The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder by Holly McQueen

So it seems like the universe is finally aligning in her favor-that is, until Will becomes increasingly reluctant to discuss their future. She’s landed a big celebrity client, and she’s moved in with her perfect lawyer boyfriend, Will. Having realized that fashion design may not actually be the best profession for her, Isabel Bookbinder has made another career move-this time, into the world of wedding planning.

Yet nothing ever runs smoothly for Isabel, and fabulously fashionably as her life is, it soon seems to be spiraling a little out of her control. And on top of that she might even have fallen in love. Within days she’s putting the final touches on her debut collection. So when she bags a job with Nancy ‘Fashion Aristocracy’ Tavistock, the editor at a top fashion magazine, Isabel is sure her career is finally on track. Isabel Bookbinder is back, and this time, she just knows that her true calling is to be a designer. But when she inadvertently exposes a political sex scandal and her name becomes known for all the wrong reasons, her glamorous double life starts to spin out of control.

She gets up at dawn to work on her novel (well, sort of) and she even has a fabulous mentor-a bestselling but increasingly eccentric author. The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel BookbinderĪlthough Isabel Bookbinder, a twenty-seven-year-old assistant at the Saturday Mercury newspaper in London, may spend most of her time measuring newspaper column inches, she’s well on her way to becoming a bestselling author. It tells the story of Isabel Bookbinder, an aspiring novelist. With her distinctive voice, penchant for getting in sticky situations, and blind confidence in her dream of becoming a famous novelist, Isabel Bookbinder is a heroine that you can't help but root for.Share in all of the adventures (and misadventures!) of the lovable Isabel Bookbinder’s worklife-and love life-in this special new eBook collection. The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder is Holly McQueen’s debut novel.

She even has a fabulous mentor - a bestselling but increasingly eccentric author who takes her to glamorous book parties and introduces her to the dreamy literary agent Joe Madison. She's already perfected Her Look (cashmere track suit, lots of mascara), is working on her toned size eight figure, and gets up at dawn to work on her novel (well, sort of). She has a disinterested boyfriend, a mother who loves clothes that match, and a father who always expects her to do better.Īlthough Isabel may spend most of her time measuring newspaper column inches, she's well on her way to becoming a bestselling author. Isabel Bookbinder is a twenty-seven-year-old assistant at the Saturday Mercury newspaper in London.

The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder by Holly McQueen