Mhairi McFarlane
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 3.82 | 9549 Users | 849 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Here's Looking at You |
| ISBN: | 0007488068 (ISBN13: 9780007488063) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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In essence it's an ugly duckling tale. Our heroine Aureliana returns to school after fifteen years for a reunion. School doesn't hold happy memories for her, as being a roly poly Italian (known as the Italian Galleon), and always armed with a Tupperware full of pungent Mediterranean food, she was bullied incessantly throughout her years there. Now in her 30s, Aureliana wants to put the past behind her once and for all and face up to the bullies who made her life hell. But she is much-changed from the girl she once was - all curves and because I'm worth it hair - and no one recognises her when she arrives. Losing her bottle, she backs out on her plan for revenge and slinks off, hoping never to be reminded of her years at school again. But fate gets in the way, and after the reunion her path keeps crossing with James - major hunk and Aureliana's major crush back at school. But alas, as a cronie to the bullies, Aureliana to this day believes that his beautiful exterior hides an ugly interior. As they continue to cross paths a love/hate relationship ensues until eventually something shifts, and they both start to discover what the person underneath is really like...Full of Mhairi's trademark laugh out loud humour, Here's Looking At You is a novel about facing your demons and being happy with who you really are.
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| Title | : | Here's Looking at You |
| Author | : | Mhairi McFarlane |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | December 5th 2013 by AVON, a division of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd |
| Categories | : | Romance. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Contemporary. Fiction. Adult. Contemporary Romance. Humor |
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Ratings: 3.82 From 9549 Users | 849 ReviewsNotice Out Of Books Here's Looking at You
This was such a fun read. Anna was a compelling main character I especially loved her passion for her job and the exploration of her relationships with her family. The romance was pretty irresistible all the nods to Pride and Prejudice made me grin. I listened to this on audiobook, and the performance by Cassandra Harwood was great!Yeah, whatever.
3.5 stars rounded up to 4 because Mhairi McFarlane's writing is so, so good. The way she can turn a phrase or describe a moment is so well done, I can hardly put her books down. I didn't like some of the characters as much as in previous books, and yet I never really hated the main male character, despite it all. But that seemed to be the point. His character needed to change a certain way, and I loved how Mhairi wrote that change. Because even when I liked him... you were kind of like,
Anna Alessi seems to have it all. She's beautiful, she has gorgeous hair, she has a great job and good friends. Yes, she'd like to find 'the one', but she's having fun trying to find him.Anna Alessi used to be known as Aureliana. Aureliana was fat, she was bullied, she had no friends, she was unhappy. Aureliana suffered a humiliating 'Carrie' moment (as in the Stephen King story!) during 'Mock Rock' - a musical performance on the last day of school. So humiliating that she has never forgotten
Omgggggg. I devoured this. I loved how light and fluffy and hilarious this was while still having just the right amount of seriousness sprinkled in. While there were a few crude jokes in here that made me feel a little iffy, I still wholeheartedly adored this. I am SO GLAD I BOUGHT ALL OF MHAIRI MCFARLANES BOOKS.
My fat fingers deleted my very recent 4.37 review. Loved this, wish the heroine was more self-actualized, and adore the hero.
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