Something Borrowed (novel) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Something Borrowed is a 2005 chick lit

Chick lit

Chick lit is genre fiction which addresses issues of modern womanhood, often humorously and lightheartedly. The genre sold well during the 1990s and 2000s, with chick lit titles topping bestseller lists and the creation of imprints devoted entirely to chick lit...

novel by author Emily Giffin

Emily Giffin

Emily Giffin is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit.- Early life :Emily Giffin was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 20, 1972. She attended high school in Naperville, Illinois , where she was a member of a creative writing club and served as editor-in-chief...

. The novel concerns morals regarding friends and relationships. It addresses the stigma against single women in their thirties and the pressure that society

Society

A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...

places on them to get married

Marriage

Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...

. "This is a realistic situation that women face in today's society", according to one book review.

Something Borrowed became an international bestseller and was placed on The New York Times Best Seller List

New York Times Best Seller list

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, among others. It was developed into a film by Hilary Swank

Hilary Swank

Hilary Ann Swank is an American actress. Swank's film career began with a small part in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then a major part in The Next Karate Kid , as Julie Pierce, the first female protégé of sensei Mr. Miyagi...

's shared production company.

Plot summary

The novel centers around the protagonist

Protagonist

A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...

and narrator

Narrator

A narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...

, Rachel White, a thirty-year-old single woman who is a consummate

Consummation

Consummation is the initial sexual act made within a marriage.Consummation can also refer to:* Consummation , 1970 recordingSee also:* Consummation of days, event predicted in Daniel Chapter 12, verses 1-4...

good-girl. She and Darcy Rhone have been best friends since childhood

Childhood

Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood , early childhood , middle childhood , and adolescence .- Age ranges of childhood :The term childhood is non-specific and can imply a...

, and hard-working Rachel is often in the shadow of flashy, sometimes selfish Darcy. Then, after a night of drinking on Rachel's thirtieth birthday, she sleeps with Darcy's fiance, Dex. After this turns into an affair

Affair

Affair may refer to professional, personal, or public business matters or to a particular business or private activity of a temporary duration, as in family affair, a private affair, or a romantic affair.-Political affair:...

, Rachel explores the meaning of friendship, true love, and ethics

Ethics

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Awards and honors

The novel, along with two others by Giffin, was an international bestseller, and it got many honors, including being on both The New York Times Best Seller List

New York Times Best Seller list

and USA Today

USA Today

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s Top 150 list.

Film

Hilary Swank

and Molly Smith acquired the rights to co-produce

Film producer

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a film

Film

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based on the novel Something Borrowed. Warner Bros. (USA/Canada), Entertainment Film Distributors (UK), Summit Entertainment

Summit Entertainment

Summit Entertainment LLC is an independent film studio headquartered in Santa Monica, California with international offices in London.-History:...

, (International) Alcon Entertainment developed the project along with 2S Films and Wild Ocean Films.

The film was directed by Luke Greenfield

Luke Greenfield

Luke Greenfield is an American film director. Greenfield was born in Manhasset, New York and was raised in Westport, Connecticut. He is best known for directing The Animal and The Girl Next Door. In July 2007, he appeared as a guest judge on the filmmaking reality show On the Lot...

. Actress Ginnifer Goodwin played the lead role of Rachel. Kate Hudson

Kate Hudson

Kate Garry Hudson is an American actress. She came to prominence in 2001 after winning a Golden Globe and receiving several nominations, including a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, for her role in Almost Famous. She then starred in the hit film How to Lose a Guy in 10...

was cast as Darcy, Rachel's best friend. John Krasinski

John Krasinski

John Burke Krasinski is an American actor, film director, and writer. He is most widely known for playing Jim Halpert on the NBC sitcom The Office...

played Ethan, Rachel's friend and confidant in both Something Borrowed and Something Blue. Colin Egglesfield

Colin Egglesfield

Colin Egglesfield is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal as Dr. Josh Madden in the long-running soap opera All My Children, as well as Auggie Kirkpatrick in The CW's short-lived teen drama Melrose Place....

played Darcy's fiance, Dex, while Steve Howey

Steve Howey (actor)

Steven Michael Robert "Steve" Howey is an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Van Montgomery in the television series Reba. His roles also include the films Supercross, DOA: Dead or Alive, and Bride Wars...

played Marcus, Dex's best friend. Warner Bros. released the film adaption on May 6, 2011.

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