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EDGE BOSTON

Reviewed 1/12/06

By Ken Tasho

"...The Year of Yes, a hilarious and scathingly satirical look at the nightmare known as Dating. This isn’t just a book about casual dating. Rather, it’s a memoir of going out with every Tom, Dick, and Harry that asked Headley out on a date. Well, there were limits…no criminals or drunks. And no roommates, although Headley wishes she could at least try to get it with her roomie Zak. She even tries to date 2 women...."

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

Issue of January 13, 2006

"After one too many bad relationships, playwright/NYU undergrad Headley decides to just say yes to any-any-man who asks her out. Source of Angst: Said men, whether they're recovering addicts, taxi drivers, or Apple millionaires. Meltdown Moment: An instance of follicular panic leads to one heinous self-made haircut. Lowdown: Headley's memoir is charming, hyperliterate...and even laugh-out-loud funny. A-"

FRESH FICTION

Reviewed 2005-11-30

"A revolutionary approach to dating..."

Reviewed by Jennifer Vido

"...Headley's debut novel puts a much welcome spin on the New York City dating scene. Rather than the usual chick-lit saga of the woes of dating, her down and dirty tale is a breath of fresh air. Addictive and laugh-out-loud funny, Headley's writing style demonstrates her intelligence, warmth and sometimes brutal honesty. THE YEAR OF YES is a memoir that leaves the reader with the realization that after all the blood, sweat and tears, isn't love what we all truly desire? If only we all could find it."

PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY 

Reviewed 2005-11-07

When Idaho-born Headley, a 20-year-old NYU drama student, laments, "I felt like I'd dated and then hated every man in Manhattan," she thinks perhaps she's too critical. So she "decided that I would say yes to every man who asked me out on a date." It sounds disastrous, even scary, though she chose to exclude the drunk, the drugged, the violent, and cheating husbands. The first date was the Puerto Rican handyman who came to fix the toilet with his daughter in tow, the second a 40-year-old who spoke only Polish. One took her to a strip joint, one wanted his penis bitten, one was a woman and one asked her to marry him on the first date. One of the nicest turned out to be the 70-year-old Latino who made obscene sucking noises and claimed to have 11 children. The one Headley got a crush on turned out to be "mostly gay." And then what happened? Believe it or not - true love. Reader, she married him. It's sheer chick fluff, but amusing, with names changed "to protect the indignant, the infantile, and, of course, the innocent." Agents, Suzanne Gluck and Andy McNicol. (Jan. 11)

MAGAZINE STUFF:

JANUARY ISSUES: On newstands in December. I'm in Glamour this month - on newstands now with the stunning Salma Hayek on the cover, and I'm also in Health Magazine. I know. It's kooky. But what the hell. Buy the magazines. They're cheap.

MARCH ISSUES: On Newstands in February...piteous BUDGET LIVING essay about the night I mistook my tablecloth for a dress. FOR ME magazine - Q & A.