Man Camp: A Novel
ืืฆืืณ 2007 ยท Ballantine Books
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A biologist studying patterns of sexual selection, Lucy Stone knows a lot about matingโparticularly that in the animal kingdom, males will go to any length to attract females. Why, then, are their human counterparts so hopeless in courtship?
This is the question that Lucy and her best friend, Martha McKenna, struggle to answer. Consider Adam, Lucyโs boyfriend of two years, who demonstrates on an ostensibly romantic camping trip that he canโt build a fire, split wood, or jump-start a car. Worse still, heโs scared to go into the woods after dark. Or take Jesse, Marthaโs younger brother, an opera aficionado and neurotic extraordinaire who canโt summon the courage to make the first move on the woman heโs crazy about. And what about the extensive list of men with whom Martha has endured the torments of the first date.
But then thereโs Cooper Tuckington, Lucyโs best friend from college. Born and bred on his familyโs West Virginia dairy farm, Cooper fits anyoneโs description of a manโs man, and yet he is chivalrous and charming. During his annual visit to New York City, he rewires Lucyโs lamps, builds her shelves, and holds forth on subjects from great painters to the great outdoors, all the while pulling out chairs and opening doors for the ladies. Surely, think Martha and Lucy, the men in their lives would benefit from the tutelage of someone who knows how to treat a woman.
Thus, Man Camp is born. With a little feminine persuasion, Lucy and Martha convince Adam, Jesse, and a handful of their other male acquaintances to visit Cooperโs farm, where they will learn everything a guy should know, from cars to carpentry to chivalryโand thatโs just the Cโs. But life on the farm isnโt exactly as it seemsโand the boys soon prove themselves in ways the women would never have imagined. In the process, Lucy and Martha themselves learn a good bit about life and love.
The perfect canโt-put-it-down novel for all of us whoโve needed to bring out the inner man in the men we love, Man Camp is a brilliant, witty, and insightful romp through the wilds of dating and mating.
This is the question that Lucy and her best friend, Martha McKenna, struggle to answer. Consider Adam, Lucyโs boyfriend of two years, who demonstrates on an ostensibly romantic camping trip that he canโt build a fire, split wood, or jump-start a car. Worse still, heโs scared to go into the woods after dark. Or take Jesse, Marthaโs younger brother, an opera aficionado and neurotic extraordinaire who canโt summon the courage to make the first move on the woman heโs crazy about. And what about the extensive list of men with whom Martha has endured the torments of the first date.
But then thereโs Cooper Tuckington, Lucyโs best friend from college. Born and bred on his familyโs West Virginia dairy farm, Cooper fits anyoneโs description of a manโs man, and yet he is chivalrous and charming. During his annual visit to New York City, he rewires Lucyโs lamps, builds her shelves, and holds forth on subjects from great painters to the great outdoors, all the while pulling out chairs and opening doors for the ladies. Surely, think Martha and Lucy, the men in their lives would benefit from the tutelage of someone who knows how to treat a woman.
Thus, Man Camp is born. With a little feminine persuasion, Lucy and Martha convince Adam, Jesse, and a handful of their other male acquaintances to visit Cooperโs farm, where they will learn everything a guy should know, from cars to carpentry to chivalryโand thatโs just the Cโs. But life on the farm isnโt exactly as it seemsโand the boys soon prove themselves in ways the women would never have imagined. In the process, Lucy and Martha themselves learn a good bit about life and love.
The perfect canโt-put-it-down novel for all of us whoโve needed to bring out the inner man in the men we love, Man Camp is a brilliant, witty, and insightful romp through the wilds of dating and mating.
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Adrienne Brodeur was the founding editor of Zoetrope: All-Story. She lives in New York City.
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