I actually read this book five years ago. I had spent the summer in Greece on a small island where any book you came across you read (and loved) just because they were so hard to come by. I was packing up to go home to Toronto knowing I had a long trip ahead of me (a ferry, a bus, another ferry, a train and then a plane) and nothing to read. My British friend pulled a tattered copy of Don't You Want Me out of her bag and put it in my suitcase. I became so engrossed with the chick lit book on the bus that I ignored the very cute guy sitting next to me who wanted to chat...for the entire four hour ride! The markings of a very good book.At first glance it looks like a low-grade chick-lit novel not worth a second glance, but India Knight's story about 38-year-old, single mother Stella, her baby daughter Honey and her ginger, artist roommate Frank is hilarious and scrumptious--the total chick-lit treat!
It was just as good now as when I read it on that Mediterranean bus ride five years ago. I've looked India Knight up to learn she's a British journalist/author who had an earlier novel that got rave reviews. I'm going to have to check it out!
Was it worth the read?
Yes, please find it and read it! So much fun and totally delicious.
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