Since November 2009Chick Lit Classics: The Wrong Mr Right by Valerie-Anne Baglietto
May 13th, 2010 by Chloe
Chick Lit Classics is a new feature on Chick Lit Reviews where we highlight the books we feel are classics of the chick lit genre. Feel free to discuss our choices in the comments section!
My choice this week is a title by a perhaps little known chick lit author called Valerine-Anne Baglietto. I first came across her books when my mum leant me a copy of her last book The Moon on a Stick and I adored it. However, it was this book, released in 2002, I spotted in the charity shop and snapped up despite it’s quite out-dated looking cover, and I am glad I was able to look past that. The story is lovely, a story about a single mum trying to find the man who can make her and her daughter happy again, and I loved it. It was really easy to read, characters that I loved and I really enjoy Valerie Anne’s writing style. If you get a chance, do pick up one of her books to read because they are lovely stories, and it’s a shame she hasn’t released anything since 2005.
“She wouldn’t trade her precocious daughter Emmi for a million pounds, but as a single mum, holding down a job and paying the bills is hard work. If only her glamorous, fun-loving nanny Paloma were better at housework - if only she had a few more hours in the day. When her boss Dick Anthony - tall, lithe, lean and loaded - starts showing an interest in her, Kate’s tempted to reciprocate. But then she meets reckless jack-of-all-trades Tom Llewellyn, who attracts her despite her best intentions. So when Emmi’s father Harry Barrett comes back into her life - a changed man - Kate’s more than just a little bit confused. Is love finally in the air, or is she going to make the same mistake again? The one that made her a single mother in the first place…”
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I know I read this book although I can’t remember it now that well. I’m sure the author won or was nominated for a RNA award at some point. There are way too many authors I remember from back in the day of reading chick-lit who now seem to have vanished. Have you did Sarah Harvey yet? She is a definite chick-lit classic case!