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| Nature Girl | 
| Manufacturer: Knopf
Category: EBooks
List Price: $9.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  145 reviews
Sales Rank: 3592
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
ASIN: B000MAH7OU
Publication Date: November 14, 2006
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Product Description
Honey Santana—impassioned, willful, possibly bipolar, self-proclaimed “queen of lost causes”—has a scheme to help rid the world of irresponsibility, indifference, and dinnertime sales calls. She’s taking rude, gullible Relentless, Inc., telemarketer Boyd Shreave and his less-than-enthusiastic mistress, Eugenie—the fifteen-minute-famous girlfriend of a tabloid murderer—into the wilderness of Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands for a gentle lesson in civility. What she doesn’t know is that she’s being followed by her Honey-obsessed former employer, Piejack (whose mismatched fingers are proof that sexual harassment in the workplace is a bad idea). And he doesn’t know he’s being followed by Honey’s still-smitten former drug-running ex-husband, Perry, and their wise-and-protective-way-beyond-his-years twelve-year-old-son, Fry. And when they all pull up on Dismal Key, they don’t know they’re intruding on Sammy Tigertail, a half white–half Seminole failed alligator wrestler, trying like hell to be a hermit despite the Florida State coed who’s dying to be his hostage . . .
Will Honey be able to make a mensch of a “greedhead”? Will Fry be able to protect her from Piejack—and herself? Will Sammy achieve his true Seminole self? Will Eugenie ever get to the beach? Will the Everglades survive the wild humans? All the answers are revealed in the delectably outrageous mayhem that propels this novel to its Hiaasen-of-the-highest-order climax.
From the Hardcover edition.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 140 more reviews...
 jungle girl July 11, 2008
Another gem.
Please keep the books coming.
We need this lunnie concept for summer enjoyment.
 Sexy, Wacky, Funny Book July 7, 2008
Nature Girl is a screwball comedy for our modern age. Honey Santana and the other characters in this latest Hiaasen romp will make you laugh, with their zany, yet truthful views of our culture. You'll enjoy their fresh perspective on the Everglades, evils of telemarketing, private detectives and the media. If you love humor, fine storytelling and an insider's scoop, I'd also recommend Silicon Valley Game.
Rip roaring fun! June 2, 2008
Carl Hiaasen is one very entertaining guy!! I really enjoyed "Nature Girl" though I personally don't think it is as strong as some of his other books. However, the characters and situations are absolutely hilarious and it is a well worth reading if you enjoy his berserk sense of humour, which I do!
Honey Santana may or may not be a complete psychotic, however she is a woman on a mission - to teach obnoxious telemarketer Boyd Shreave a lesson in life and manners he will never forget. Honey tricks the lacklustre Boyd and his mistress, Eugenie, into accompanying her on a kayak/camping trip to the island of Dismal Key in the 10,000 Islands region of the Florida Everglades. Unbeknownst to them, Seminole Indian half-breed Sammy Tigertail and his blabbermouth college student hostage, Gillian, are holed up on the island, and Honey's obsessed stalker, Louis Piejack and PI Dealey also wind up there (don't ask!!). High jinks by the bucketload ensue, involving guns, mismatched fingers, ferocious fire ant bites, duct tape, video cameras, Mark Knopfler's Gibson guitar and an Apocalyptic Christian religious order. Hiaasen weaves all this into a hilarious tale that is as entertaining as all get out! Highly recommended!
Hijinks and Heroism May 26, 2008
Carl Hiaasen is a one-of-a-kind mystery writer. He has several contemporaries such as Douglas Adams and Tim Dorsey, but Carl is a stand-out in his league.
In Nature Girl, Honey Santana has a wrestling with several issues in her life, one of which is a mental disorder that skews her sense of reality. She has an ex-con ex-husband who she never got over, a boss who sexually harasses her and telemarketers calling every evening at dinner.
She divises a half-baked plan to take care of the telemarketer, Boyd Shreave, who insulted her. What ensues is the detailed story of Nature Girl. Several troubled characters whose insane lives collide on Dismal Key to create a stew of madness, jealousy, betrayal and settling scores.
Nature Girl is sewed together with threads of magical prose exclusive to Hiaasen. His word choice is splendiferous and often curious.
Nature Girl is a two thumbs up carousel of hijinks and heroism recommended by a reader who "gets it".
Pretty Good April 23, 2008
I have to say that I loved "Sick Puppy" as an all time best book ever, and I've read a couple more, and it kind of seems to me like he's writing the same book over and over.
It's not that it's not good, it totally is, I just wish it would surprised me more.
But if you like this writer you'll probably like it. I'm a fan, I'm just looking for something to surprise me, that's all.
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