Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts on 15 January 2009.
Jenny Colgans new novel is not only a great piece of 'chick lit' but also a social comment on the ever-increasing idea that all you need is money in this world (usually provided by someone else) to be happy. Great fun and a lead character you really grow to love this is Colgan at her best.
'A sheer delight from start to finish' Sophie Kinsella
How does an It Girl survive when she loses everything . . .?
PRAISE FOR JENNY COLGAN 'An evocative, sweet treat' Jojo Moyes 'Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes 'Irresistible' Jill Mansell 'Just lovely' Katie Fforde 'Naturally funny, warm-hearted' Lisa Jewell
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Sophie Chesterton is a girl about town - she knows all the right people, goes to all the right parties, and wears all the right clothes. But deep down she suspects that her superficial friends and lifestyle don't amount to very much. Her father is desperate for her to make her own way in the world, and when after one shocking evening her life is turned upside down, she suddenly has no choice.
Scraping a living as a 'glamour' photographer's assistant, living in a hovel on the Old Kent Road with four smelly boys, eating baked beans from the can, Sophie is desperate to get her life back. But does a girl really need diamonds to be happy? ___________________________________
Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan 'Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside' 'Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished' 'There's something so engaging about her characters and plots' 'Her stories are just so fabulous' 'She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life' 'The woman is just magic'
'A naturally funny, warm-hearted writer who creates characters to love and care about long after you've finished reading' Lisa Jewell
'A delicious comedy' Red
'Fast-paced, funny, poignant and well observed' Daily Mail
'Hugely entertaining and very funny' Cosmopolitan
Author
About Jenny Colgan
Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous bestselling novels for adults, including Meet Me at the Cupcake Café and Little Beach Street Bakery. When Neil the puffin from Little Beach Street Bakery caught her readers’ attention, Jenny knew she needed a story of his own – and so the idea for Polly and the Puffin was born. Jenny is married with three children and lives in Scotland.
Click here to read an interview with Jenny Colgan by Mary Hogarth.
