A witty and wonderfully insightful romp about two best friends who hatch a scheme to bring out the inner man in the men they love, and wind up turning all their lives inside out.
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“In Zoetrope founding editor Brodeur’s wry, breezy debut novel, two 30-something Manhattan sophisticates decide that metrosexuals need to recover their alpha-male instinct and take it upon themselves to show them how. Lucy, a biologist and author of Sexual Selection: What Humans Can Learn from Animals, and her best friend, Martha, an actress, believe that the Manhattan man has no idea how to woo a woman and peg this deficiency to the theory that urbanity has stripped him of his essential maleness. While Lucy grows frustrated with her devoted but insecure boyfriend, Adam, Martha starts a service called FirstDate that gives men a chance to have their dating skills critiqued. But the two decide that the hapless fools need far more than just one date to become gentlemen. So Lucy’s manly-man friend (and Martha’s ultimate love interest) Cooper offers the pair use of his dairy farm as a training ground for Man Camp, where they’ll offer lessons in everything from “confidence to carpentry to chivalry” in an effort to rehabilitate men for long-term relationships. There, in a neat conclusion to this cleanly written, brainy chick-lit tale, the women learn they can’t necessarily apply sociobiology to human romance.” - Publishers Weekly
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Praise for Man Camp
“Man Camp is both a rollicking romp and a novel that’s all heart, with characters as real and lovable as your own best friends.”
“ Adrienne Brodeur is the Audubon of love and mating habits in the big city. Man Camp is a dazzling debut by a gifted writer with a big heart.”
“A hilarious take on the battle between the sexes. If only Man Camp really existed!”
“As the sort of guy who could probably use a few weeks at Man Camp, I felt right at home in this breezy comedy of manners...a great summer read.”
“You’ll be tickled pink by Adrienne Brodeur’s delicious prose and brilliant comedy. I loved this novel. ”