Product Description

Holly is a frustrated florist whose life doesn't exactly seem to be coming up roses. Fleeing the houseshare from hell, she moves in with Josh, Kate, and the gorgeous Addison. Can Holly drag him away from his Internet "girlfriend" Claudia, or will they just continually get their wires crossed?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #296689 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Amazon.co.uk Review
Jenny Colgan's second novel Talking to Addison arrives with a flourish following the success of her debut Amanda's Wedding. Sharp, quirky one-liners complement merciless observations of human foibles and the London scene to make this romantic comedy a cut above the rest.

The story opens with the modern-day heroine Holly trapped in the flatshare from hell with members of "Scary Clean Freaks Incorporated", ruled by the obnoxious Carol who "dispensed ... Robert de Niro-to-doomed gangster stares". Even when Holly escapes the suburban inquisition, life still isn't a bed of roses: she's an unemployed florist, in love with a recluse and she's being bullied. She's in good company though when she moves in with a bunch of equally maladjusted misfits: Josh, a terminally nice boy, has issues; Kate, the high-flying and no-nonsense career girl, wilts every time a married man comes along and then there's Addison--the drop-dead-gorgeous lodger ("Johnny Depp in geek form")--who never leaves his room, already has a girlfriend (albeit over the Internet) and is a certified Trekkie fan.

With Talking to Addison, Colgan ties together her comedic talents with her flair for storytelling to create an offbeat, hilarious tale about an ordinary girl's search for Mr Right with the inevitable Mr Oddballs getting in the way. --Nicola Perry

Review
'Four Weddings and a Funeral meets Friends' Tatler 'Compulsively comical' Cosmopolitan

From the Author
Hey!
I can't believe that a year ago, when I wrote the author comments for 'Amanda's Wedding' I directed people to my website, and it's STILL not up and running. It nearly is, I promise! Argh! I'm so lazy!

Anyway, 'Talking to Addison' is based on a cartoon strip I used to draw called 'Second Flat on the Left'. The strip sadly never saw the light of day, which is entirely my mother's fault- my father teaches technical drawing, whereas my mother can take anything in the world, convert it into two dimensions and it comes out looking like a brick, and I inherited my pisspoor drawing skills from her.

Anyway, there's no message to 'Addison'- it exists purely to try and make you laugh, and I really really hope it does so!

Warmest wishes, and thank you so much for stopping by,

Jen.xxx

Customer Reviews

An excellent second novel
Amanda's Wedding is an extremly funny first book, full of one liners which make you laugh out loud. Talking to Addison is even funnier! There are several passages which made me laugh until the tears were streaming down my face. The characters are wonderful and very down to earth. This is an excellent second novel, a real must read!

YOUNG HUMOUR
A very amusing, witty and light-hearted read with a fairly good storyline. The humour is very much a young persons sort of humour so not really a book that I'd pass to mum, unless mum is Jo Brand style!

very funny
I found this book extremely funny and laughed out loud many times. Will cheer you up and is a good holiday book.