SummaryPerfectly Plum: An Unauthorized Celebration of the
Life, Loves and Other Disasters of Stephanie Plum, Trenton
Bounty Hunter by Leah Wilson (Editor) and
contributors Sylvia Day, Amy Garvey, Brenda Scott Royce,
Donna Kauffman, Keris Stainton, Kyra Davis, Shanna Swendson
and more...
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED **
Speculating about the cultural metaphors in Janet
Evanovich's wildly popular mystery series (which includes 11
books, from One for the Money to Eleven on
Top), this anthology takes a look at
lingerie-buyer-turned-bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum and
catalogs her bad luck with cars (she's blown up quite a
few), her good luck with men, her unorthodox approach to
weapon storage, and the rich tapestry of her milieu:
Trenton, New Jersey, also known as The Burg. The
contributors praise the way the series smartly spoofs that
familiar chick-lit epiphany—I have a bad job and
what I really want is a good man!—in "Bounty
Hunting as a Metaphor for Dating," "Why Stephanie Should
Quit Her Job . . . but Never Will," and "Nothing Better
than a Bad Boy Gone Good." Several essays veer from the
chick-lit perspective and focus instead on the comic theme
of luck and chance that ties Stephanie to the barroom
gamblers and gangster meanies of her home town in "Luck of
the Italian?: Skill Versus Chance."
Sylvia Day's essay — Learning to Fly: Why Bounty
Hunting Is More Therapeutic Than Running Over Morelli With A
Buick
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