I'm Crazy About You is a modern and ironic romance that blends playful feminine mischief with wild teenage effervescence: the protagonist's adventures (and misadventures) are hilarious! Monica is 31 years old, lives in New York, and is... chronically single! She works for two bitter old spinsters in a fabric and fine goods store, but her dream is to become a writer like J.D. Salinger, an author she has a true passion for. She shares an apartment with a black singer, an expert in astrology, and a gay man who dreams of adopting a child. All the blind dates her friends set her up with always end in romantic disasters. At least until... Let's look at some of the messes Monica gets herself into: With Mark, her gay friend: "You want to adopt a child?!" I ask, somewhat perplexed. "I do." There's nothing in the world that would make me happier! I avoid reminding him that I said the same thing two weeks earlier about a pair of Gucci shoes... "But don't you think that's too serious a commitment for you? Start by adopting a cat!" On a blind date: One night they convinced me to go out with a man who was "cultured, elegant, refined, and..." and then added, "mature." It wasn't until I went to answer the door that I realized how mature he was: he was almost rotten. Later I found out it was Mark's grandfather. With Jeremy, 24 hours after their first date (scared!): I love you more than my own life and I can't imagine a single day without seeing you. That's why I ask you to marry me soon, so you'll be mine forever. Saying I love you isn't enough anymore. There must be something even stronger, and if there isn't, I'll invent it. To myself: Deep down, although I regret it, I'm fine like this, in the limbo of adolescence, which protects me from becoming an adult, and unconsciously I do everything to ruin potential serious relationships for fear of taking responsibility for someone other than myself (AAHHH!). Deep down, I've been living with myself for 31 years, and that's no small feat... it's a serious relationship!
