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The Go-To Girl
The GoTo Girl
Author: Louise Bagshawe
ISBN-13: 9780312339913
ISBN-10: 0312339917
Publication Date: 2/1/2005
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Book Type: Paperback
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jai avatar reviewed The Go-To Girl on + 310 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Good read with a likeable heroine. I enjoyed reading her slow transformation and seeing her gain confidence. Anna is a script reader for a production company and low on the totem pole, she often finds herself scurrying around for her boss and sneered at by her fellow coworkers. She rooms with two models both terrified of getting older or gaining weight and losing their jobs. A common theme seems to be other characters putting Anna down to make themselves look and feel better. When power struggles begin at work, Anna finally decides to take things into her own hands to ensure her job. Rather than wait around to be noticed for her hard work she starts to take chances, finding a great screenplay and trying to get powerful director Mark Swan to sign onto the project. Meanwhile her private life seems to be looking up, as she catches the attention of a wealthy and titled man and also gets fashion advice from one of her model roomies. And Mark Swan seems to like her (I enjoyed reading their repartee)
reviewed The Go-To Girl on + 10 more book reviews
A cute piece of "chick lit."
dbs avatar reviewed The Go-To Girl on + 329 more book reviews
Gorgeous goddesses seem to surround lowly script-reader Anna Brown--from her deranged, glamour-queen boss to her perfect, pouting roommates. For Anna, being less-than-beautiful is hard to bear. With a dead-end job and a dead-beat boyfriend, she wonders if she can ever be a success. In beauty-crazed London, perhaps being talented just isn't enough. Enter Mark Swan, Britain's hottest director. Rugged, reclusive and powerful, everybody wants a piece of him--from studio heads to supermodels. He could be Anna's ticket to the top, but how can she ever hope to snag such a big star? Fed up with being dowdy and downbeat, Anna decides to chase her dreams, and with a little help from her friends, embarks on a madcap scheme to get what she's after.

I love anything Bagshawe writes!
tandknix avatar reviewed The Go-To Girl on + 20 more book reviews
Loved this book! I look forward to reading more by Louise Bagshawe!
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Great book!