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The Make-up Girl (Paperback)

by Andrea Semple (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 324 pages
  • Publisher: Piatkus Books; paperback / softback edition (24 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0749935049
  • ISBN-13: 978-0749935047
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 537,515 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In many ways, Adam is the perfect boyfriend. He never wants to watch the football. He never gets drunk. And he always prefers a quiet night in to going out with his mates. The only problem is, Adam doesn't actually exist. Faith Wishart made him up. In fact, Faith makes almost everything up in order to please her mum. She pretends she works for a top PR company, when really she works in a shop - as a make-up girl for Keats cosmetics. But her mum is itching to meet the mysterious Adam, and when her younger sister, Hope, returns unexpectedly from Australia with her fiance, it's not wedding bells that are ringing for Faith. It's alarm bells. She now has less than two months to solve her boyfriend's non-existence problem in time for the wedding and desperate times call for desperate measures...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Starts slow, but ends fabulous, 25 Sep 2004
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At first this seems like a super "lite" book, reminded me of the "Shopaholic" books. (Which is ironic, because early on in this book Semple clearly pokes fun at the "Shopaholic" books!) Many chapters are only a page or two in length. And our "heroine" is such a bald-faced liar, you find it hard to sympathize at all with her. Not to mention the other characters - seemingly bad clichés the lot of them. And then something wonderful happens. After a rough start (first fourth of the book) this becomes a wonderful parable, a modern fairy tale. It's sweet, it's painful - it's funny. Any writer who can take a gross, out-of-shape, disgusting man who almost dies by choking on his own vomit (yes, I said vomit) and make him into a wonderful, wonderful person knows a thing or two about writing a good tale! Worth the read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fast paced and funny read!, 10 Jun 2005
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I loved Andera Semple's first novel, 'The Ex-Factor', and I thought this one was even better. She has such a dry sense of humour, and I found myself laughing out loud at Faith's attempts to keep everyone happy.

Pefect summer read, and I can't wait for the next!

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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, 14 Dec 2004
Have just finished this book, and I have to admit, I could not put it down.

This is in fact Andrea Semple's second helping after The Ex-Factor, which I have unfortunately not read (that is, until it arrives on my doorstep hopefully next week). After reading the book's synopsis, I thought it would be a funny, light read - I was more than happy.

Faith Wishart is a make-up girl. Not a model, not a make-up artist - a department store make-up girl. However, her mother thinks that she has a top PR job. Why? Because Faith made it all up. She has also invented her own perfect boyfriend to please her mother. All she needs is the real version - and that's when it all goes horribly wrong.

After losing her dad, her mother has turned cleaning into an obsession. Her successful brother practically wears a halo, and her runaway sister has recently turned into a celebrity. But Faith is simply a makeup girl. Hardly impressive, ro so she thinks.

Without giving too much away, I have to say that this is a fabulous read. Despite the fact that Faith Wishart is a character so unbelievable it's - well, unbelievable - it's definitely one of those read-in-a-day titles.

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