She got married in 2002 and moved with her husband to Atlanta, Georgia in 2003 where she gave birth to identical twins, Edward and George, on New Year’s Eve. Despite the apparent failure of her first novel Lily Holding True (which had been rejected by eight publishers), she went on to write Something Borrowed which promptly became a bestseller. It was in 2001 that she gave up her legal practice, moved to London and began her career as a full time writer. Giffin is a graduate of Wake Forest University, where she earned her undergraduate degree and the University of Virginia where she received legal training. She has published four novels so far – Something Borrowed, Baby Proof, Something Blue, and Love The One You’re With. It has also been turned into a movie by the same name starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, Steve Howey and John Krasinski.Įmily Giffin is an American author of chick lit novels. Something Borrowed was published in 2005 and won a place in the extended New York Times Bestseller list.

What this foray into the meaning of friendship, love and ethics will come to, only the novel can tell. Even this would have been acceptable since if it were only a carnal connection, the marriage would have sorted things out, but then came the one little unforgivable thing into the Rachel-Dex relationship – love. This one time affair should have stayed a one time affair, but it slowly grew into a full fledged affair. Things were pretty calm between them until one night when good girl Rachel got just a little too drunk and slept with Dex. It is the age old question – which is more important – the romantic love of a soul mate or the steady, time tested love of a friend?Īll said and done, Rachel’s and Darcy’s friendship is a classic case – Rachel, the hard working good girl and Darcy, the flashy and sometimes egotistical, yet overall sweet girl who overshadows her friend quite often. It is story about how social climates force people to behave in certain ways and how these ways can lead to something beautiful or tragic, depending on which side one is standing on. Something Borrowed tells the story of three people – Rachel White (the protagonist and narrator), Darcy Rhone (her best friend since childhood) and Dex (Darcy’s fiancé). A tug of war chick lit novel dealing with a choice between friendship and love, Something Borrowed is a popular addition to the chick lit genre.

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