The View Was Exhausting (Hardback)
Mikaella Clements (author), Onjuli Datta (author)- We can order this from the publisher
'Effortlessly cool, razor-sharp and crazy fun - I couldn't put it down' TAYLOR JENKINS REID, author of DAISY JONES AND THE SIX
'SEXY and GLAMOROUS and ROMANTIC and CELEBTASTIC and such UTTER, GLORIOUS FUN' MARIAN KEYES
'A perfect summer read' VOGUE
'The smart, sexy and genuinely insightful rom com I've been waiting for' GAL-DEM
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A bold, swoon-worthy and utterly modern debut novel about truth, fame and privilege - and how we love now.
Whitman 'Win' Tagore and Leo Milanowski are the greatest love story of our time. International movie star meets the beautiful son of a millionaire. Their kisses write headlines and their fights break the internet. Nobody needs to know it's not real.
Win knows that Hollywood demands perfection - especially from a woman of colour.
Leo just wants to enjoy life, and shift press attention away from his dysfunctional family.
Together they control the narrative.
Except this time, on the shores of Saint-Tropez, Leo is hiding a secret that is about to send Win's world spinning. Now everyone's dream couple must confront the messy reality of their relationship. Just as they're starting to realise that they might actually be falling in love...
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'A sharp romance that deals with important issues - you will devour this' PRIMA
'I loved the chemistry' FRANCES CHA
'The complex, Hollywood love story we've all been waiting for' EMILY HENRY
'A real Shake Off The Cobwebs book... the perfect companion novel about fame, Hollywood, performance and, of course, love' REFINERY 29
'A glamorous power ride through fame, misogyny and racism, with a swoony romance' JULIE COHEN
'A book to read in the sun with a glass of wine and nothing else to do all day. Fun, sexy and totally gripping' LAURA KAY
'Deft, funny and tender, The View Was Exhausting is as smart as it is swoon-worthy' JULIA ARMFIELD
'Delicious... A dazzling mix of glitzy Hollywood, torrid gossip and dreamy romance - and also delivers a cutting critique of power, celebrity and privilege' HAZEL BARKWORTH
'Funny, warm and gorgeously written...I was totally swept away' JANE HEALEY
'A sexy, scorching treat - fresh and ultra modern, I devoured it' VICTORIA GOSLING
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
ISBN: 9781472271716
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 540 g
Dimensions: 236 x 158 x 36 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Escapist, suspenseful, razor sharp and very unusual. I loved the chemistry between the two protagonists and flew through the book because I was dying to know what happens -- Frances Cha
A glamorous power ride through fame, misogyny and racism, with a swoony romance -- Julie Cohen
An absolutely stellar debut with tension that crackles and prose that sings... the complex, Hollywood love story we've all been waiting for -- Emily Henry
Deft, funny and tender, The View Was Exhausting is as smart as it is swoon-worthy - this is exactly the book you should be reading right now -- Julia Armfield
A glittering, swoon-worthy love story that's also about the intersections of power, representation, fame and privilege. It's funny and warm and gorgeously written and I'm calling it now as the beach read of the summer or, if we're all stuck inside, the escapist read of the summer, because reading this I was totally swept away -- Jane Healey
A book to read in the sun with a glass of wine and nothing else to do all day. Fun, sexy and totally gripping -- Laura Kay
A sexy, scorching treat - fresh and ultra modern, I devoured it -- Victoria Gosling
A refreshingly modern love story that explores everything from truth and privilege to love and insecurities... a must-read book of the summer * Culturefly *
Delicious... A dazzling mix of glitzy Hollywood, torrid gossip and dreamy romance - and also delivers a cutting critique of power, celebrity and privilege -- Hazel Barkworth
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