dels and stopping at a deli on her way to work to get a bacon sandwich then finally ending up at work. All this time, Jemima talks about what she would rather look like and what people think of her.
             If I had one wish in all the world, I wouldn't wish to win the lottery. Nor would I wish for true love. No, if I had one wish I would wish to have a model's figure, probably Cindy Crawford's and I would extend that wish into having and keeping a model's figure, no matter what I do (p.2)
             As the book continues, Geraldine become good friends. However, Geraldine is thinner and prettier then Jemima therefore she has a better position at the Herald and is given more opportunities.
             Geraldine started here at about the same time as me, and the thing that really kills me is that I started as a graduate trainee and Geraldine started as a secretary, but who's the one who gets to write features first? Exactly . . . but with her gleaming blond hair in a chic bob, her tiny size 8 figure squeezed into the latest fashions, Geraldine may not have an ounce of talent but the men love her, and the editor thinks she's the biggest asset to the paper since, well, since himself (p.7)
             The flat where Jemima lives is quite chic; her roommates treat her as if she were merely a maid. "Sophie and Lisa lived in the flat long before I came on the scene, and most of the time I think they were probably far happier, except that they didn't have a permanent tea-maker in the eveningsâ€" (p.8).
             When Jemima arrives in California and ultimately meets Brad, she is overcome with feelings of lust. Those feelings mask her from realizing what she is getting herself into and what Brad is really doing. Jemima is merely a trophy girlfriend to him and he has lied to her about some very important subjects. "Sounds like a guilty man to me. Now that's exactly what I didn't want to hear. Sounds like a man in love to me, I say with a false ring of confidence hoping to...