Front Row - Softcover

Armstrong, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340674512 ISBN 13: 9780340674512

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Canada, 1999

Synopsis

When her feckless husband Matthew vanishes into the rainforest in an attempt to find himself, Janie Pember is forced to go back to work to support the children she gave it all up for. Janie feels quite at home in willies and maternity bras, but when she lands a job as fashion editor on the International Gazette, she's plunged back into a world where cocktail dresses are considered normal work wear and holding a fashion show in an abattoir is seen as an intellectual tour de force.

Five years seem to have made little difference in the fashion industry. It's still obsessed by accessories and the New Black. And though she'd much rather be gardening and doing something about getting her husband back, when Janie finds herself worrying about bylines, hemlines and overshot budgets she knows she's being insidiously sucked back into the demented world of fashion journalism.

And worse - she's enjoying it...

About this title

About the Author

Lisa Armstrong became a journalist after graduating from Bristol University. She has worked on newspapers and magazines, and was Fashion Features Director of Vogue before becoming Fashion Editor at the Times. She lives in North London with her husband and two daughters.

Review

'As fast-paced and frivolous as the fashion world in which it is set . . . Enjoyable confection of travel, humour and modern musings' - Times 'Hours of spot-the-supermodel fun - don't leave the airport without it' Company 'A witty read with plenty of glamour' Woman's Weekly 'Great escapism' Woman's Own 'A deliciously funny insider's snapshot of the frenetic international fashion arena' - Good Housekeeping 'Intelligent, witty blockbuster . . . a fast and very funny novel - with substance' - The Big Issue 'Ideal beach reading' - The Times 'Lisa Armstrong has a witty way with words and some intelligent side-swipes to make . . . gives us the thrill of her insider knowledge into the workings of the mad and manic world of high fashion' - Maeve Haran, Express 'Armstrong paints a wickedly accurate picture of the odious world of fashion . . . perfect for putting your daughters off modelling' - Mail on Sunday 'Lisa Armstrong has done for frocks what Jilly Cooper did for polo . . . She has a wry eye, and what she saw was the zeitgeist . . . a merrily entertaining novel with an eerie finger on the pulse of everything modern . . . irresistibly funny . . . Armstrong writes exceptionally well and, because she knows what she is writing about, this is a jolly page-turner but not a dirt-disher . . . Vogue insider's novel is as sharp, fun and fizzy as a bag of sherbert lemons' - Daily Mail 'Super-glossy . . . Has all the juice of a Jackie Collins plus the kind of fash pack details that Armstrong, as fashion features director at Vogue, knows all about. Very light-hearted and so this season' - Elle 'Front Row will rank alongside the Bulgari sunglasses and Hermes beach towels as one of this summer's must-have accessories' -Evening Standard 'Not since The Vicious Circle . . . has a novel been set to cause such a stir' - The Sunday Times Front Row will rank alongside the Bulgari sunglasses and Hermes beach towels as one of this summer's must-have accessories * Evening Standard * 'Anyone who has even a passing interest in fashion and glossy mags will savour Front Row which feeds on the absurdities of the fashion world. Although there are lots of Ab Fab moments, Janie's character is entirely rooted in reality' - U Magazine 'A colourful concoction . . . as substantial as a thong bikini - and just as brilliant for the beach' - Marie-Claire Great escapism * Woman's Own * 'Lisa Armstrong injects her playful tale of a former journalist's return to fashion-writing with enough credibility to imply she speaks from experience. . . Reads less like fantasy than a thinly veiled expose' - Tatler Super-glossy . . . Has all the juice of a Jackie Collins plus the kind of fash pack details that Armstrong, as fashion features director at Vogue, knows all about. Very light-hearted and so this season * Elle * Brilliant for the beach * Marie Claire * 'A must-read for those who want the lowdown - even if fictional - on what really goes on off the catwalk' -Red FRONT ROW Lisa Armstrong has done for frocks what Jilly Cooper did for polo . . . She has a wry eye, and what she saw was the zeitgeist . . . a merrily entertaining novel with an eerie finger on the pulse of everything modern . . . irresistibly funny * Victoria Mather in the Daily Mail *

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Canada
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0340674512
• ISBN 13: 9780340674512
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 497