Twenty Times A Lady

Everyone has a number - but not everyone realises what it is...

A real page turner and so entertaining... I'm recommending this book to everyone!

Karyn Bosnak achieved worldwide notoriety when she found herself hopelessly in credit card debt and started up her own website, www.savekaryn.com, to ask people for money. Her story, Save Karyn, has been published throughout the world and is on the fast-track for production as a major feature film by Sony Pictures. 
Born and raised in Chicago, Karyn now lives in Brooklyn, New York.. This is her first novel.

What's your number? no, not your phone number. Your number. You know what I'm talking about, don't you? Nope, wrong again. Not your age. Not your salary either. Your 'number', silly. Do I have to spell it out for you? How many men have you...you know...done it with? 
When Delilah wakes up one morning in a bed that's not her own, she experiences the biggest regret of her life. Not only did she have drunken sex with her disgusting former boss Roger (who fired her the day before) but in doing so she hit her self-imposed 'number limit'; she's had sex with twenty men. The one spot she had left was supposed to be saved for the man she would marry. Refusing to give up on her number limit, , she goes and tracks down all the men she's ever slept with. Somewhere amongst them must be The Man, only she didn't realise it at the time... 
She embarks on her stalker-like search amongst the twenty former lovers, which involves walking the dog (first having to buy a dog, of course), enrolling in a cookery course, joining a gym, visiting a jail (he gets out in a month - it was worth a shot) and even checking into rehab. And in the end, of course, Delilah comes to realise that numbers don't matter and that true love comes when you're open and ready for it.

Save Karyn

A true-life shopaholic's journey to debt and back

Funny, sweet, downright scary...and ultimately so uplifting. I identified on every page and with every purchase.

A fabulous story of girl-power and sheer brazen cheek.

Funny, sweet, incredibly  honest, and a bit scary too!

A winner......heartwarming to see the milk of human kindness winning through.

Karyn Bosnak was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago. She is a daytime television producer turned Internet guru who likes (but can't afford) the finer things in life. Her first novel, Twenty Times a Lady, is also published by Corgi.  She now resides in Brooklyn, New York. She can be reached at www.savekaryn.com

What would you do if you owed $20,000? Would you: 
 
a) Not tell your parents? 
b) Stop colouring your hair, having pedicures and buying Gucci? 
c) Start your own website that asks for money without apology? 
 
If you were Karyn Bosnak, you'd do all three... 
 
In New York for the first time, with the dream job and the smart flat, Karyn starts spending...and spending. But when it all goes horribly wrong, and her credit card balance mounts in a terrifying manner, Karyn knows that she has to take control. She starts her website www.savekaryn.com on which she fearlessly asks for donations to help pay off her debts. The website receives over 2 million hits and has replies from all over the world - some supportive, many abusive. But after four months, Karyn has become a new woman- debt-free, grateful and happy. This is the hilarious and touching true story of how she does it.

Karyn Bosnak

An excellent read. Bosnak writes with a charming and original voice

Everybody's got a number. In fact, everyone has a few numbers. There's the one we tell our friends, the one we tell our boyfriends, and the one, if absolutely pushed, that we tell our parents. But only we know what our true number is. Well, I was getting a little self-conscious about my number. So I decided that twenty would be my limit. No more. Not ever. 
 
Delilah Darling wakes up one morning to realise that she has, without meaning to, hit the Big Twenty and she still hasn't found The One. 
 
She has only one option - to go on the ultimate road trip back to the beginning and revisit all those past lovers. Could she have missed the Love of Her Life without realising it?

What's Your Number?

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A real page turner and so entertaining... I'm recommending this book to everyone!

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A real page turner and so entertaining... I'm recommending this book to everyone!

Sassy and fun

Hilarious!

A real page turner and so entertaining... I'm recommending this book to everyone!

Sassy and fun

Hilarious!

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