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SOCIETY GIRLS

Society Girls, July 2005
by Sarah Mason

Ballantine
Featuring: Clemmie Colshannon
368 pages
ISBN: 0345469577
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"Quirky characters and funny antics abound in this delightful English novel."

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SOCIETY GIRLS
Sarah Mason

Reviewed by Sabrina Marino
Posted June 17, 2005

Contemporary Chick Lit

Clemmie Colshannon needs more than a dose of good luck; she needs a job, some new clothes, a man and fewer crazy people in her life. There are many adjectives I could use to describe Clemmie, boring not being one of them.

Clemmie is home in Cornwall, England, recovering from a love affair gone terribly wrong with the end result the loss of her employment and a trip around the world to escape this terrible situation. Now her younger sister has asked her to assist in bringing a young woman and her intended back together as the poor woman's father has imprisoned her. Clemmie can't say no to her sister, Holly, even when her gut feeling is to run away, fast. Holly can't turn her back on fellow reporter Emma McKellan, who's disappeared a week before her wedding. Clemmie agrees to help her sister and the favor turns into a crisis causing the whole family to end up in southern France.

Clemmie's mother is an actress, playing more roles in her daily life than on stage. Her father is the serious, quiet member of the family, while her brother is in love with someone and won't reveal her identity. The sister is a news reporter. Sam, a friend of the family for years, gets caught up in the fun. And just for good measure, their dog, Morgan, that likes to wet on things that don't move, and Norman, an injured seagull that's taken up residence in the family bathtub and a fancy pillow in the kitchen, add to this eclectic, amusing family.

Written in first person, SOCIETY GIRLS is a wonderfully entertaining story. Its fast pace and hilarious antics leave us smiling and laughing as we imagine ourselves contently sitting amongst the Colshannons at their family table, minus the dog at our feet and the seagull looking for fish to eat, of course, while they plot to solve this dilemma they've found themselves involved in. It's a great English story, and I guarantee you'll love each and every character.

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SUMMARY

Clemmie Colshannon, a London art appraiser framed (pun
intended) by her boyfriend and subsequently fired, retreats
to the bosom of her eccentric family in Cornwall to
recover. But no sooner has she unpacked her bags than her
sister, Holly, an energetic reporter who lives to scoop,
enlists Clemmie’s derring-do on a juicy story.

It seems that Emma McKellan, who writes the society pages
for the Bristol Gazette, has disappeared days before her
lavish wedding. As Holly and Clemmie search for clues on
the missing bride (relishing the prospect of delicious
scandal), they inadvertently steer themselves directly
toward trouble.

In times of crisis, the Colshannon clan is always in the
thick of things–particularly Clemmie’s drama-queen mother,
who has an affinity for saving wild animals, and her
brother, who goes to outrageous extremes to impress a
certain girl and succeeds only in terrifying her. Whether
she likes it or not, Clemmie always seems to find herself
in the throes of adventure. And sure enough, the whole
family is soon fleeing to the south of France . . . with an
ex-convict in hot pursuit.

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