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Sunday 10 July 2016

A Summer Makeover

One of my favourite books, Bella Summer Takes a Chance, is getting a complete makeover - a new title, new cover and new blurb - to better fit the story.

Life Change

What would you change the second time around?

There’ve been a few changes in Bea’s life lately, starting with accidentally ending her decade-long relationship over a Friday night takeaway. Next goes her flat and then her job. Single, unemployed and living in a rented room, Bea is flying without a safety net for the first time in thirty-eight years.

So what is she supposed to do now that she’s rewound her life to start again?

She has no idea how to date anymore. It’s all gone online and with so much competition at the click of a button, her aging bosom might not be up to the job. People are waxing in places she can’t even reach and posting red carpet-worthy selfies every ten seconds.

She used to dream of a musical career but is only getting gigs at corporate away days or as background music for drunks in pubs. And her ex is being a hundred times more charming in trying to win her back than he bothered to be when he had her.

Maybe grasping life with both hands won’t be so easy after all…

Can she really become who she wants to be?