The Wardrobe Girl
By (Author) Jennifer Smart
Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia)
Bantam
3rd March 2014
Australia
Paperback
384
Width 155mm, Height 235mm, Spine 29mm
505g
The Wardrobe Girl is a delightfully witty novel full of romance and family dramas, plus an irresistible behind-the-scenes peek at life on a soap. It s just string bikinis, thongs and boardies on Pretty Beach Rescue. You could do it drunk and standing on your head. After the humiliating end of her last relationship, this is just what TV costume designer, Tess Appleby, needs to hear. Sure, a wardrobe assistant on a soap is a step down from her gig at the BBC, but all Tess wants is an easy life ...Unfortunately she s barely arrived on set before she s warding off the attentions of the show s heartthrob, Sean Tyler and, as a consequence, the hostility of its other star, Bree Brenner. And if the pressures and politics of working on a TV drama aren t enough, she s living with her high-maintenance mother, an ageing celebrity, and her infuriating sister Emma, an aspiring actress. Still, Tess is certain she can deal with everything they throw at her until Jake Freeman, her ex-fiance, the man she last saw eight years ago as he walked away and broke her heart, is named the show s new director
Jennifer Smart has worked for many years in film and television, including five years on the Australian drama Home and Away as a Director s Assistant and then scriptwriter. She lives in Sydney.