It all adds up to some real difficulties, with the solutions becoming more tangled and complex by the minute. Life is heading in the opposite direction of the glamour she dreamed of, and her Instagram posts begin to look fake even to her. Her commute takes forever, she can barely afford those networking pub nights she’s been dreaming of, and her boss doesn’t remember her name.

She stays in an apartment room so tiny that her belongings are contained in a hammock, and the arrangements with her flat- mates are even more unorthodox. She’s intent on losing her provincial accent and her naturally wavy hair to fit in with the swish set of London girls. She has turned her back with regret on her loving and clumsy father and the family farm. Hi, I’m Catherine, but call me Cat.'Cat’s agenda is forged in fire when the novel opens. She rehearses her opening lines for maximum effect: Naturally, her soul searching involves more surface searching than soul, and can feel borderline neurotic - or funny, or both at the same time.

After all, if she can design brochures that sell a desired image, why not design her own 'Cat Brenner from London' act? Ironically enough, for someone who works in a branding and strategy agency, the first thing on her agenda is to pull off a transformation of personality. The story revolves around mid-twenties research assistant Katie Brenner, who wants to leave her Somerset rural roots behind and 'to run with the big dogs', in London. What’s more, My Not So Perfect Life, for all its comic exaggerations of plot, neurotic self-obsession of character, and overall sentimental drama, gets it right when it celebrates the forging of a genuine sisterhood in a workplace teeming with politics. This is a funny, romantic, and at times sobering book about the importance of cultivating authenticity and tenacity both at work and in relationships.Īs with Kinsella’s popular Shopaholic series, this stand-alone novel maintains a balance between keeping it real and keeping it comically light.

Best-selling chiclit writer Sophie Kinsella is back with a new novel about the growing pains of a British working girl in a social-media obsessed age.

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