Janice Kaplan

“A funny, buoyant novel…[the authors’] have crafted a novel that’s so delicious readers might feel compelled to diet after devouring it. Their combination of whip-smart dialogue, spot-on metaphors and the occasional steamy bedroom scene creates a hilarious hit that gives chick lit just the kick to keep it from going stale. As Sara’s girlfriend Berni might remark, Mine Are Spectacular! is better than a box of bonbons.”

In the wealthy New York suburb of Hadley Farms, divorced mom Sara Turner is juggling a new fiancé, a new TV career, and a Newcomer’s Club that throws sex-toy parties. Her oldest friend Kate Steele is Manhattan’s “Derm Darling”--a successful Park Avenue skin doctor whose office is always packed with the city’s crème-de-la thin. Meanwhile, Sara’s new neighbor Berni Davis has just quit her career as a wildly-successful Hollywood talent agent. Pregnant with twins, she’s leaving behind her A-list parties, and trading in the fast track for the cul-de-sac. But will heating formula be as thrilling as creating the formula for the next box-office blockbuster?

At an age when women expect to find doors closing, forty-one year old Sara and her friends are all on the brink of new beginnings. For the three savvy and spirited friends, facing new options at midlife brings unexpected twists--a baby shower starring a male stripper, the latest Brazilian anti cellulite treatment, and a day at a doggie spa that features lipo. But in a world where women spend their forties trying to look thirty, and girls as young as four use alpha-hydroxy to keep their skin baby smooth, these best friends help each other keep their priorities straight. At least most of the time.

A fresh, funny novel about starting over, "Mine Are Spectacular!" will delight readers with the exploits of these irresistibly witty women. By turns touching and laugh-aloud funny, this is a must-read for every woman who knows you’re always the right age for new adventures.

Reviews of Mine Are Spectacular!

“Janice Kaplan and Lynn Schnurnberger are deservedly renowned for their ability to document the social habits and favorite trends of wealthy women... Like the body-positive mantra that inspires its title, the book is meant to be an affirmation. They deliver... moments of sharp, funny recognition.”
“Sex, indeed, is still happening in the suburbs. In Hadley Farm, the fictional village of Mine Are Spectacular!...the women tend to be fiercely loyal to each other and ferociously funny.”

“Dreading a whole summer without new episodes of Desperate Housewives? Not to worry. This new offering from the authors of The Botox Diaries makes Wisteria Lane look like Sesame Street.”

“Full of hilariously over-the-top situations... [with] a steady stream of witty zingers... A welcome addition to hen lit and a great choice for a summer read.”

“The adventures of these three women will leave readers in stitches.”

“A humorous novel filled with interesting characters and even more interesting story lines…A lot of laugh out loud scenes throughout help to keep up the light-hearted pace.”

“Although I’m no where near as fabulous as the irrepressible Sara, Berni and Kate in Mine Are Spectacular! by Janice Kaplan and Lynn Schnurnberger—the duo who whipped up midlife crisis fun in The Botox Diaries—I am at least fabulous-adjacent enough and age-appropriate enough to laugh at their 40-something adventures as go-getters who have a knack for going after the wrong thing.”

“The co-authors of The Botox Diaries reprise their flighty, feel-good formula for women’s fiction with their second novel…A cotton-candy read…for a day at the beach.”