The Cinderella Pact
by Sarah Strohmeyer
The Cinderella Pact is a perfect chick-lit book. The lead character, Nola Devlin, is a big girl leading a
double life of sorts. She applies for and is denied the position of question/answer columnist at the magazine where
she works. She then creates an alter-ego, Belinda Apple, who is British and skinny... and totally made up, using
her same resume, which she embellishes a bit. She ends up getting the position. No one knows her secret, not her
friends or her family or her co-workers. And that is when the trouble happens.
Her two best gal pals, Nancy and Deb, get Nola to agree to try Belinda's weight loss plan by making the Cinderella
Pact. Nola's friends do not know that the plan is made up, that Belinda is made up, and that Nola doesn't really
believe that what she's agreeing to will work.
On top of that, Nola's sister Eileen is getting married. Eileen wants Belinda to be in the wedding; she asks for
advice and worries that Nola will be jealous. What an awkward experience that is for Nola... awkward and painful.
Love and (laugh out loud funny) humor and the human spirit are alive in this book by Sarah Strohmeyer. The
underlying love story between Nola and "Chip" is sweet. I was literally crossing my fingers to the end of the book
and I did shed a tear or two. It was that good, that moving. Pick up this book. It's entertaining and inspiring and
perfect for a summer read. |
The Book |
Dutton Adult |
June 22, 2006 |
Hardback |
0525949577 |
Romance - Contemporary |
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The Reviewer |
Dawn Talley |
Reviewed 2006 |
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