Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award 2010.
Sarah Sargeant has been single for three years and nine months, and has just suffered a humiliating rejection from a bald man with a paunch who works in her local pub. In an attempt to revive her love life, Sarah’s family and friends persuade her to start a blog, and a mission. A mission to explore 50 ways to find a lover.
I feel like a failure. It's now been 351 days since I had sex. That's a carnal drought. If Bob Geldof knew about it he'd hold a concert.
Sarah Sargeant has been single for three years and nine months. She has just spent five months plucking up the courage to ask out a balding man with a paunch who works in her local pub. The gentleman in question informed her that he would rather stay in and watch the Narnia movie on DVD. Her pride has not just been bruised, it's been disembowelled. And she vows it's the last time she will ever reach out to a member of the opposite sex.
But her family and friends have other ideas. They enter her into a reality TV show against her will, persuade her to go speed dating and even more radically, they encourage her to start a blog. Suddenly Sarah Sargeant is on a mission.
Lucy-Anne Holmes is an actress living in London. 50 Ways to Find a Lover had its genesis in Lucy’s blog www.spinstersquest.com, cataloguing her real-life love woes.
