Archive for March 23rd, 2011

Lou Hubbard is desperately in love with rock-star boyfriend Hedge, but will do almost anything to keep her father’s ill-health at bay. So when Lou’s mother decides to arrange a marriage of convenience for Lou, to aristocrat Harry Stomeworth, Lou is determined to get out of it by any means necessary despite the fact her mother Victoria keeps telling Lou it’s her fault her father is ill. In her bid to scare away Harry, Lou decides to become as undesirable as possible, but when she realises that it’ll take a lot more than that to chase away the cash-hungry Stomeworth’s, she’s got her work cut out for her. Do Harry and Lou really hate each other, and will Lou eventually be able to stop her mother’s crazy schemes for good?

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Debut author Claire Irvin, author of the brilliant new novel Cougars, has kindly agreed to an author interview with us, and we were really excited to ask Claire lots of our burning questions about her and her new book, so with thanks to Claire and Hannah at Little, Brown, enjoy the interview with the lovely Claire Irvin!

Q1. Tell us about your book “Cougars” in one sentence!

Cougars is the sexy, sassy and sophisticated story of one woman’s journey of self-discovery – a glamorous, zeitgeisty tale that will resonate with every reader’s life, whoever she is and whatever she does…

Q2. The subject of cougars seems to be quite popular these days, even creating aTV show starring Courtney Cox. How much notice did you take of shows such as this, and other celebrity news about cougars when writing the book?

As Editor of SHE it’s my job to channel the zeitgeist and pick up on social trends, and celebrities’ lives – even though they are so much more extreme than my life or the lives of my friends – are often a good way to spot them. With cougars, it wasn’t so much that women weren’t already dating younger men, but that society was about to accept it as normal rather than something a little out of the ordinary. So when Demi, Madonna and Sam started proudly showing off their younger beaus it was a sure sign that the women I know were about to start doing the same. And yes, I do watch Cougar Town – I love the self-deprecating humour and the way Courtney Cox’s character, like so many women, is at the hub of her own busy, crazy, kooky world – but I watch it for enjoyment only!

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For a while now, we’ve been trying to think of another themed week we can host. We’ve had our Sophie Kinsella week, we celebrated all thing Little Black Dress, so what else could we celebrate? And then the perfect idea came to me this week whilst reading Kate’s Wedding by Chrissie Manby.

We’ll celebrate the Royal Wedding during the 25th April right through until the 1st May! We’ll present the Royal Wedding - with a twist. This will be celebrating the Royal Wedding Chick Lit style! We’ll be reviewing wedding-themed books, we’ll be asking authors all about their own weddings and proposals, we’ll bring you a step-by-step guide to snagging your own Prince (with a twist!).With any luck we’ll have some wedding-themed giveaways if possible.

We very much hope you’ll be RSVPing and let the fun commence on 25th April!
Leah, Chloe & Danielle