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Georgy Girl

Margaret Forster author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:7th Apr '05

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Georgy Girl cover

'Almost uncannily readable' Sunday Times

Georgy bears her fate bravely as she alternates between playing the fool and humbling herself before Meredith, her pretty, callous flatmate, although when James, middle-aged socialite and self-imposed 'Uncle', asks Georgy to become his mistress, she is tempted to accept.Georgy is young, gregarious and fun - she is also large, self-confessedly ugly and desperate for love. Georgy bears her fate bravely as she alternates between playing the fool and humbling herself before Meredith, her pretty, callous flatmate, although when James, middle-aged socialite and self-imposed 'Uncle', asks Georgy to become his mistress, she is tempted to accept. Then Meredith announces that she is pregnant and Jos, the expectant father, decides he is in love with Georgy...

The book moves along at a funny, extremely enjoyable speed in step with Georgy's restless energy, sometimes verging on the farcical, and always contained just this side of pathos * The Times *
Forster is remarkably honest, skilful and perceptive * Observer *
Forster has that rare ability to step into another's shoes * Company *

ISBN: 9780099478492

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 202g

288 pages