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This novel tells us the story of Jo Hill, a young girl whose dream is to work for a national glossy magazine as a journalist, but she is sure her appearance is going to stop her dream from becoming a reality. We first join the book when Jo is a schoolgirl taking her A-Levels at a posh school, although she is a London girl from near Peckham. Jo loves reading her magazines, eating chocolate bars and generally hiding herself away from the other girls, and gets a shock when her A-Levels do not go her way. Jo has to get a job working in a cafe, until her friend Amelia helps her out with a job at a restaurant.

Eventually Jo gets a job working as a secretary for the one of the glossy magazines, strangely enough called Glossy, and she believes this is the foot in the door to get her dream job of journalist on the magazine. The girls are incredibly to Jo because of her plump appearance and she is soon miserable. And even though she eventually gets promoted to PA of the magazines chief editor, Jo is still unhappy and ignored. After a showdown with her boss Joshua, Jo flees England to stay with her friend Amelia for a holiday in Florida. But Jo is not set to return the woman that she was, but will people realise that Jo has become Mia??

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Ilana Fox, author of The Making of Mia, a book I thoroughly enjoyed, has a new book coming out on 17th March 2011. The title listed on Amazon is Spotlight although this is not confirmed as it isn’t yet titled on Ilana’s website. Here’s a synopsis:

“Madison wants to live the American dream of winning a TV singing talent competition, and Jess works for a national newspaper although she wants to be a fashion designer. When things go wrong for Madison, Jess happens to be waiting in the wings. But how far can one girl go in pretending she’s something she’s not?”

Look out for a review of Ilana’s debut novel coming soon.

Thanks to Bookalicious for the heads up.