The Trials of Tiffany Trott
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Publisher Description
An engaging first novel by the bestselling author of THE VERY PICTURE OF YOU and A VINTAGE AFFAIR.
Tiffany Trott is attractive, eligible and sparky – so why is she (as her bossy best friend puts it) ‘a complete failure with men’?
Stung into indignant action, she decides she’ll hunt down Mr Right herself – or even Mr All Right, who’s got to be better than the Mr Catastrophics who litter her recent past. So begins Tiffany’s eventful odyssey through the love jungle, from blindingly bland dates to introduction agencies, small ads and Club Med.
But as she ponders her puzzling lack of a life partner, Tiffany watches her friends face problems of their own – and begins to wonder whether marriage and motherhood is quite what she wants after all…
Reviews
‘I absolutely, genuinely loved The Trials of Tiffany Trott. It’s quite a while since I enjoyed a book this much. To be frank I wish I’d written it myself. It’s funny, charming, upbeat and unputdownable. Acutely observed and so well written. I was completely diverted and entertained. It deserves to do fantastically well.’
MARIAN KEYES
About the author
Isabel Wolff was born in Warwickshire, read English at Cambridge and is the Sunday Times bestselling author of nine novels, all published worldwide. She lives in London with her family.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this hilarious and distinctly British debut novel, 37-year-old Tiffany Trott, a recently dumped London copy writer, takes desperate measures to find Mr. Right, or at least Mr. "ok-looking-bordering-on-the-almost-acceptable." Armed with expensive cosmetics and designer duds, Trott vows to waste no time on golfers, "commitophobes," cross-dressers, or men with the distasteful names Terry, Kevin or Duane. Wolff cleverly chronicles the inevitable disillusionments befalling Trott as she responds to personals ads, attends singles events, signs up at introduction agencies and goes on a long list of blind dates--only to meet the likes of a lecherous television reporter and a "Seriously Successful" married man. Trott's compulsive list making, large circle of friends and unique ability to commiserate with household appliances set up Wolff's one-liners. Her distinctive humor is consistent, most memorably in Trott's experience as birthing coach to an unmarried friend--she graciously accepts the assumption that she is a lesbian partner. Quaint English vocabulary--"nosh," "knackered," "beastly," "pernicketiness"--will add to the amusement for stateside readers.
