High Society [Paperback]

Sarah Mason (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 16, 2004

Clemmie Colshannon's life appears to be on a fast track to nowhere - having lost her job and her boyfriend on the same day, she's retreated to the bosom of her family in Cornwall to recover. Fortunately, life chez Colshannon is never dull. Her mother has taken over the amateur dramatics society and is busy roping the locals into a production of Calamity Jane; brother Barney is going to extreme lengths to impress a girl; and sister Holly, who is a reporter on the Bristol Gazette, needs help with a story. Fellow journalist Emma McKellan, who writes the social diary, has gone missing days before she was due to be married. As Holly and Clemmie search for clues as to her whereabouts in an attempt to reunite her with her fiance, it's not long before the drama turns into a crisis and the whole family is forced to flee to the south of France with an ex-convict hot on their heels ...Wonderful characters, sparkling dialogue and a fabulously funny story make Sarah Mason's third novel unmissable.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Sarah Mason is a new writer whose first novel is a real breath of fresh air. Brilliant' Chris Manby ** 'A quirky, funny romp' Elle ** 'Perfect to curl up with' Marie Claire ** 'Witty' She ** 'A sparkling, funny read' Heat ** 'Escapist fun' Woman's Own ** 'Really makes you smile' Cosmopolitan ** 'Thoroughly entertaining' Irish News ** 'Bubbly good fun' Sunday Mirror

About the Author

At the age of 25 Sarah Mason began importing gourmet popcorn from America and was soon running a company with a seven-figure turnover. She started writing when she sold the business on. She lives in Cheltenham with her husband and daughter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown P/B (December 16, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0751535974
• ISBN-13: 978-0751535976
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 4.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,863,860 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ...entire mad clan end up on the run.,..,, October 15, 2005

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Kotori (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Society (Paperback)

Just for anyone who is confused, High Society is in fact also released as Society Girls. This is another great book from Mason, who always manages to repackage boy meets girl palatably & deliver a fresh take on the usual.

Following on from the book "Playing James", which starred Holly, Clem is the wayward younger sister (or was that older sister?)

When she is fired from her job due to the duplistic dealings of her former colleague & boyfriend, Clem retreats to the family house to lick her wounds.

Unfortunately big (?) sister Holly hunts her down, and manages to bully her into some rather unsavory doings involving break and enters, all in an attempt to get a scoop on a society girl from Hollys newspaper who has gone missing just before her wedding.

As Clem finds a fresh love interest where she never expected to look, the entire mad clan end up on the run over in France where all sorts of interesting things happen.

Great entertaining book, and there hasn't been a book by Sophie Mason yet which I've not enjoyed.

kotori 2005

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Uneven and pretty average, August 21, 2008

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Tracy Vest (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: High Society (Paperback)

Back home in Cornwall sans a boyfriend and career, Clemmie Colshannon is waiting tables when her sister Holly, a reporter for the Bristol Gazette talks her into looking for missing heiress and society reporter Emma McKellan who disappeared after announcing a hasty engagement. After a scary run in with Emma's father, Holly suspects that he abducted her because the groom is not desirable. The two could not be more wrong, but when confronted with the truth, the whole family invades the south of France to elude an unstable groom, while Clemmie's eyes are suddenly open to a new love she never saw coming (of course the rest of us can see it coming from a mile away).

Parts of Mason's follow up to "Playing James" are hysterical, but overall, the story is very uneven and the lead character sort of boring. Clemmie is overshadowed by her raucous family - particularly her mum and pet seagull. The magic of the first novel is missing - making it just an average read. It was released in the US as "Society Girls."

© TJ Vest, August 2008

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, Fun and Fantastic, May 20, 2005

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Jax (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Society (Paperback)

I've been a fan of Sarah Mason's since reading Party Season and then Playing James. High Society is the best of the lot so far! The characters of Clemmie, Holly (from Playing James)and their family are so much fun and fun to be around that I just couldn't put the book down. The romance is sweet and not overdone. All around a good time!