A Review By Zoe

Jane James is 18 years old and lives with her unhappy Aunt in Norbury in the early 1960s. She has a job in a dress shop in the West End by day, and studies her copy of “Lady Be Good” by night, and practises her poses in the mirror. She knows she is destined for more. One evening, Jane’s destiny awakes when she is handed a designer handbag, complete with £100 in notes and a photograph of a glamorous girl who looks quite like herself. Intrigued, she tracks down the owner- the “model” Suzy St. John, and so Jane becomes Janey, and begins her shadowy life of luxury and looking great.

 I thoroughly enjoyed this book, even though it became ever darker, and spiteful, and Janey slowly became highly unpleasant, I still found myself rooting for her. Normally, she wouldn’t be the type of person I could warm to, but there is something about her that I still found endearing. This is one of the best books I have read for a long time.