SOMETHING BORROWED

Something Borrowed tells the story of Rachel, a young attorney living and working in Manhattan. Rachel has always been the consummate good girl---until her thirtieth birthday, when her best friend, Darcy, throws her a party. That night, after too many drinks, Rachel ends up in bed with Darcy's fiancé.

Although she wakes up determined to put the one-night fling behind her, Rachel is horrified to discover that she has genuine feelings for the one guy she should run from. As the September wedding date nears, Rachel knows she has to make a choice. In doing so, she discovers that the lines between right and wrong can be blurry, endings aren't always neat, and sometimes you have to risk all to win true happiness. Something Borrowed is a phenomenal debut novel that will have you laughing, crying, and calling your best friend.

SOMETHING BORROWED PRESS

“What kind of self-described ‘nice girl’ would sleep with her best friend’s fiancé? One who’s seriously flawed, like this delightful debut novel’s heroine, but also surprisingly winning and real.”
—Glamour

“Chick lit is already a crowded genre, but Giffin's compelling debut truly stands out. It is as much about the meaning and value of friendship as it is about love, and it takes some risky chances that pay off . . . It's a gamble to cast her heroine in a potentially unsympathetic light, but Giffin manages to create empathy for her likable characters without cheapening the complexity of their situation, making for a genuinely wining tale.”
—Booklist, Starred Review (Something Borrowed)

“It’s a scenario straight out of Jerry Springer: Woman sleeps with her best friend’s fiancé; chair throwing, hair pulling, and cries of ‘Bitch!’ ensue. But in the non-televised world, the reality is rarely that simple. This page-turning, heartbreakingly honest debut…deftly depicts the hopeful hearts behind an unsympathetic situation.”
—Entertainment Weekly (Grade: A)

“’Something Borrowed’ is both hilarious and thoughtfully written, resisting the frequent tendency of first-time novelists to make their characters and situations a little too black-and-white. You may never think of friendships – their duties, the oblique dances of power and their give-and-take – quite the same way again.”
—Seattle Times

“A debut novel…that is so meant for the beach it should have been packaged with suntan lotion. ‘Something Borrowed’ is seductively flavored by its Manhattan setting and spiced by its mean girl Darcy. In all, it’s a fine summer dish.”
—New York Daily News

“One of the hottest books of the summer…Giffin avoids what could have been a cliché-ridden tale by skillfully developing Rachel and her best friend Darcy into three-dimensional characters.”
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Giffin depicts the complex, shifting relationship…of Rachel and Darcy, friends since grade school, into the five months between Darcy’s engagement and her wedding date. A thrill to read about.”
—Washington Post

“Forget ‘Bergdorf Blondes.’ The chick-lit you want in your beach bag this year is Emily Giffin’s ‘Something Borrowed.’ It’s smarter, less arch and more believable. The characters are authentic. Best of all, ‘Something Borrowed’ captures what it’s like to be 30 and single in the city, when your life pretty much revolves around friendships and love and their attendant complexities.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

“The love-hate relationship between best friends Rachel and Darcy is sharply observed and beautifully etched.”
–Newark Star-Ledger, Something Borrowed

“Something Borrowed surprisingly goes beyond a selfish quest for love to take a semicritical look at female friendships.”
--Ripsaw Magazine

“Giffin, a former lawyer turned debut novelist, infuses this romance with dead-on dialogue, real-life complexity and genuine warmth.”
—Seattle Post-Intelligencer