A memoir/love story, this book was a wonderful, fun and squeal-worthy read about a self-proclaimed city girl who falls in love with an Oklahoma rancher. It reads like a romance novel, complete with the (yes) squeals and swoons, but it's an actual true story! She's a hilarious writer, with wonderfully graphic details about a prank her new brother-in-law pulled on her (involving a cow's rectum and what comes out of it), as well as girl-I've-been-there moments (spilling the contents of her purse EVERYWHERE in front of two decidedly female-shy cowboys) and the treat of her miserable, though entertaining first pregnancy. I felt like the book ended suddenly and I wish she'd written more, but the book JUST came out on Feb. 1, 2011, so hopefully she'll get to work pronto on the next book! She previously wrote The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl, which was a best seller. She has been married to her cowboy for 12 years now, and the book just barely covered the birth of their first child (conceived on their honeymoon) so she certainly has plenty of material for a few more books if this one sells well, nudge nudge. I've already recommended this to several friends and now recommend it to everyone in the blogosphere! Ree started out with her own blog (where she posted her love story before deciding to make it into a book), so see what she has to say about her own book: http://thepioneerwoman.com/blog/2010/11/black-heels-the-book/
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