Gallery Girl
By (Author) Wendy Holden
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Review
12th April 2011
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
608
Width 132mm, Height 198mm, Spine 39mm
422g
Zeb's the darling of Brit Art; the rock n' roll bad boy artist whose works go for bazillions. But can he keep his end up in every sense now that his powerful female patron is losing interest Beth loves art and the traditional gallery she works in and loves her boyfriend, doctor David. But the hospital hours he keeps are putting a strain on the relationship. Marie's pop-star husband was big in the Nineties; he's relaunching his boy band with a vengeance. But where does this leave Marie and her dreams of being a painter Ben's a brilliant portrait artist but no-one wants his stuff. Why have a picture that actually looks like you when you could have a gold-sprayed prosthetic limb Disillusioned Ben's reduced to living in the country and holding adult education life classes. But what happened to his life
Then Beth finds herself catapulted into the crazed world of contemporary art. Marie walks into Ben's life class. And the picture changes completely.Fizzing, fun and ruthlessly mickey-taking...this is a rom-com with serious attitude - Daily Mail
Wendy Holden is slyly funny on the foibles of auctioneers, collectors and arrivisties, and absurdly inventive when it comes to capturing the decadent trappings of the art party scene - Marie ClaireThis is an author guaranteed to lift your spirits - GraziaNumber one bestselling author Wendy Holden has written ten consecutive Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers. A former journalist on the Sunday Times, Tatler and the Mail on Sunday, she contributes to a range of publications and is a TV and radio regular. She was a judge for the Costa 2013 Novel and Book of the Year Awards. Wendy lives with her husband and two children in Derbyshire.
Visit her on her website www.wendyholden.net, or follow her on Twitter @Wendy_Holden and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/wendyholdenauthor.