High Maintenance

Name: High Maintenance
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Jennifer Belle
ISBN: 9781982671969

Author: Jennifer Belle

Narrator: Christine Lakin

Unabridged: 10 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 04/30/2019

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Women

Synopsis

The story of an obsessive love affair between a woman and an apartmentSet in the manic world of New York real estate, High Maintenance is the story of Liv Kellerman, a young woman who’s just left her husband and, more important, their fabulous penthouse apartment with its Empire State Building view. On her own for the first time in her life, she relocates to a crumbling Greenwich Village hovel and contemplates her next move. Before long she finds her true calling: selling real estate. With her native eye for prime properties and an ability to lie with a straight face, Liv finds success and is soon swimming with the sharks—the hardcore, cutthroat brokers who will do anything to close a deal. Along the way she picks up a maniacally ardent architect who likes to bite her, a few hilarious bosses, strange and exasperating clients, and a gun, and brings them with her on her search for the one thing she’s really after: a home.Jennifer Belle’s gift for creating strange and winning characters and her acute observations of both the absurd and the poignant in everyday life are the hallmarks of her fiction. High Maintenance is generous and unsparing, tough and exciting, and terrifically smart—a hot new property on the market.

About Jennifer Belle

Jennifer Belle is the author of four critically acclaimed, widely translated novels, including Going Down, for which she was named best debut novelist of the year by Entertainment Weekly, and High Maintenance, a national bestseller. Her stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Independent magazine, Ms., Harper’s Bazaar, Black Book, and many anthologies. She lives in New York City.

About Christine Lakin

Christine Lakin is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and acclaimed television actress, best known for her roles as Alicia “Al” Lambert on the hit family comedy Step by Step and as Joan of Arc on Showtime’s Reefer Madness.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joey on March 14, 2025

Completely 100% up my alley. So funny and fun. A great story about a girl making it in New York. I bookmarked several pages with the best one liners imaginable......more

Goodreads review by Sheryl on August 01, 2011

Have you read Belle's, Little Stalker, yet? If so, High Maintenance has the same feel about it. I forgot how much I loved Jennifer Belle's light, quirky...and ever so chic lit writing style that I must say I wasn't all that enamored with the story and/or any of the characters right off the bat. I ha......more

Goodreads review by Sherri on March 14, 2010

I wasn't sure what to make of this story when I first started it. I have to hand it to our heroine, Liv. I would have thrown in the towel and gone crawling back to Jack after taking one look at that rat-hole apartment she ends up in. $1,200 a month! Yikes! LOL Liv surprises us all by coming out on to......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on March 18, 2025

I found High Maintenance so hilarious and out of control. The MC was pure insanity, but in a good way. I loved the quirkiness and randomness, a very entertaining read.......more

Goodreads review by Tiara on February 16, 2012

Definitely didn't like this as much by the end as I did in the beginning, but I stayed up all night to finish it. A pampered woman learns to take care of herself after her divorce from her cheating husband. This got creepy toward the middle. I mean, swallowing Clue pieces for no good reason? Freezin......more

Quotes

“Belle’s second novel is a witty and engaging tale of love and real estate in Manhattan.” Publishers Weekly

“Belle’s portrayal of Liv’s ups and downs, successes and failures are in turn funny and poignant…Highly recommended.” Library Journal