Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend: From the bestselling author of feel-good romance

Jenny Colgan

Jan 2010 · Hachette UK

About this ebook

'A sheer delight from start to finish' Sophie Kinsella

How does an It Girl survive when she loses everything . . .?

PRAISE FOR JENNY COLGAN
'An evocative, sweet treat' Jojo Moyes
'Gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' Marian Keyes
'Irresistible' Jill Mansell
'Just lovely' Katie Fforde
'Naturally funny, warm-hearted' Lisa Jewell

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Sophie Chesterton is a girl about town - she knows all the right people, goes to all the right parties, and wears all the right clothes. But deep down she suspects that her superficial friends and lifestyle don't amount to very much. Her father is desperate for her to make her own way in the world, and when after one shocking evening her life is turned upside down, she suddenly has no choice.

Scraping a living as a 'glamour' photographer's assistant, living in a hovel on the Old Kent Road with four smelly boys, eating baked beans from the can, Sophie is desperate to get her life back. But does a girl really need diamonds to be happy?
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Why readers ADORE Jenny Colgan

'Jenny Colgan has a way of writing that makes me melt inside'
'Her books are so good I want to start over as soon as I have finished'
'There's something so engaging about her characters and plots'
'Her stories are just so fabulous'
'She brings her settings and characters so vividly to life'
'The woman is just magic'

Ratings and reviews

Four and a half stars. When Sophie Chesterton's father dies she finds her lavish lifestyle (house in Knightsbridge, cocktails in Chelsea, fake job, black Amex card, and shopping in Harrods) is a thing of the past. At first his will requires her to live off her own earnings independently for six months but when the dust settles it seems that her father was over-extended and all his assets are taken to pay his debts. Sophie can barely afford a grotty flatshare in the Old Kent Road, sharing with four art students. She can't even afford to pay the deposit so agrees to clean the flat if the boys cover her deposit. Acting as gopher for a renowned photographer who makes his real money taking 'glamour' shots of topless models, Sophie struggles to build a new life, torn between two of her flatmates: the sultry manslut Cal and the kind sweet Eck. TBH I wasn't in any doubt who she would pick but I enjoyed the modern, adult riff on that children's classic A Little Princess, I was at home in bed with summer flu and this was just the ticket, fun, easy-reading romance.

About the author

Jenny Colgan is the author of numerous Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling novels and has won various awards for her writing, including the Melissa Nathan Award for Comedy Romance, the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Award and the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year Award. Her books have sold more than nine million copies worldwide and in 2015 she was inducted into the Love Stories Hall of Fame. Jenny is married with three children and lives in Scotland.


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