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Frommer's Suzy Gershman's Born to Shop London

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This book was a great guide to shopping London. I wasn't looking for a bargain shopping guide and this certainly isn't that. But if you are, this book may not be for you. Suzy has expensive tastes (like me). I really needed to have some idea where all the interesting boutiques and shopping areas were and this book was exactly what I needed.

This is a good resource for a first or second trip to London, especially if you want shopping neighborhoods or general ideas for gifts, etc. Be aware that many of the entries are very outdated -- for instance, Lush hasn't sold Red Rooster soap in their stores for at least two years, and the black bread face mask hasn't been sold for five years. There's no mention of their sister store, B Never too Busy to Be Beautiful (a cosmetics shop), which is weird, since she focuses on stuff like this. I still give this book 4 stars, though, because she gives good directions and tube stops and the info on markets is very helpful.