The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder: A Novel

by Holly McQueen

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Isabel Bookbinder is a twenty-seven-year-old assistant at the Saturday Mercury newspaper in London. She has a disinterested boyfriend, a mother who loves clothes that match, and a father who always expects her to do better. Although Isabel may spend most of her time measuring newspaper column inches, she's well on her way to becoming a bestselling author. She's already perfected Her Look (cashmere track suit, lots of mascara), is working on her toned size eight figure, and gets up at dawn to show more work on her novel (well, sort of). She even has a fabulous mentor -- a bestselling but increasingly eccentric author who takes her to glamorous book parties and introduces her to the dreamy literary agent Joe Madison. But when she inadvertently exposes a political sex scandal and her name becomes known for all the wrong reasons, her glamorous double life starts to spin out of control. With her distinctive voice, penchant for getting in sticky situations, and blind confidence in her dream of becoming a famous novelist, Isabel Bookbinder is a heroine that you can't help but root for. show less

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Di solito non mi faccio influenzare troppo da una copertina: so che è semplicemente un involucro, e che non sempre l'estetica rispecchia il contenuto. Quando ho visto questo libro, però, me ne sono innamorata all'istante: copertina rigida, con angoli smussati, colori allegri che ricordano le vecchie rilegature. Ho letto il primo capitolo su un settimanale e, anche se sembra la solita commedia degli equivoci, ho deciso di regalarmelo: solo per la confezione.
Lettura piacevole e divertente, anche se spesso mi sono chiesta come può una persona essere così stupida...Iz-Wiz è unica, e mi è pure più simpatica dei personaggi della Kinsella.
Had a few funny moments and a little twist at the end but, mostly I hated this book. The main character gets herself into sticky situations because she lies. That's not funny.
Loved it.
Every bit as good as Sophie Kinsella!
Als je graag Shopaholic las, dan zal je dit ook graag lezen. Ikzelf heb het niet zo voor antiheldinnen zoals de koopverslaafde Becky Bloomwood of (in dit boek) de blunderende Isabel Bookbinder. Ok, het is een grappig verhaal, dat wel, maar ook wel pijnlijk omdat ze de leugens en misverstanden maar niet uit de wereld helpt. En een heel klein beetje romantisch.

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Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Romance
DDC/MDS
823.92Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-2000-
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PR6113 .C5868 .G57Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature2001-
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