Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend, Jenny Colgan
Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend, Jenny Colgan
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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
A Novel

Author: Jenny Colgan

Narrator: Karen Cass

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/10/2020


Synopsis

From beloved New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan, a heartwarming and hilarious comedy about a pampered London socialite forced to live life among the common folk.Sophie Chesterton is London’s “It Girl”. She knows all the right people, goes to all the right parties, and wears all the right clothes…and her rich parents pay for everything. But deep down she suspects that her best “friends”—and her posh lifestyle--are nothing but shallow fakes. Then one evening Sophie’s life takes a shocking, drastic turn, and her father decides it’s high time for the party girl to make her own way in the world.Forced to earn a meager living as a lowly assistant to a “glamour” photographer, live in a shabby flat with four smelly boys, and eat baked beans from the can—Sophie is desperate to get her old life back, at any cost. But does a girl really need diamonds to be happy?Full of warmth and sparkle, Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend is a surprisingly winning tale about luxury, life lessons, and the surprisingly low cost of true happiness.

About Jenny Colgan

Jenny Colgan is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including The Christmas Bookshop, The Bookshop on the Corner, Little Beach Street Bakery, and Christmas at the Cupcake Café. Jenny, her husband, and three children live in a genuine castle in Scotland.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Love on August 15, 2014

What does an It girl do if she loses all her money? Sophie Chesterton is a girl about town – she knows all the right people, goes to all the right parties, and wears all the right clothes. But deep down she suspects that her best friends are actually rather nasty, and that her lifestyle doesn’t reall......more

Goodreads review by Jodie (That Happy Reader) on March 25, 2020

Jenny Colgan is one of my favourite British Chicklit authors. She has a way of telling a story that is funny and relatable. “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” is a re-release having first been published in 2009. The protagonist is Sophie Chesterton, a London socialite born into money. The family mo......more

Goodreads review by Alarra on November 02, 2009

Eh. Imagine if, let's say Nikki Hilton, loses all her money and her friends and family, and is forced to live in a dirty sharehouse with four guys as she tries to find her own way in the world. Transpose it to London, and you have this story. Of course Sophie has to choose between two of the guys sh......more

Goodreads review by Jo on January 23, 2018

Another good book by Jenny Colgan......more

Goodreads review by Antony on December 23, 2015

From AntonySimpson.com: I originally discovered Jenny Colgan by picking up here book Where Have All the Boys Gone? I loved it and was unable to put it down! So when I saw her latest book Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend in a local supermarket, I couldn’t resist picking it up. The book tells the story......more