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Goodbye, Jimmy Choo
In this poignant and witty debut, a bohemian and a Gucci-clad socialite form an unlikely friendship after leaving the city.
407 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
About the author
Annie Sanders
19 books50 followersAnnie Ashworth and Meg Sanders met at ante–natal classes and bonded as they learnt the benefits of raspberry leaf tea and relaxation breathing. Neither remedy worked but a friendship was born.
Annie's background is in advertising copywriting and journalism. She cut her teeth on a great little magazine called Southside, and put in the journo donkey work at Essentials, editing knitting patterns, and the late lamented Woman's Journal. Since going freelance in 1990, she has written for several publications including the Evening Standard and Homes and Gardens, as well as editing Inspector Morse for serial in the Sunday People, without giving away whodunnit. She has three boys and has built her own house on a hill in Warwickshire. She is director of the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival.
Meg comes from a book publishing background, though she started out by translating thirteen volumes of robot technology from French to English. Things got more interesting when she edited and wrote a series of activity books telling children how to cover the kitchen table in glitter and PVA glue. This was obviously before she had children of her own. After a diploma in horticulture, she edited and wrote gardening books but still can't work how to prune apple trees. She is married, has twins – a boy and a girl – and lives near Stratford upon Avon.
They started out together with a mission to save the planet from grammatical horrors and badly placed apostrophes by offering their services as website content writers. Luckily they were rescued from catatonia (after a very dull foray with a government quango report) by the commission to write a book. Trade Secrets resulted, a spin off from the cult BBC2 series of the same name, and was followed by Trade Secrets Christmas, How to Beat the System, Trade Secrets Parenting, Fat Club, Celebrity Fit Club, The Property Chain, but they definitely didn't write a Channel 4 book called Am I Good In Bed? (A title that doesn't bear an answer but the research was entertaining.)
A tedious train journey spawned the germ of an idea for a novel and the rest is literary legend...
Annie's background is in advertising copywriting and journalism. She cut her teeth on a great little magazine called Southside, and put in the journo donkey work at Essentials, editing knitting patterns, and the late lamented Woman's Journal. Since going freelance in 1990, she has written for several publications including the Evening Standard and Homes and Gardens, as well as editing Inspector Morse for serial in the Sunday People, without giving away whodunnit. She has three boys and has built her own house on a hill in Warwickshire. She is director of the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival.
Meg comes from a book publishing background, though she started out by translating thirteen volumes of robot technology from French to English. Things got more interesting when she edited and wrote a series of activity books telling children how to cover the kitchen table in glitter and PVA glue. This was obviously before she had children of her own. After a diploma in horticulture, she edited and wrote gardening books but still can't work how to prune apple trees. She is married, has twins – a boy and a girl – and lives near Stratford upon Avon.
They started out together with a mission to save the planet from grammatical horrors and badly placed apostrophes by offering their services as website content writers. Luckily they were rescued from catatonia (after a very dull foray with a government quango report) by the commission to write a book. Trade Secrets resulted, a spin off from the cult BBC2 series of the same name, and was followed by Trade Secrets Christmas, How to Beat the System, Trade Secrets Parenting, Fat Club, Celebrity Fit Club, The Property Chain, but they definitely didn't write a Channel 4 book called Am I Good In Bed? (A title that doesn't bear an answer but the research was entertaining.)
A tedious train journey spawned the germ of an idea for a novel and the rest is literary legend...
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January 14, 2018
Hasta luego, Jimmy Choo de Annie Sanders. Nos narra la historia de Isabel Stock y de Madeleine Hoare, en un pueblito de la campiña inglesa en donde juntas empiezan a preparar un bálsamo que promete reparar todos los males. Siendo sincera este libro se me hizo algo pesado. Las descripciones abundan por todos lados y es imposible no encariñarse de algunos de los personajes -Jean Luc entre ellos-. Con los libros que saca la editorial Punto de Lectura suele pasarme esto, pero no por las abundancias de descripciones significa que dejen de gustarme. Hubieron algunas cosas que me desagradaron, por ejemplo: algunas cosillas que pasan al final, fue todo muy inesperado y aunque no deja de ser realista, si que quebró mi corazón.
«Alerta Spoiler»
¿Quién más quería que Izzie terminase con Jean Luc? Yo quería que ocurriese.
«Fin del spoiler»
Este libro tiene capítulos conmovedores, personajes estremecedores y muchos otros detalles que nos harán darnos cuenta del mundo de consumismo en el que vivimos. Además, ¿quién no quiere un poco de Paysage Enchanté para curar el mal de amores?
3.25 de 5 estrellas. De no ser por sus capítulos largos y las amplias descripciones le habría dado un poco más.
«Alerta Spoiler»
¿Quién más quería que Izzie terminase con Jean Luc? Yo quería que ocurriese.
«Fin del spoiler»
Este libro tiene capítulos conmovedores, personajes estremecedores y muchos otros detalles que nos harán darnos cuenta del mundo de consumismo en el que vivimos. Además, ¿quién no quiere un poco de Paysage Enchanté para curar el mal de amores?
3.25 de 5 estrellas. De no ser por sus capítulos largos y las amplias descripciones le habría dado un poco más.
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