Author: John Purcell
ISBN: 9781460756973
RRP: $32.99
Publication Date: 24 September 2018
Publisher: Harper Collins
Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher
John Purcell is a book industry insider with two decades of experience under his belt from owning a secondhand bookshop to the Director of Books for Booktopia and a bestselling trilogy under a pseudonym.
Taking that industry knowledge and allowing it to, and I’m theorising here, inspire a fiction novel about writers, their work and he industry.
Amy Winston is a hot-shot young book editor who made it big by making an average thriller writer huge, but now she’s spiralling back down. Her latest assignment is to bring a literary great back into publication.
Amy arrives at the West London townhouse to collect a novel, and finds a literary couple with different ideas about the novel.
The Girl on the Page asks searching questions about integrity and ambition, greed and betrayal and ultimately delivers a story of the power of great literature.
I have seen some great reviews of this one and a lot of enthusiasm about the book, everyone seems to be loving it and I think I will really enjoy it. A selection of our members are also reading it and I can’t wait to hear what they think.
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The Girl on the Page is available through Harper Collins, Angus and Robertson, Booktopia and where all good books are sold.
Thanks to Harper Collins 15 of our lucky Beauty and Lace Club Members will be reading The Girl on the Page so please be aware there may be spoilers in the comments below. I can’t wait to read what they thought.
I devour books, vampires and supernatural creatures are my genre of choice but over the past couple of years, I have broadened my horizons considerably. In a nutshell – I love to write! I love interacting with a diverse range of artists to bring you interviews. Perhaps we were perfect before – I LOVE WORDS!
Loved it. A heart-warming, quirky, darkly humorous and heart-breaking story that has stuck with me for weeks. John Purcell has that dry wittiness I’ve come to associate with the Brits so I was surprised to learn he is Australian (especially with the novel being based in London, the background was done in such a natural way I never guessed like I can with other authors that they are writing outside their location). I’ve already recommended The Girl on the Page to family and friends.
Thanks for the chance to review this book HarperColins and Beauty and Lace- it sounded just like my kind of thing, and in parts it was, and it parts it lost me a bit. I rate it 3/5 a fun read if you do not mind some explicit sex that has absolutely nothing to do with love or relationships. Amy is such a bad girl, and the writing, and the obsession, the excess drinking and basically manipulation of men, was a character you wanted to know more about just to see what she would do next. And I do love a few naughty bits but the overt sex seemed to detract from what was a good read. I did get a bit lost after I put it down and then picked it up again. I kind of loved to hate Amy, but she was a real character and the story is good, I really liked the kinks and turns with Helen and Malcom, and the passions over writing, the challenges over publishing. I would recommend you try it for fun-Amy is outrageous!
A great modern edgy book. Thank you to the publisher Harper Colins and Beauty and Lace. I enjoyed the book and the dip into the strange and tense world of publishing. Amy is a wild child, and I found her a bit embarrasing at the start but then I did get more used to her character. The other characters I liked more and could follow through the ups and downs of the publishing. I would give it a 4/5-its a hoot!
The Girl on the Page is a page turning, fast paced, dark comedy packed with superb characters that struggle with relationships and ambition. It is humorous and thought provoking and compels you to read it until the very end. Highly recommend.
Hello, and sorry for the delay doing this review-I struggled to get into this book-I had to have a few attempts.
There are 3 main characters, a hard working, hard living editor, who makes very ordinary authors spectacular.
There is also Helen and Malcolm, husband and wife writers, who have unusual personalities, and struggle to write at times.
What follows is hard to believe and understand-an unusual book, but well worth the read!
If you get the opportunity to read, just do it-you wont be sorry!
Thanks for the opportunity to do the review