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The International Writers Magazine: Book Review
The
Make-Up Girl by Andrea Semple (Piatkus, £6.99)
ISBN: 0749935049
Lyn Ede
Oh
what a tangled web, Leeds author, Andrea Semple weaves within
the character of Faith, a mere department store make-up sales
assistant; a position not worthy of admitting to her mother who
has exacting expectations of her daughter. Under pressure, she
dreams up an existence of the perfect boyfriend, Adam, in order
to placate said mother, who constantly nags her to settle down.
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Practising to deceive
does not, however, sit well upon the hapless Faith who stumbles in this
very contemporary chic lit extravaganza from yarn to yarn, inventing
a top Leeds job for herself in the process. Semple tackles laugh-a-minute
humour with ease, as we witness Faith becoming a horrified and less
than useless birth partner to her screaming friend Alice you
want kids to have safe sex? Take a picture of this woman right now
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yet she manages to cover an attempted rape scene with the sensitivity
and raw fear it deserves. With Faiths lies snowballing around
her, and inadequacy closing in in the form of a perfectly gorgeous and
successful sister, she finds herself in the redeeming position of saving
the life of a drop-out acquaintance from the building where she lives.
The impending doom-filled panic of the unavoidable introduction of the
fictitious Adam to her demanding mother keeps the pages turning with
mounting dread and intrigue as to how she can possibly carry this off.
A great read for Leeds residents and in fact anyone who has experience
of mothers or men. There is a little bit of Faith in all of us after
all.
© Lynn Ede June 2005
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