Running In Heels
By (Author) Anna Maxted
Cornerstone
Arrow Books Ltd
6th July 2001
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Modern and Contemporary romance
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
823.92
Paperback
464
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
320g
Natalie Green, a 27-year old ballet PR, is devastated when her best friend Barbara - a firefighter - gets married. Natalie - seemingly meek, never angry - fears being left behind. She is silver girl, because she always comes second. When Nat meets the apparently wild Chris at the wedding her good girl veneer cracks, and she starts an affair. To top it all, thanks to Chris's bad influence and her own hang-ups, she loses her job. But while Nat is busy blaming Babs for abandoning her, it becomes clear that she's not facing up to the real problems starting her in the face. Like her self-esteem and body image. Let alone the fact that Babs is developing marriage problems, Babs' brother Andy adores her, Frannie the feminist is untrustworthy, and that she has much unfinished business with her family. It'll get worse before it gets better...
Funny and inspiring, you'll be turning the pages 'til the small hours * Company *
Powerful without being didactic, moving without being sentimental, riotously comic without being superficial. Accomplished, well-written chick lit * Daily Express *
Warmth, humanity, and a great dollop of sympathetic humour * Hello! *
Anna Maxted lives in London with her husband Phil and their three sons Oscar, Conrad and Casper. Anna read English at Cambridge and works as a freelance journalist. She is also the author of the international bestsellers, Getting Over It, Running in Heels, Behaving Like Adults, Being Committed and A Tale of Two Sisters.