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Stretching It
At thirty-two, plump PA Jennifer Spendlove no longer wants to put her life on hold to care for her hypochondriac Mum, Alicia. A habit of telling white lies to keep the peace contributes to her sense of stuckness.
But when she embarks on a quest to change her life beginning with a series of lonely hearts dates it s very difficult to be honest. And when a sex-crazed Italian hairdresser enters the frame and her new boss offers her an opportunity that might be either a blessing or a curse, it becomes almost impossible.
To add to the complications, Jennifer isn t the only one stretching the truth...
But when she embarks on a quest to change her life beginning with a series of lonely hearts dates it s very difficult to be honest. And when a sex-crazed Italian hairdresser enters the frame and her new boss offers her an opportunity that might be either a blessing or a curse, it becomes almost impossible.
To add to the complications, Jennifer isn t the only one stretching the truth...
292 pages, Paperback
First published June 11, 2013
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September 8, 2016
This book is one not to be missed. It is a very perfect read. I was glued from page one. The story is about Jennifer a PA who is 32 years old and a size 24. Jennifer no long wants to care for her mother Alicia. She wants a life. Jennifer embarks on a quest to change her life writing to lonely hearts. We are taken through all the men she meets through lonely hearts. As jennifer searches for her Mr right. We see how Jennifer finds it very difficult to be honest to them to tell that she does not want to see them again. One of the men Jennifer meets is a sex crazed Italian hairdresser. Her new boss was going to make her redundant but he gives her an opportunity that might turn out to be a blessing or a curse.
July 20, 2013
I really enjoyed this book - the cover made it look a bit like chick lit, and it is in the sense that the main character is a woman, but she's a much more rounded human being than you would normally get in chick lit.
Poor Jennifer has a boring job, an irascible boss, a disaster love life and, in the background, an ailing mother who basically controls her life (and in flashbacks, we find out that her mother has played a significant role in the situation Jennifer finds herself in).
It's very funny, sometimes bittersweet and the characters often surprise you. The city of Leeds is a character in the book too, and that was an aspect I particularly enjoyed as I used to live there - it doesn't matter if you know Leeds or not, but it was quite refreshing to read a book not set in London.
An ideal book to take on holiday. I bet you will find male members of the family reading it once you've finished it!
Poor Jennifer has a boring job, an irascible boss, a disaster love life and, in the background, an ailing mother who basically controls her life (and in flashbacks, we find out that her mother has played a significant role in the situation Jennifer finds herself in).
It's very funny, sometimes bittersweet and the characters often surprise you. The city of Leeds is a character in the book too, and that was an aspect I particularly enjoyed as I used to live there - it doesn't matter if you know Leeds or not, but it was quite refreshing to read a book not set in London.
An ideal book to take on holiday. I bet you will find male members of the family reading it once you've finished it!
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