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Jemima J: A Novel about Ugly Ducklings and Swans

by Jane Green

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ISBN13: 9780767905183
ISBN10: 0767905180
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Jemima Jones is overweight. About one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin and social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the "Kilburn Herald, Jemima finds that her only consolation is food. Add to this her passion for her charming, sexy, and unobtainable colleague Ben, and Jemima knows her life is in need of a serious change. When she meets Brad, an eligible California hunk, over the Internet, she has the perfect opportunity to reinvent herself-as JJ, the slim, beautiful, gym-obsessed glamour girl. But when her long-distance Romeo demands that they meet, she must conquer her food addiction to become the bone-thin model of her e-mails-no small feat. <BR>With a fast-paced plot that never quits and a surprise ending no reader will see coming, "Jemima J is the chronicle of one woman's quest to become the woman she's always wanted to be, learning along the way a host of lessons about attraction, addiction, the meaning of true love, and, ultimately, who she really is.

Review:

"Cleverly probes the world of a very smart, very funny, very fat reporter . . .Americans will enjoy this confection and appreciate how Green renders a certain humor-impaired California earnestness about health, happiness, and love."
USA Today
"A brilliantly funny novel about something close to every woman's heart –her stomach." –Woman's Own

"The kind of novel you'll gobble up at a single sitting."
Cosmopolitan

Synopsis:

In her U.S. debut--now in paperback--the bestselling British novelist introduces an irresistible heroine who sets out to tackle attraction, addiction, and the meaning of true love.

About the Author

Jane Green worked for many years as a journalist, with occasional forays into public relations for film, television, and the odd celebrity. The author of three other novels, Straight Talking, Mr. Maybe (Broadway Books, 2001), and Bookends (Broadway Books, 2002), she lives outside of New York City with her husband and son.

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Linda Hinckley, September 24, 2007 (view all comments by Linda Hinckley)
This was one of my favorite reads by Jane Green. I loved this book and enjoyed the characters. This book was hard to put down. I didnt want to take any breaks at all. I just wanted to keep reading non stop. I highly recommend this book. Jane Green is a very good author. She is on my auto buy list.
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rockaway3000, April 28, 2007 (view all comments by rockaway3000)
Jemima's character is so loving and kind that you imagine yourself as her, falling head over heels for two impossible to get hunks. Journey with her as she grows into who she was all along.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780767905183
Subtitle:
A Novel about Ugly Ducklings and Swans
Author:
Green, Jane
Publisher:
Broadway Books
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
California
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Weight Loss
Subject:
London
Subject:
British
Subject:
Body image
Subject:
Internet
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
Overweight women
Subject:
London (england)
Edition Description:
1st Broadway Books trade pbk. ed.
Series Volume:
no. 12
Publication Date:
June 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
7.96x5.26x1.06 in. .68 lbs.

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