The C Words

London: Time Warner. Very Good. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Light reading and cover corner creases, some shelf and edge wear, sticker ghost to rear cover, paper lightly edge toned. ; First printing of Time Warner paperback original edition with no other printings listed, 2005. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover design by Jennifer Richards with artwork by Anna Hymas. ; 288 pages; Alex is thirty-four, and, after a string of unsuccessful relationships, single once a. Gain His latest ex-girlfriend Amy informs him that he has 'commitment issues'. In an attempt to establish exactly what these are, Alex is reluctantly persuaded by his friend Rosie to buy a self-help guide to relationships. At the same time, Tony, recently divorced and low on confidence, is struggling to summon up the courage to even talk to a woman, let alone commit to one. Undaunted by their previous failures, Alex and Rosie decide to follow the self-help guide's advice; Rosie ends up on a series of disastrous dates, while Alex refuses to take any of it seriously - until, on a business trip to New York with Tony, he meets Elisabeth. She's funny, charming, sexy. In fact, she's everything Alex wants in a woman - right up until she too mentions a dreaded C Word... .