Tall Poppies - Louise Bagshawe

I've just recently finished reading Tall Poppies and found it a good read. It's all about two different girls, whose stories are told separately. One is Elizabeth, a rich girl whose father owns a huge pharmaceutical company. She is desperate to work in the company but her father doesn't think it's any place for a lady to work. He sends her off to finishing school in Switzerland, where she discovers a love for skiing. She gets to be really good and even gets to the Olympics as a British competitor. But she's still dying to work in the company business. The other girl is Nina. She starts off as a teenager who gets pregnant by a guy who ...  Read the complete review

Phew! Even though I was lying in the shade I was getting hot. I glanced at my near naked body glistening with oil as I quickly turned another page of my book. "Her legs gave way dizzy with pleasure ... like a tidal wave rearing up ..." Phew again! I ran into the sea for a cooling swim before my own wave crashed, exploded or whatever. Tall Poppies by Louise Bagshawe is definitely my kind of holiday reading. Now I can see some supercilious book types looking down their haughty noses and sniggering at this, but I don't care. What I want on holiday is escapism, vitality, beautiful people and, well, sex. You can keep your stuffy books ...  Read the complete review