sandy living with her son-in-law (minus her daughter) and wondering if her best friend's man is straying. Claire Cook has done it again with another fantastic, breezy summer read!"—Whitney Spotts, Schuler Books and Music, MI"I'm really looking forward to recommending "Best Staged Plans" as well as your other titles, especially to our summer tourist crowd. Though I'm not a "reader in readers" quite yet, the novel spoke to me in ways I didn't expect when I read the first chapter. You provided a richness and a message within a story, subtle and powerful, without beating people over the head with a moral. Nice job!"—Kasey Cox, From My Shelf Books, Wellsboro, PA--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.