10 questions about Me Blackberry Fool, You Apple Tart:
Why
the title?
The
book is told entirely by email between two best friends. And they both have
serious phone addictions.
Describe
the book in three words.
Funny.
Different. Addictive.
Describe
the story in one sentence.
City
lawyer gets carried away (in more ways than one) when she meets a premiership
footballer.
Why
did you write it?
Because
I hated my job as a lawyer and wanted to rant about it without getting sued. And
my best friend did genuinely go out with the best friend of a premiership
footballer. Her experiences inspired the story. She is just about still talking
to me.
Is
there any truth to the story?
Yes.
A bit too much. Every character is based on someone I know and all of the
stories are based on real-life events.
What's
the first line of the book?
"I
am currently sat on my bed, writing this email, dressed in what can only be
described as an adult baby-grow."
Why
should people read the book?
Because
I think it's something a bit different. Yes it's essentially a chick-lit novel,
but the email dialogue makes it unusual and also every plot line and character
is based on real events and actual people and that makes it authentic. And
almost every amusing anecdote I've ever heard from friends has been woven into
the story as well. Basically, if it isn't funny, I've failed in what I set out
to do.
What's
your favourite quote from the book and why?
"Can
you tell me why magnifying mirrors were ever invented, other than to reduce the
world's population by encouraging any woman who looks in one to want to kill
herself? Surely they serve no useful purpose? As far as I can see, they only
serve to magnify the bits of your face that you already know are large and
unattractive, acting as a ghastly illumination of all that you hate about your
face, but five times the size."
I
like this quote because I have a very firmly held belief that magnifying mirrors
(and toilet brushes - which feature later in the book) should be eradicated.
And it illustrates what the book is really about: observations on life.
Who is your favourite character?
Probably Rachel's mum. She's Malaysian and has an Internet shopping
addiction. She's also completely crazy. I have two very good friends whose
mothers are Malaysian and Taiwanese respectively and her character is based on
all their observations and complaints about their own mothers.
If your book was made into a Hollywood movie, who would you cast as Isla
and Rachel?
Easy.
Natalie Portman as Isla and Mila Kunis as Rachel. Mainly because I have girl
crushes on both.
About The Book
Best friends Isla Butterfield and Rachel Ku are inseparable. Inseparable, that is, thanks to the wonders of modern technology and the humble smart phone.
Isla is a lawyer in a cutthroat city law firm, working 90-hour weeks in a job she hates. The rest of her time is spent dealing with her recently divorced father, worrying about premature ageing, wishing she'd followed her dream of becoming an actress and hiding her designer clothes' receipts from her long-term boyfriend, Toby - a biologist with mild OCD.
Rachel is stuck in a dead-end 9-5 marketing job for a manufacturer of commercial sink units. Her life is troubled by her crazy thoroughbred horse Aristotle (who she can't afford), her eccentric Malaysian mother with an internet shopping addiction, and her emotionally detached boyfriend, Spencer. Spencer never calls, is always late and prefers to spend his time at the beck and call of his best friend Alex Robertson, a well known and extremely good looking premiership footballer.
After a chance encounter with the notorious Alex Robertson, Isla is given a glimpse of a very different existence. But does she really want a life of money, celebrity hangouts and Harvey Nicholls' stylists? And if she does, how much is she willing to sacrifice to get it?
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