Jemima J - Jane Green

...►►PLOT ◄◄ Jemima Jones is a girl who is overweight (by the way Jane Green describes her, we guess she must weight a hundred kilos or even more), that works in a newspaper, the "Kilburn Herald". What she would really love is to be a serious journalist and to be in charge of important subjects but, instead of that, she is relegated to respond the housewives column where women ask for her advice on how to clean a spot of lemon ...
...school in summer. They treat Jemima as a slave and take advantage of her; in fact they see her like ' the poor fat girl without social life'. Jemima has begun a hundred diets but she does not have enough will to follow them, and instead of weight, she loses her hope. Jemima is in love with Ben Williams, the assistant manager of information of the "Kilburn Herald", a very handsome boy who all the feminine workers of the newspaper dream about. But, ...

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...was less pleased however. Jemima J was the third of the three; the others - their titles long forgotten - have been consigned to the charity shop (I felt terribly guilty – I hope they got something for them). I only read this book to punish myself for selecting such crap books so rashly. I have now learnt from my mistakes and no longer make bulk purchases based on a single person’s recommendation. As you may gather I was not too impressed with this ...
...So to the plot: Jemima is fat. That is really all we need to know about Jemima, that and the vague mention of glossy hair (obviously a staple requirement for a heroine) and the fact she works as a journalist for a local paper and is passed up for promotion by her more glamourous and prettier colleagues. She has a crush on a gorgeous colleague called Ben, who thinks of her just as a friend and has one other female friend at work (naturally glam also), ...

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JEMIMA J I have decided today will be chick-lit day and I will write a couple of book reviews if I have the time (and don't get caught not working!). So I am starting with "Jemima J", which is one of my favourite books. It is written by Jane Green, who has written about six novels since she started her writing career, and this is the second of them. As far as I'm concerned, it remains the best. THE STORY "I wish I were thin, gorgeous and could ...
...to dream aren't I?" Jemima Jones is a lovely person and a talented writer. Unfortunately no one seems to realise that - all THEY see is the fact she is immensely overweight. As a result, she can only dream about working for a glossy magazine - instead she is forced to do the Top Tips column for the Kilburn Herald and is constantly overlooked for promotion to journalist by her sleazy boss. She loves Ben Williams, the deputy editor at the paper, but ...

Pmshack99 22.02.2005 (23.02.2005) · Read full review
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...I weigh at the moment. Jemima is the lowest level journalist on the lowest level of local newspaper, and she’s pretty fed up. A chance introduction to the internet brings her into the world of online dating [ been there…;-) ] where of course looks don’t matter, or at least they don’t if you fail to mention what you look like. Single for years before we meet her, Jemima does finally get a man for at least part of the story, ...
...colleagues who has been using Jemima for years until the 3rd chapter or so when she decides, y’know, just out of the blue, to be nice to her. Then there’s Ben. Handsome, talented Ben also works with the girls, but dreams of greater things. He sees and advert for a better job, applies and, what do you know, gets it just like that. Then there’s tanned, toned Brad. Who is, of course, American. And who lives, naturally, in south California. ...

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...I am unhappy about it. Jemima Jones, the heroine of the book, is seven stone overweight. I can relate to most of what she is feeling, some of this novel could have been written about me – unfortunately, only the ugly duckling bits, not the beautiful swan. Of course, you don’t want to know about me, you want to know about Jemima, but one of the most absorbing things about the novel is that so many women will relate to her plight and will ...
...of homesickness for London, while Jemima is abroad and wouldn’t even begin to comprehend the pleasure a Brit can gain from returning to a homely, reassuring bit of rain! But I knew exactly what Jemima was feeling. The novel appears to be travelling in a fairly predictable direction at times, but just when you think it is going in a particular direction, the author teases you slightly, tweaking events so things go off on a tangent. This is ...

KarenUK 16.02.2001 · Read full review
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...It tells the story of Jemima Jones. She is overweight, by about 7 stone. She is treated like a slave by her thin flatmates. Treated like rubbish at the "Kilburn Herald" where she works by beautiful Geraldine. Her only consolation .... food . Jemima meets someone on the internet , the first man Brad is who she changes her life for . She goes through a lot of change to make herself someone she would like to know. The message in this book is simple ...
...were never described of liking Jemima before she had a change of look. However this book is fiction and should be classed as such, the morals in this story are not for the impressionable. This is not politically correct but shows how people do make judgements based on your weight . I'm not going to ruin the story , but Jemima learns to love herself and doesn't feel (anymore) that life has no meaning if she wasn't Miss Petite ! Jane Green's story ...

