My Summer on the Shelf

Miss Understanding #2

by Lara Fox (pseudonym)

After a stint as the school agony aunt, Anya's forthcoming summer as an intern at a London publishing house comes as a breath of fresh air. It'll take her mind off Al—her AWOL boyfriend—at least, and maybe she'll get tips on how to be a writer, too. But it's clear that Anya's role is senior dogsbody—and involves reading terrible stories, listening to her colleague Katie's domestic woes, and taking on a nightmarish teenage author, who is about five years late delivering his next "best selling novel." It's not quite the gltiz and glamour Miss Understanding thought it would be, but it does have its plus points: Delicious Seth Hodges being one of them. Anya finds herself torn between the handsome Seth, the notorious waste of time The Boy, her lost boyfriend Al, not to mention the intriguing teenage writer Casper. This is another fresh, original, and witty journey through Miss Understanding's life.

304 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2010

About the author

Lara Fox is the pseudonym for a published author living in the UK. A runner-up in the Lit Idol competition in 2005, this author has published one other teenage title and is currently working on the follow up to My Year in Agony - again featuring Miss Understanding as a beleaguered publishing intern who enthralls her blog readers with the inside scoop on publishing ...

Reviews

[Jingyi · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is a dairy of the author and she describe it very well . She gave lots of details . Very nice boook indeed :)

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't find this book particularly interesting and mostly skimmed through it. I think it was mostly due to the diary format which I wasn't much a fan of.