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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Some
Adult language in the contemporary British register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult romantic and some sexual content in the chick-lit tradition
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological cost of performing an identity you've invented — and the self-deception required — creates the novel's moral complexity
What this book is about
Jane Green's early novel follows Jemima Jones, a journalist who is overweight and in love with a colleague who barely notices her. She transforms herself via diet and exercise and begins a relationship with a man she met online — who fell for her doctored photo. Green's chick-lit novel is entertaining but dated in its handling of body image and the morality of the transformation. Adult romantic content is present in the British women's fiction register.
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Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Body image themes throughout
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