Minerva Dobbs Sparknotes

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The novel begin because the heroine, Minerva "Min" Dobbs, a overweight, 33-year-old actuary, is dumped with the aid of her boyfriend, David. He is dissatisfied that she has refused to have sex with him; she's indignant that she is now without a date to her sister's upcoming wedding ceremony. Min retreats to one nook of the bar to be comforted by her two satisfactory buddies, Bonnie and Liza. At the opposite stop of the bar, David reveals acquaintance Calvin "Cal" Morrisey and his buddies. Cal has a recognition as a girls' man and a person complete of luck, who has by no means misplaced a bet. David bets Cal $10,000 that he can't get Min into bed inside a month. Cal refuses to simply accept the guess, however does receive a $10 wager that he can get Min to go to dinner with him. Unbeknownst to Cal, Min has overheard the communique …show more content…

Plump, undeniable, fashion-impaired Minerva Dobbs suffers one of the cruelest fates of a unmarried woman’s lifestyles: she gets dumped by means of her boyfriend 3 weeks earlier than her beautiful sister Diana’s wedding. She turned into virtually counting on David to be her date, and it rankles while he dumps her due to the fact she received’t sleep with him. Dumping is just part of David’s ordinary scheme for purchasing electricity of their courting, however. He doesn’t imply this to be over for good. But he is ticked at the shortage of horizontal tangoing in their courting. To get back at Min, he bets Mr. Successful, Calvin Morrisey (who he also can’t stand), $10,000 that he can’t get Min inside the sack in a month’s time. Unfortunately (or luckily) for Cal, Min overhears a part of their verbal exchange, and is infuriated. But then she recollects the marriage, and thinks that Cal may want to end up beneficial in spite of everything. Thus begins an fun story of misunderstandings, distrust, misanthropy, misadventure, distress, and genuine

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