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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

By: Jenny Colgan
Narrated by: Karen Cass
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From beloved New York Times best-selling author Jenny Colgan, a heartwarming and hilarious comedy about a pampered London socialite forced to live life among the common folk.

Sophie Chesterton is London's "It Girl". She knows all the right people, goes to all the right parties, and wears all the right clothes...and her rich parents pay for everything. But deep down she suspects that her best "friends" - and her posh lifestyle - are nothing but shallow fakes. Then one evening Sophie's life takes a shocking, drastic turn, and her father decides it's high time for the party girl to make her own way in the world.

Forced to earn a meager living as a lowly assistant to a "glamour" photographer, live in a shabby flat with four smelly boys, and eat baked beans from the can - Sophie is desperate to get her old life back, at any cost. But does a girl really need diamonds to be happy?

Full of warmth and sparkle, Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend is a surprisingly winning tale about luxury, life lessons, and the surprisingly low cost of true happiness.

©2009, 2020 Jenny Colgan (P)2020 HarperAudio Contemporary Family Life Friendship Genre Fiction Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Funny Heartfelt Witty Feel-Good
Entertaining Story • Delightful Characters • Sweet Escape • Wonderful Ending • Fun Adventure
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as much as title and a cover made end a tiny bit predictable (but not actually in the way I was thinking!), it was full of very unexpexted turns.
In one chapter there is a moment about who got a PHD, it was a funniest part for me, as well as a hint not to judge a person by a "cover".

not as predictable, as a title makes it :)

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Reinventing ones self is not easy. written extremely smart and gives moments of fun insight and good retrospective. enjoyed the twist and turns

Reinventing out of necessity

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A guilty pleasure, fun listen! Not a deep story but everything doesn’t have to be!

A lovely listen!

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I really enjoyed this book! A new author for me; the characters were well-depicted and it was a fun ride!

A fun listen!

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I wanted an escape from soul crushing reality. My fondness for early Jenny Colgan books led me to this one. It worked. However, the heroine was a bit too young and spoiled to relate to. And the hero seemed a bit too detached. Quibbles I guess. The performer did a great job.

Cute Story

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This was a wonderfully entertaining and delightful story that should be made into a Hallmark movie!

Absolutely delightful!

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I realize Jenny Colgan has written more books since this one, but I just finished reading 12 of them and though I enjoyed them all - this is the best so far.

Best so far!

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As always Jenny Colgan keeps me coming back. Life lessons and humor. A lovely story.

Fun loving story

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Sophie may be my favorite character so far. Wonderful story and a really great ending.

Sophie

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Love all things Jenny Colgan this was one of her best books yet. I loved it.

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