
VINTAGE
ALICE
Jessica Adams
'Wrong way round, long
way round. It usually works out in the end.'
Despite being
renowned for her astrological skills, Jessica has been setting the world of chick
lit lovers alight with her smart, funny, and utterly engaging fiction work such
as 'Single White Email', 'I'm A Believer', 'Summer Psychic' and 'Tom, Dick and
Debbie Harry'. Jessica has already been likened to the queen of the genre, Marion
Keyes, for her clever and well executed prose, great characters and bittersweet
yet hilarious story lines. Continuing in the same vein, 'Vintage Alice' is another
cracking read; a funny, poignant and very entertaining story of a woman who leaps
out of her comfort zone and finds the man of her dreams.
Jessica
says she started to write 'Vintage Alice' two years ago when she predicted a recession
looming. She tried to imagine a lead character whose financial situation was at
rock bottom and for whom the only way was up. Alice Templeton is hoping that emigrating
from England to Australia will give her and her relationship with Nash a new lease
of life. But can they last the distance, and does Alice really want them to?
When
Nash pikes on the move to Australia, Alice confounds him (and many of their friends),
by deciding to go ahead on her own. Once she is bathing in the lighter life of
Bondi living, Alice's life starts looking up in every sense of the word. Her passion
for fashion kick starts a new career and an amazing new life, but not before she
has had a fair few adventures; not least kidnapping an incontinent dog, narrowly
escaping a bushfire, and accidentally falling in love with her cousin
Praise
for The Summer Psychic:
'Hugely entertaining and
addictive - the kind of book that you don't want to end' Cosmopolitan
'A
fizzing romantic comedy I ploughed through in a single weekend
if we could
predict the future we guess we would see Adams on the bestsellers list.' Vogue
JESSICA
ADAMS is the astrologer for international Vogue and Cosmopolitan, along with the
Australian Women's Weekly. She is also a team editor on the Girls' Night In series
in aid of War Child. Her novels include Summer Psychic, Single White E-mail, Tom
Dick and Debbie Harry, I'm a Believer and Cool for Cats.
'Vintage
Alice' is available now (RRP: $23.99).