Pants on Fire [Paperback]

Maggie Alderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 22, 2001

A broken heart is hard to mend. And a good heart is practically impossible to find...When Georgia Abbott's fiance cheats on her, she's left with a broken heart and the reality of her humdrum life in London. Until someone tells her about a job on Glow magazine: in Sydney. That's Sydney, Australia - where the welcome is as warm as the weather and the men look like Mel Gibson, but taller. What's she got to lose? So Georgia packs up and ships out Down Under. And at first things seem promising, as she's swept up in a whirl of A-list parties, dancing, and debauchery. But while Australian water may go down the plughole the other way, Australian men are - oh dear - starting to look all too familiar...

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Maggie Alderson was born in London and lives in Sydney. She was editor of Elle in the UK, has worked for many other magazines and newspapers and is a popular writer with the Sydney Morning Herald. PANTS ON FIRE is her first novel. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (February 22, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0141003979
• ISBN-13: 978-0141003979
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Summer Read, January 3, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Pants on Fire (Paperback)

Having been a fan of Alderson's column in The Age (Australian newspaper) for years, I was looking forward to reading this book. I read it over a couple of days on holiday and it's perfect when you want a "light" entertaining read. It is well written, with many funny scenes and is well worth reading, however I think Mad About The Boy is better. My favourite books by Alderson are Handbag Heaven and Shoe Money, which are compiled from her many fashion columns. May be hard to get in the US, but would be worth tracking down!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a nice reading, December 15, 2004

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Patrizia (Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pants on Fire (Paperback)

It's a fine, light and entertaining read. I'm still reading and I can't put it down .I like the humorous way that the author - an Australian writer- shows the incoherence of life.

It's about a journalist who lives and works in London and moves to Australia to work in a women's magazine to try to forget her broken heart. She mets a lot of people involved in a lot of confusion.Love, sex, drugs, work, richness and poorness are some of the things that this "girly" book embodies in an intelligent way.

As another reader said, is a class above most girly reads.

It's a good read, and it's worth tracking it down, since it 's not so easy to find it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Addictive Chic Lit, June 8, 2010

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Ms. Nikita J. Hall (Melbourne, VIC Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pants on Fire (Paperback)

Ahh, chick lit at its finest.
After buying this book, I immediately went out and purchased all the books ever written by Maggie Alderson (she's a great newspaper columnest too).