MEN’S GUIDE TO THE WOMEN’S RESTROOM The Men's Guide to the Women's Bathroom strives to answer life's most imponderable question: What Do Women Really Do in the Bathroom? When the witty and urbane Claire St. John leaves New York City and returns to Austin, Texas, she realizes that all of the good advice she has ever received has been from strangers in the women's bathroom. If only she'd listened before she'd married the wrong man and wound up on the losing end of a divorce. Swearing off men, Claire decides to take a big chance—she will quit her life as a lawyer and write the ultimate self-help book—a book detailing exactly what goes on in that most sacred feminine temple: the women's bathroom. But will the new how-to guru ever learn to take her own advice? While she's discovering the truth behind the bathroom door, re-assimilating to Texas culture by eating "nuclear" jalapeño carrots, speeding down highways through the famed Texas hill country, and even joining an ill-fated booze cruise, Claire St. John is fighting her feelings for Jake Armstrong, a dashing organic food entrepreneur who threatens to throw off the balance of her new life. Will she be able to handle the pressure or will she watch her love life get flushed away? * Film rights have been optioned by CBS and Paramount Studios, with actor Hugh Jackman's production company, Seed Productions, attached to produce * Rights Information Publisher: Avon, Paperback (March 27, 2007) Territory: World Rights Available: Reviews: "...genuine, and genuinely hilarious. Women will find themselves nodding "been there done that" as the book unfolds. It's the kind of book you take on vacation, and read pieces to your friends (or your boyfriend/husband)... The author skillfully keeps the book on track throughout, without resorting to tacky, and providing a unique, witty, cute, fast-paced, and yes, classy tale that is fun to read. I knew it was that good, when I was sorry that I'd reached the last page... This is the perfect vacation or weekend pick-me-up, so definitely pick up a copy." - AdviceSisters.net "smart, funny, and oddly enough – dead on accurate. There are many laughs in the story centered on Claire’s antics and missteps, but I found myself cracking up even more at the ‘book excerpts’. They were funny because they’re true – we’ve all seen/heard/done the same things time and again on a visit to the ladies room. All in all, this is an awesome debut by Jo Barrett, and I’m eager to read her next novel." - Romance Junkies "Not only is Jo Barrett a smart, witty and talented author, but her heroine is too. The novel is full of great banter and memorable characters, and I'm sure it will translate brilliantly to the big screen." - Trashionista.com Blurbs: "A great read, and great laugh - and now we guys know what's really going on in there!" - Hugh Jackman, Actor "A clever, fresh slant on losing and loving again. A great read." - Karen Quinn, Author of Wife in the Fast Lane "A thirtysomething's hilarious, laugh-out-loud quest to find love and herself, proving that the most useful shining truths that illuminate the sometimes shadowy maze of women's lives are found not in court or the confession booth, but in the can. I will never apply lipgloss in a restaurant bathroom again without smiling and remembering this fun, feel-good story." - Jill Kargman, Author of Momzillas Purchase at Amazon.com

MEN’S GUIDE TO THE WOMEN’S RESTROOM

The Men's Guide to the Women's Bathroom strives to answer life's most imponderable question: What Do Women Really Do in the Bathroom?

When the witty and urbane Claire St. John leaves New York City and returns to Austin, Texas, she realizes that all of the good advice she has ever received has been from strangers in the women's bathroom. If only she'd listened before she'd married the wrong man and wound up on the losing end of a divorce.

Swearing off men, Claire decides to take a big chance—she will quit her life as a lawyer and write the ultimate self-help book—a book detailing exactly what goes on in that most sacred feminine temple: the women's bathroom.

But will the new how-to guru ever learn to take her own advice? While she's discovering the truth behind the bathroom door, re-assimilating to Texas culture by eating "nuclear" jalapeño carrots, speeding down highways through the famed Texas hill country, and even joining an ill-fated booze cruise, Claire St. John is fighting her feelings for Jake Armstrong, a dashing organic food entrepreneur who threatens to throw off the balance of her new life. Will she be able to handle the pressure or will she watch her love life get flushed away?

* Film rights have been optioned by CBS and Paramount Studios, with actor Hugh Jackman's production company, Seed Productions, attached to produce *

Rights Information

Publisher: Avon, Paperback (March 27, 2007)

Territory: World

Rights Available:

Reviews:
"...genuine, and genuinely hilarious. Women will find themselves nodding "been there done that" as the book unfolds. It's the kind of book you take on vacation, and read pieces to your friends (or your boyfriend/husband)... The author skillfully keeps the book on track throughout, without resorting to tacky, and providing a unique, witty, cute, fast-paced, and yes, classy tale that is fun to read. I knew it was that good, when I was sorry that I'd reached the last page... This is the perfect vacation or weekend pick-me-up, so definitely pick up a copy." - AdviceSisters.net

"smart, funny, and oddly enough – dead on accurate. There are many laughs in the story centered on Claire’s antics and missteps, but I found myself cracking up even more at the ‘book excerpts’. They were funny because they’re true – we’ve all seen/heard/done the same things time and again on a visit to the ladies room. All in all, this is an awesome debut by Jo Barrett, and I’m eager to read her next novel." - Romance Junkies

"Not only is Jo Barrett a smart, witty and talented author, but her heroine is too. The novel is full of great banter and memorable characters, and I'm sure it will translate brilliantly to the big screen." - Trashionista.com

Blurbs:
"A great read, and great laugh - and now we guys know what's really going on in there!" - Hugh Jackman, Actor

"A clever, fresh slant on losing and loving again. A great read." - Karen Quinn, Author of Wife in the Fast Lane

"A thirtysomething's hilarious, laugh-out-loud quest to find love and herself, proving that the most useful shining truths that illuminate the sometimes shadowy maze of women's lives are found not in court or the confession booth, but in the can. I will never apply lipgloss in a restaurant bathroom again without smiling and remembering this fun, feel-good story." - Jill Kargman, Author of Momzillas

Purchase at Amazon.com