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Keep reading - Chicklit
Delightful and engaging, here is a chicklit novel, set in Sydney in the late1950's, by an Australian author.
Read the opening paragraphs to see if you would like to keep reading this book!
At the end of a hot November day Miss Baines and Mrs Williams of the ladies frock department at Goode's were complaining to each other while they changed out of their black frocks before going home.
'Mr Ryder's not so bad, ' said Miss Baines, in reference to the floor manager; 'its that Miss Cartwright who's a pain in the neck, excuse my French'.
Miss Cratwright was the buyer, and she never seemed to give them a moment's peace.
Mrs Williams shrugged and began to powder her nose.
'She always gets worse this time of year,' she pointed out.
'She wants to make sure we earn our Christmas bonus.'
'As if we could help it!' said Miss Baines. 'We're run off our feet!'
Which was quite true: the great festival being now only six weeks away, the crowds of customers were beginning to surge and the frocks to vanish from the rails in an ever-faster flurry, and when Mrs Williams was washing out her undies in the handbasin that night she had a sudden sensation that her life was slipping away with the rinsing water as it gurgled down the plughole; but she pulled herself together and went on with her chores, while the antipodean summer night throbbed outside all around her.
Mrs Williams, Patty, and Miss Baines, Fay, worked together with Miss Jacobs on Ladies' Cocktail Frocks, which was next to Ladies Evening Frocks, down at the end of the second floor of Goode's department store in the centre of Sydney. F.G Goode, a sharp Mancunian, had opened his original Emporium )Ladies and Gents' Apparel - All the Latest London Modes) at the end of the last century, and had never looked back, because the people of the colony, he saw straight away, would spend pretty well all they had in order to convince themselves that they were in fashion.
To Keep on reading this book request it from the Library now!
Read the opening paragraphs to see if you would like to keep reading this book!
At the end of a hot November day Miss Baines and Mrs Williams of the ladies frock department at Goode's were complaining to each other while they changed out of their black frocks before going home.
'Mr Ryder's not so bad, ' said Miss Baines, in reference to the floor manager; 'its that Miss Cartwright who's a pain in the neck, excuse my French'.
Miss Cratwright was the buyer, and she never seemed to give them a moment's peace.
Mrs Williams shrugged and began to powder her nose.
'She always gets worse this time of year,' she pointed out.
'She wants to make sure we earn our Christmas bonus.'
'As if we could help it!' said Miss Baines. 'We're run off our feet!'
Which was quite true: the great festival being now only six weeks away, the crowds of customers were beginning to surge and the frocks to vanish from the rails in an ever-faster flurry, and when Mrs Williams was washing out her undies in the handbasin that night she had a sudden sensation that her life was slipping away with the rinsing water as it gurgled down the plughole; but she pulled herself together and went on with her chores, while the antipodean summer night throbbed outside all around her.
Mrs Williams, Patty, and Miss Baines, Fay, worked together with Miss Jacobs on Ladies' Cocktail Frocks, which was next to Ladies Evening Frocks, down at the end of the second floor of Goode's department store in the centre of Sydney. F.G Goode, a sharp Mancunian, had opened his original Emporium )Ladies and Gents' Apparel - All the Latest London Modes) at the end of the last century, and had never looked back, because the people of the colony, he saw straight away, would spend pretty well all they had in order to convince themselves that they were in fashion.
To Keep on reading this book request it from the Library now!
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International Chick Lit Month- May 2011.
This May is the inaugural International Chick Lit month. This has been created by Chicklit Club, Chick Lit is Not Dead, and Novelicious teams, to celebrate this genre.
Do you have a favourite chicklit novel? Feel free to share it in the comments. If you would like to find and share some other great reads, join the 2011 Read It reading challenge, a monthly twitter reading group. This months theme is "grrlpower"!
So what is Chick Lit? It’s modern, its smart and its fun. It’s fiction written by women, for women. Sure, shoes, shopping and fashion do feature in some of the stories, but not all. The books reflect womens lives today, covering a diverse range of timeless themes and issues that women of all ages and walks of life can relate to. These include stories of struggles and success, family dramas, friendship, romance and relationships, often told in a light hearted and fun way. Join in the fun this month and read a book from this list of recent releases by Australian authors.
“The right time” by Diane Blacklock
“Sticks and stones” by Isla Evans
"Playing the field" by Zoe Foster
“Paris Dreaming” by Anita Heiss
“Friends like these” by Wendy Harmer
“Claudia’s big break” by Lisa Heidke
“Chanel sweethearts” by Cate Kendall ("Armani angels", due out in June).
“Bittersweet” by Melanie La’Brooy
“Heart of gold” by Fiona Palmer
“Getting even with Fran” by Christine Stinson (“It takes a village” out soon).
“The right time” by Diane Blacklock
“Sticks and stones” by Isla Evans
"Playing the field" by Zoe Foster
“Paris Dreaming” by Anita Heiss
“Friends like these” by Wendy Harmer
“Claudia’s big break” by Lisa Heidke
“Chanel sweethearts” by Cate Kendall ("Armani angels", due out in June).
“Bittersweet” by Melanie La’Brooy
“Heart of gold” by Fiona Palmer
“Getting even with Fran” by Christine Stinson (“It takes a village” out soon).
Do you have a favourite chicklit novel? Feel free to share it in the comments. If you would like to find and share some other great reads, join the 2011 Read It reading challenge, a monthly twitter reading group. This months theme is "grrlpower"!
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