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Running In Heels

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Running In Heels Anna Maxted 288 pages (May 22, 2001) average review: Reviews: This gets: a from tricia: The difference between Anna Maxted and some of her contemporaries in the English-girl-with-boy-issues genre is that her characters actually seem to have problems you can relate to. Maybe. In "Running in Heels," Natalie seems to be losing it - she feels abandoned by her best friend, belittled by her family and she's screwing up at work. Personal problems weigh Nat down, and most of the novel is focused on her coming to terms with these issues. Maxted also treats us to the requisite bad boy-good boy struggle that distracts Nat from her troubles. An easy fix she's not gonna get, and though the resolution may seem a little too simplistic - I still really want Natalie to go to therapy - Maxted has addressed some tough issues in this engrossing novel. From the back cover: To say that Babs has been my closest friend for sixteen years is rather like saying that Einstein was good at sums. We were blood sisters from the age of eleven (before my mother prized the razor out of Babs's, But now Babs, noisy and as fun as a day at the beach, is getting married. And Natalie Miller, twenty-seven, senior press officer for the London Ballet, panics. What happens when your best friend pledges everlasting love to someone else? It doesn't help that Nat is dating a guy named Saul Bowcock. As the confetti flutters, her good-girl veneer cracks, and she falls into an alluringly unsuitable affair that spins her crazily out of control. Nat is on the rebound and allergic to the truth-about Babs's relationship, her boyfriend's ambition, her parents' divorce, and her golden-boy brother's little Australian secret. Her mother's lasagna and her roommate Andy's fuzzy slippers are also monstrous affronts. But what Nat really needs to face is the mirror-and herself.... Wickedly witty and refreshingly honest, Running in Heels is a hilarious look at the lies we tell ourselves-and the unwanted truths that only our best friends can tell us. eryka.com scale: So good you just can't stand it. Almost that good. Sort of good. Generally a waste of time. Destined for the recycler. If you'd like to review this book, or another, click here Similar books by category: fiction from the UK | women writers Go home | Go to reviews home © 2002 eryka.com. All rights reserved.