Here's Looking At You
- Oct 11, 2015
- 2 min read
Author: Mhairi McFarlane Genre: Chick Lit, British Chick Lit Pages: 432 Cristina's Rating: 3 / 5
SO, WHAT'S THIS BOOK ABOUT?
"What if the last person you wanted to see was the person you needed? After the runaway success of You Had Me At Hello, Mhairi McFarlane is back with a new cast of characters in her second book, Here’s Looking At You. In essence it’s an ugly duckling tale. Our heroine Aureliana returns to school after fifteen years for a reunion. School doesn’t hold happy memories for her, as being a roly poly Italian (known as the Italian Galleon), and always armed with a Tupperware full of pungent Mediterranean food, she was bullied incessantly throughout her years there. Now in her 30s, Aureliana wants to put the past behind her once and for all and face up to the bullies who made her life hell. But she is much-changed from the girl she once was..."
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WHAT DOES CRISTINA THINK?
If you haven’t noticed already, I love British Chick Lit. Maybe it’s because I lived there for a year? I dunno. In fact, I remember Skyping with my Dad when I was there telling him about this book I was reading and how they had mentioned something about a grocery store chain (Sainsbury’s to be exact) and I completely got the reference. I was extremely proud of the fact. To which my dad replied:
“I’m so happy I’m spending all this money on tuition so you can get a reference in a chick lit book.”
Me too, Dad. Me too.
Therefore, the second I saw this book, I knew I had to pick it up. Besides the British references, I couldtotally relate to Anna’s storyline.
Aureliana or Anna as she goes by now, was ...... READ MORE
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