I love this book, I could read it again and again (and I have!)

My mind wanders back to this book a lot. I think about it more than I thought I would. It really sucked me in to the world of the characters - and made me want to design underwear. ( )

This book is a sort-of thinking person's Judith Krantz (in the sense that there is quite some well-researched history included in the plot, and my only experience of Krantz to date has been Lily). It has a semi-autobiograhpical feel to it (check out the author's website) and a remarkable sense of what it's like to live in both London, Johannesburg, Singapore, New York (it certainly described much of my impressions in those places). It is, I would argue, firmly within the chick-lit genre, and yes, I picked it up at the airport because I had nothing to read and it was going to be a long flight (and I liked the cover). But I was surprised at being swept along with the prose, despite the fact that the plot/characters are fairly formulaic. If you only ever read chick-lit every-so-ofen, this is a better read than others of the ilk. If you are a true chick-lit fan, this should be on your bookshelf. ( )