Secrets of a Shoe Addict

261 Pages·2008·0.98 MB·English

by  Harbison Beth

Praise for Secrets of a Shoe Addict

“What happens to three parent chaperones during a student trip makes it hard for
their transgressions to stay in Sin City. How they recover, while learning what a
good pair of heels can do for your psyche, is entertaining and fun.”
—The Charlotte Observer

“Harbison’s witty, fast-paced follow-up to last year’s Shoe Addicts Anonymous
chronicles the foibles of four women brought together by—in this case—not
shoes but debt. . . . Zingy and funny.”
—Publishers Weekly

“This is an engaging story filled with humor, angst, and down-to-earth problems
that any of us could face. . . . How they solve these problems, how they
developed from them, and the conclusion make for great reading.”
—Affaire de Coeur
Praise for Shoe Addicts Anonymous

“Kick off your Keds (unless you’re driving) and meet a motley group of D.C.
women who bond over designer shoes. It’s chick lit with heart and sole.”
—People magazine

“I would happily recommend Shoe Addicts Anonymous to anyone who loves
shoes . . . or to smart, funny, realistic women.”
—Jennifer Weiner, author of In Her Shoes and The Guy Not Taken

“Readers will root for these four plucky women. Like the designer shoes that
pepper its pages, this book is pleasing and stylish. This frothy confection is sure
to fly off the shelves this summer.”
—Booklist
“I was hooked from the first page and read it in one sitting—I couldn’t put it
down. . . . Shoe Addicts Anonymous was a pleasure from start to finish.”
—Marian Keyes, bestselling author of Anybody Out There?

“Enough heart (and sole) for beach readers and foot fetishists alike!”
—Entertainment Weekly

“Harbison creates vivid, convincing characters and handles them well.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Start to finish—or heel to toe, as the case may be—Shoe Addicts Anonymous is
an entertaining read.”
—Memphis Flyer

“I read it addictively (ignored my children, forgot to eat) in one sitting.”
—Valerie Frankel, author of Thin Is the New Happy
Secrets of a
Shoe
Addict
Also by Beth Harbison

Shoe Addicts Anonymous

Secrets of a
Shoe
Addict
Beth Harbison
ST. MARTIN’S GRIFFIN
New York
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events
portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used
fictitiously.

SECRETS OF A SHOE ADDICT. Copyright © 2008 by Beth Harbison. All rights
reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St.
Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.stmartins.com

The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:
Harbison, Elizabeth M.
Secrets of a shoe addict / Beth Harbison.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-34826-7
ISBN-10: 0-312-34826-6
1. Female friendship—Fiction. 2. Shoes—Fiction. 3. Chick lit. I.
Title.
PS3558.A564S43 2008
813’.54—dc22
2008010612
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-34827-4 (pbk.) ISBN-10: 0-312-34827-4 (pbk.)
First St. Martin’s Griffin Edition: June 2009
First St. Martin’s Griffin Edition: June 2009

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To the man who is honestly the love of my life,
and the best friend and husband a girl could have,
John Harbison.
And to my children, Paige and Jack Harbison,
who make me so proud.