Running in Heels: A Novel - Softcover

Maxted, Anna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060988258 ISBN 13: 9780060988258

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2002

Synopsis

"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 hand)."

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.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

From the bestselling author of Getting Over It.

Anna Maxted?s trademark mix of laugh-out-loud funny and poignancy works its magic once again as she tackles the subject of eating disorders with skill and honesty.

Gorgeous, noisy, funny Babs, is getting married. And Natalie, 27, Senior Press Officer for the London Ballet, panics. What happens when your best friend pledges everlasting love to someone else? At the wedding Natalie feels her good-girl veneer crack. She teeters on the brink of an alluringly unsuitable affair, an affair that spirals her crazily out of control. Only then does she come face to face with the truth staring at her from the mirror.


From the Paperback edition.

From the Back Cover:

Acclaim for Getting Over It:

"Sidesplittingly comical and heart-wrenchingly tragic… A brilliant debut." – Cosmopolitan


From the Paperback edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060988258
• ISBN 13: 9780060988258
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432