BLurb from back of the book:

"It's 1979 and Linda Tyler is the assistant cook at her local Chinese restaurant, engaged to a bank clerk in a small town called Withingdean, when she answers an ad in a music paper. Suddenly, she gets the job that everyone else in England wants.

Within days she leaves behind her predictable existene, along with her finance, and moves to London, starting work on NWW , a punk and new wave music magazine. Before too long, records by Blondie, Squeeze and The Clash are landing on her desk, and she's on the guest list for every concert in town.

After that, the challenge for Linda is discovering who and what she loves most- her freedom, or the Australian photographer who's just walked into her life? When she finally works out the answer, though, she will also have to make the most important decision of her life."

This is the first book I've read by Jessica Adams, who's also written Single White E-Mail; Tom, Dick, Harry and Debbie Harry; I'm a Believer.

I enjoyed the music references to bands of the late 70's (my era!) and Linda's start in the music reviewing business in London at that time. The book did have overtures of Bridget Jones and High Fidelity, but at time seemed to be almost copying some of the antics and experiences from characters in those books. I also feld that Linda's 2 week overseas travel to the USA and Australia could have been expanded upon - not just one or two days in each place.

Overall, the book was generally enjoyable in a "light and easy" reading kind of way.

Caught at meetup :)

I was only young during the 70s so I didn't really relate to the music (now the 80s is a different story!)in this story, but I did enjoy the light-hearted story.

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