Product Description

In a world where success at work is everything, it's inconvenient when Jo falls for a singer, an upperclass dropout with an unreasonable attachment to old-fashioned, human values. How on earth will she explain him to her friends? Two worlds collide in a messy fashion - but will true love prevail?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #110954 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 293 pages

Review
London, 2001 and Jo is at the top of her profession but her social life is as much a game of survival as her work in celebrity PR. So it's more than a little inconvenient when she falls for a gorgeous singer, an upper-class dropout with an unreasonable attachment to old-fashioned, human values. How can she explain him to her friends ? A timely, wickedly funny satire with an unexpected romantic heart.

Having the right attitude and the perfect image are already an essential part of Jo's life, but can she survive when life around her starts to get complicated? Jo works for the PR company, Top Spin, and is busy organizing a pop concert in aid of Meals For The Homeless. Part of the publicity is a documentary behind the scenes done by her producer boyfriend, Ed. However, the chance to win an award is ever in his mind and he jumps at a more promising opportunity, letting Jo down and putting her job on the line. Desperate to save her job, she turns to country boy Charlie, who needs a proper job but has neither the qualifications nor the image to get it. So Jo sets out to teach him and to replace him in Ed's job without anyone knowing - including Charlie. And so the cover-up begins; but will it succeed or end in tears? Can she create a career for Charlie while safeguarding her own, and in the process not lose the one man she has grown to love? This is an engaging love story of country meeting town, by the author of What is the Matter With Mary Jane? and A Small Town in Africa. (Kirkus UK)

Evening Standard
‘funny, cynical, and genuinely knowing about media London... the most superbly reactionary fable’

Daily Express
‘a wicked modern satire’

Customer Reviews

Very very funny and also scary about London
This is humour at its best - painful as well as funny. The agonies of the smart London media set made me laugh out loud throughout the book (and guess what, there's also a real old fashioned love story too). The reason this book is so much better than just slick funny is that the author is clearly so at home in the world she describes, but sees through the desperation behind the eager smiles. Daisy Waugh can create a twist in emotion in the cleverest ways. If you wish you were back in London, read this, and thank God for rural England. If you're at the beginning of the media rat run read this, laugh, feel uncomfortable and beware. Well done Daisy Waugh and hurry up with the next one.

A bit of Bridget Jones meets Shopaholic
I could very easily have given up after the first chapter, but im glad I didnt. An enjoyable story but too similar to Bridget Jones diary and the Shopaholic series for me to rave about it.

A good story, but it felt like the plot was being very thinly stretched at the end. And who ever thought it was a bright idea to put the "New you rule" pages in a funky font wants shooting, bad idea and not neccesary, you could have left those pages out all together.

I would definitely read another Daisy Waugh book, but this one was more borrow it from the library rather than buy it ......

Disappointing
I have never reviewed a book on Amazon before. I am currently half-way through this one and feel compelled to write about how terrible and unrealistic it is. After living and working in London for 3 years now, I have not come across any one remotely like these one-dimensional characters; they have no depth to them at all. I can't believe that this has been published and it is no wonder I was able to buy it for 99p.
I am surprised I read as much as I have and am now going to stop reading it and pick up Marian Keyes instead to indulge in a book where I know I will be able to engage with the characters and enjoy a good plot.