{"product_id":"jemima-j-a-novel-about-ugly-ducklings-and-swans-paperback","title":"Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJane Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJemima Jones is overweight. About one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin and social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the \u003ci\u003eKilburn Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, Jemima finds that her only consolation is food. Add to this her passion for her charming, sexy, and unobtainable colleague Ben, and Jemima knows her life is in need of a serious change. When she meets Brad, an eligible California hunk, over the Internet, she has the perfect opportunity to reinvent herself-as JJ, the slim, beautiful, gym-obsessed glamour girl. But when her long-distance Romeo demands that they meet, she must conquer her food addiction to become the bone-thin model of her e-mails-no small feat. \u003cbr\u003eWith a fast-paced plot that never quits and a surprise ending no reader will see coming, \u003ci\u003eJemima J\u003c\/i\u003e is the chronicle of one woman's quest to become the woman she's always wanted to be, learning along the way a host of lessons about attraction, addiction, the meaning of true love, and, ultimately, who she really is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJemima Jones is overweight. About one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin and social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the \"Kilburn Herald, Jemima finds that her only consolation is food. Add to this her passion for her charming, sexy, and unobtainable colleague Ben, and Jemima knows her life is in need of a serious change. When she meets Brad, an eligible California hunk, over the Internet, she has the perfect opportunity to reinvent herself-as JJ, the slim, beautiful, gym-obsessed glamour girl. But when her long-distance Romeo demands that they meet, she must conquer her food addiction to become the bone-thin model of her e-mails-no small feat. \u003cbr\u003eWith a fast-paced plot that never quits and a surprise ending no reader will see coming, \"Jemima J is the chronicle of one woman's quest to become the woman she's always wanted to be, learning along the way a host of lessons about attraction, addiction, the meaning of true love, and, ultimately, who she really is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Green worked for many years as a journalist, with occasional forays into public relations for film, television, and the odd celebrity. The author of three other novels, \u003ci\u003eStraight Talking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Mr. Maybe \u003c\/i\u003e(Broadway Books, 2001), \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBookends \u003c\/i\u003e(Broadway Books, 2002), she lives outside of New York City with her husband and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 7.96 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42151740539015,"sku":"9780767905183","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/df6d782078fcab2d96f961f265fc1efb.webp?v=1733209285","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/jemima-j-a-novel-about-ugly-ducklings-and-swans-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}