Anyway, I can't remember the mall that we were in (if you can call it a mall) but we were just walking aimlessly and we spotted a bookstore. We went in to look for a map around the country but I found a discounted corner that was selling 2 books for $4 (Brunei currency is the same with the Singapore Dollars by the way) I wasn’t looking for a specific book but that discounted corner was too good to be true and it was so hard for me to not buy a book. I was looking at the books and I didn’t know any of the titles and not to mention the authors but one book attracted me the most…”Tuesday’s Child by Louise Bagshawe”…I read the synopsis at the back of the book and it was rather interesting so I decided to just get it (because it was sooooooo cheap!) since it was 2 books for $4, I simply took another book which…maybe in the future I thought I might…a big might…want to read it some day…hahahaha...I haven't touched it till today :)
So sitting in Ken’s parent’s house, I started reading the book and surprisingly, I finished it! I truly can say that, that is the first book which I really did finish and it wasn’t one of those books which I said I would read but it would just end up in my bookshelf – untouched! Which always happen by the way...
Seriously, that was one of the first book which I really fell in love with and I told myself that I would get her other book called “Monday’s Child” when I get back but till today I haven’t seen then book in any of our book stores.
Ok, let’s talk about the book:
The heroine of this novel – Lucy, is a tomboy. She loves her Doc Martens, heavy metal, and hanging out with her best friend, Ollie. Ollie was also her house mate and since she was a tomboy, Ollie never did treat her like as a lady/girl. They hung out watching football, playing computer games and doing a lot of boyish stuff together.
I loved her job…actually I think my brother and Ken would love her job more. She wrote reviews on all the computer games that she played for a small review magazine. She played computer games everyday and she got paid to do it! How cool is that??
Anyway, once she lost her job, Ollie helped her to find a real job as a secretary. The boss in her new company was a wealthy American dude; tall, handsome and he had every girl going bonkers over him. He was interested in Lucy and somehow, he changed her to be a more feminine person – someone she is totally not but she did it anyway because she thought that this is what “they” would want her to be. "They" meaning her boss, Ollie and the whole world...people around her.
I think somehow, it would be very girl’s dream of being in Lucy’s shoes…from someone who had nothing, she suddenly had everything. She looked even more beautiful in all the branded clothing he got her…brands she never would have even dream of having in her life…he gave her money every month, an apartment to live in, he paid everything for her, brought her to the best restaurants, took her in his posh sports car, gave her a credit card to shop with...OMG…you have to read the book to go through her life when she was so called glamorous…
Everything seems perfect but she was not with the person she is in love with…so on top of all the stuff that she had, she was not really that happy and the twist in the story was…the boss was actually a womanizer. He was going out with all the girls in his office and he made them promise to keep their relationship a secret and she found that out when something happened that involved Ollie, all the girls in the office, Ollie's girlfriend Vitoria and --- (you got to read the book) things got complicated andmore complicated and more complicated…she quit her job, she went to stay with her family, she had her own business after that, she was finally happy and she forgot about Ollie…but then one day…jeng jeng jeng…Ollie came looking for her because he missed his best mate and he was getting married with that ***** Vitoria.
I wish I can write everything down, but if I do, there won’t be a point of asking you guys to read the book right? I would strongly recommend this book if you are interested in some light reading. It’s nice, hilarious, good moral, with an unexpected twist throughout the book. Somehow maybe some girls out there are able to relate to in their life experiences as well.
I was speaking to Kalai (the girl who sits in front of me in my office) she said that she saw "Tuesday's Child" and “Monday’s Child” in Kinokunia in KLCC.
The book cover. The book that I have doesn't have the line "...is full of grace" on it
I found another version of the cover on Tuesday's Child...weird
The author - Louise Bagshawe
About Louise:
Louise attended local Catholic schools near her family home in London, before going to Oxford University in 1989. After graduating with a degree in Anglo Saxon and Norse, Louise worked as press officer with EMI records and then as a marketing official with Sony Music.On her 22nd birthday, Louise’s passion for writing was realised with a major publishing deal. To date, Louise has written twelve novels including a string of bestsellers. She has sold over two million books worldwide.
Louise is involved with charities which support the homeless, as well as child welfare and victims of HIV and AIDS. Louise also has a record of hospital and hospice fundraising. With other bestselling authors she has supported WarChild, a charity which provides relief for orphaned victims of the Bosnia conflict.
Source: www.louisebagshawe.net/about
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