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17th December 2006, 23:29
Title of book: Jemima J
Name of author: Jane Green
Amazon ISBN: 0140276904
Synopsis:
Jemima Jones is overweight - about seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the "Kilburn Herald" by the beautiful Geraldine, her only consolation is food. That and a passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben. Her life needs to change and soon.
'Jemima J' tells the story of the very lovely, funny and lonely Jemima Jones, a thin girl stuck in a fat girl's body, as you read the book you can sympathise with Jemima on so many levels, her frustration at her life, many readers can identify with Jemima in a lot of ways, she is stuck in a job she hates, lusts/loves after Ben Williams who works at the same newspaper (the Kilburn Herald) as Jemima, Jemima writes a column called 'Top Tips' which entails giving readers advice on how to get stains out of kitchen tiles, Jemima knows and the reader knows she can do so much better. Jemima thinks she will never be good enough for Ben and lives in the shadow(as she sees them) of her ever glamorous flat mates, Lisa and Sophie, who frankly see Jemima as a non-entity.
Then everything changes....
Jemima discovers the joys of the internet, and she meets Brad in a chat room, he is lovely, sweet, gorgeous and from Los Angeles, plus he is all the things which Jemima feels she will never be and Brad is a man which Jemima feels she can never have. Following advice from her work colleague, Geraldine lies to Brad by telling him she is a tv presenter and sends a fake photograph of herself to him, and the web of lies begins....
From there 'Jemima J' gets better and more interesting, as the story progresses we see Jemima joining her local gym, losing 8 stone in weight and basically finding herself but with every triumph, there is regrets, which Jemina finds herself facing more and more.
Will it all work out for Jemima?
Will she live happily ever after with Brad?
Or will Ben finally see what has been right in front of him the whole time?
My thoughts on 'Jemima J' :
At first I found Jemima quite annoying but in all honesty it was because she reminded me too much of my self. Jemima proves to be an amazingly strong person, a person who realises that beauty is only skin deep and personality goes a long way. 'Jemina J' shows very well the whole idea of what beauty is, how people do treat you because of the way you look.
I found Jemina J to be a very light and heartwarming tale of a girl just trying to find her place in the world, an enjoyable read and you will find yourself at the end of the book, very happy for Jemina.
Name of author: Jane Green
Amazon ISBN: 0140276904
Synopsis:
Jemima Jones is overweight - about seven stone overweight. Treated like a slave by her thin and bitchy flatmates, lorded over at the "Kilburn Herald" by the beautiful Geraldine, her only consolation is food. That and a passion for her charming, sexy colleague Ben. Her life needs to change and soon.
'Jemima J' tells the story of the very lovely, funny and lonely Jemima Jones, a thin girl stuck in a fat girl's body, as you read the book you can sympathise with Jemima on so many levels, her frustration at her life, many readers can identify with Jemima in a lot of ways, she is stuck in a job she hates, lusts/loves after Ben Williams who works at the same newspaper (the Kilburn Herald) as Jemima, Jemima writes a column called 'Top Tips' which entails giving readers advice on how to get stains out of kitchen tiles, Jemima knows and the reader knows she can do so much better. Jemima thinks she will never be good enough for Ben and lives in the shadow(as she sees them) of her ever glamorous flat mates, Lisa and Sophie, who frankly see Jemima as a non-entity.
Then everything changes....
Jemima discovers the joys of the internet, and she meets Brad in a chat room, he is lovely, sweet, gorgeous and from Los Angeles, plus he is all the things which Jemima feels she will never be and Brad is a man which Jemima feels she can never have. Following advice from her work colleague, Geraldine lies to Brad by telling him she is a tv presenter and sends a fake photograph of herself to him, and the web of lies begins....
From there 'Jemima J' gets better and more interesting, as the story progresses we see Jemima joining her local gym, losing 8 stone in weight and basically finding herself but with every triumph, there is regrets, which Jemina finds herself facing more and more.
Will it all work out for Jemima?
Will she live happily ever after with Brad?
Or will Ben finally see what has been right in front of him the whole time?
My thoughts on 'Jemima J' :
At first I found Jemima quite annoying but in all honesty it was because she reminded me too much of my self. Jemima proves to be an amazingly strong person, a person who realises that beauty is only skin deep and personality goes a long way. 'Jemina J' shows very well the whole idea of what beauty is, how people do treat you because of the way you look.
I found Jemina J to be a very light and heartwarming tale of a girl just trying to find her place in the world, an enjoyable read and you will find yourself at the end of the book, very happy for Jemina.