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Lisa Wright asked this question about Lessons in Chemistry:
Am I the only one who was furious about the pink chick-lit, rom-com cover on this book? It belittles the book in exactly the same way Elizabeth Zott is belittled!
Luci I agree, the UK cover is definitely better on this one.

I do think that this novel will appeal to lots of women who do enjoy chicklit and/or what I ca…moreI agree, the UK cover is definitely better on this one.

I do think that this novel will appeal to lots of women who do enjoy chicklit and/or what I call henlit - there are quite a few authors who became known as chicklit authors and whose characters and their concerns have aged with the authors and their original readers. For example, I first heard of Marian Keyes and borrowed a novel by her in 1997, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, about a 20 something. I would have been 27/28, and the author was probably in her 30s. She now writes about many characters in their 40s and 50s with grown up children.

I think the UK cover is appealing to lots of readers of commercial fiction, and it's being heavily borrowed from libraries. It's still colourful and eye catching but it avoids the ugh, it's pink trap!(less)
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