Simply Divine

by Wendy Holden

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Much as Jane hates to admit it, her best friend Tally had been right. Moving in with Nick had been a disaster, and now Nick is leaving her. And as if that wasn't bad enough, Jane is forced to work with ambitious socialite Champagne D'Vyne.

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These girls are unbelievably dumb. Everything about this book was completely predictable. When Jane leaves Gorgeous because of an offer from Fabulous, she thinks she will be able to finally ditch Champagne. But a child could see that it is because of Champagne that she got the offer at all. It’s Champagne who brings her to Fabulous. And when she finds Champagne in the arms of Tom towards the end, it’s obvious that Tom will turn out to be Champagne’s brother. And when she is running Fabulous while the editor is back, she makes some changes that she is sure will get her fired. We all can see that the publisher will see her brilliance and will give her the editorship instead of keeping the one he has. It’s also beyond belief that show more when Jane becomes editor, she thinks she will have to get someone else to ghost write Champagne’s book. I guess it never dawned on her until someone practically said it, that Tom being a struggling writer would be the perfect person to do it.

The one thing I didn’t see coming was how Tally saves Mullions. Her hippie mother comes back and decides to turn it into an ashram. Some kind of mystical retreat type place. The opposite of a spa. With the greedy faker boyfriend out of the way, she uses this money to fix the place up. And Jane & Tom get married in the newly renovated estate chapel.
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The first sentence -- The organ swelled as Jane ... and the book, believe it or not, goes downhill after that.
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The former deputy editor of "Tatler", Wendy Holden has worked at "Harpers & Queen", the "Sunday Times", & the "Sunday Telegraph". She currently works at the "Mail on Sunday". "Simply Divine", her debut novel, was an international bestseller, & is available in a Plume edition. (Publisher Provided) Wendy Holden was born in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, show more England on June, 12 1965. She studied English at Girton College, Cambridge. Before becoming a full-time author, she was an editor at numerous magazines including Apollo, Harper's Bazaar, Sunday Telegraph Magazine, and Tatler. Besides writing numerous novels, she also regularly writes features for newspapers and magazines and is a regular television and radio contributor. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Simply Divine
Original publication date
1999
People/Characters
Jane; Champagne D'Vyne
Important places
London, England, UK
Dedication
To my husband
First words
The organ swelled as Jane approached the altar, light-headed with happiness and not eating.
Quotations
Champagne looked pointedly at Jane's dress.

'I tried that one on,' she said sweetly. 'But it looked cheap and nasty on me.' She paused. 'Suits you though.'
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)'Not quite that many.'
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Palmer-Tomkinson, Tara

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance
DDC/MDS
823.92Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-2000-
LCC
PR6058 .O436 .S56Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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