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I first read Jemima J. after picking it up in my local W.H.Smiths. The blurb was so exciting that i couldn't resist and brought it using my clubcard points. I read it within a week, on the bus, in the bath, in bed, whilst babysitting - anywhere, anytime. The relaxed and natural style of Jane Green made light work of such real issues for many women today. We weren't only treated to the usual agonies of single life but we wept, we laughed, we cried ...
...figure! Jemima J is such an inspiring story and most of the people who have borrowed my (now dog -eared) copy, will agree that at least a part of themselves can identify with her life, feelings, successes and failures. We all have dreams of getting into that size smaller, whatever size that may be and Jemima J allows us to dare to believe in our dreams. If you've read it you'll know, if not READ IT!!! Combined with a fascinating and real subject ...

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Title: Jemima J Author: Jane Green Published 1998 Pages 450 Jane Green is a genius, I have never read anybody more insightful and with the ability to captivate a reader in the way she does. I feel like I know the characters personally in her books and I am constantly craving for her to release new ones. So far she has written five including her most recent Babyville. My favourite, however is Jemima J, if you read this you will understand what great ...
...grateful she did. Jemima J, Jane’s second book, is a delight, from the moment I opened the first page I was hooked, Jemima J is a big girl, who loves bacon sandwiches, and is surrounded by gorgeous thin people. It is a nightmare for her. She lives with two beautiful model types called Sophie and Lisa, they are ignorantly cruel to her and treat her like a second class citizen. Then there is the Geraldine, her quite likeable work colleague, also ...

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Jemima Jones is over weight and unhappy. She has no real friends and currently lives a very boring life, which involves getting up, going to work (a writer for a local newspaper), and then spending the evening in her room, reading or watching television. Jemima puts this down to her weight, and is sure that if she was thin and pretty, her life would be much better. This is probably true, as thanks to her appearance she has very little confidence, ...
...mean to invite her. Jemima lives with her two flat mates, Sophie and Lisa. They're both beautiful girls who are obsessed with rich men and very condescending towards Jemima. Then think she is fat and dull, and treat her as a slave, referring to her as Mimey even though they know Jemima can't stand it. Jemima befriends two of her colleagues after attending a computer training course together and joining them for a drink. The first is Geraldine; she ...

Katie2803 18.01.2005 · Read full review
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...all have a bit of Jemima J in us, or we know someone like her. In this world, we are supposed to be superthin and beautiful to be happy, and we have to be in a happy relationship to survive, this is such a refreshing story. Jemima is a talented writer, working on a local newspaper, she never gets the chance to put her writing skills to work, she knows she is better at her job than the beautiful slim, rich Geraldine, with whom she begins an unlikely ...
...is food, as a consequence Jemima is around 7 stone overweight. As part of her job her and Ben have to take an internet course, Ben shows her the net, the chat rooms, and she is hooked. She meets a rich american online, a fitness freak, whose photo makes her swoon, he wants to see her though? What can she do. With Geraldines help, they doctor a photo of Geraldine, on an exercise bike, working out, turning her into a beautiful slim, woman. This ...

alleykatz 01.08.2000 · Read full review
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...she wants (although she needs Jemima to write for her) and the other has designs on being a serious journalist and could have any woman he wants (Jemima is hopeless in love with him). Shy, self-conscious and lonely, Jemima's life changes drastically having been on a World Wide Web course through work and discovering the world of chatrooms. Her journey leads her to really coming into herself as she doesn't hide behind huge t-shirts and leggings as ...
...guy. When he asks for a picture of her, a digitally enhanced one of her done at work shows her that several stone lighter would make her a very attractive woman indeed. It's from this point that she's motivated to change her life round, which she does, with some rather bizzare consequences which I won't go into... Basically a great book that'll make you laugh, is an easy read and of course there's always a happy ending... A nice bit of escapism ...

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Jane Green - Jemima J, this was the first of Jane Green's books that I read and I could not put it down as soon as i started reading I was taking two hour lunches instead of one and sitting at my desk with my eyes down. This book is a true girls story and it really is one that you can read over and over again! The story is very uplifting and for some strange reason made me want to get up and go to the gym. It is about a girl that is not the most ...
...The story sees Jemima desperately trying to get the guy and having a few probs along the way but she overseas all of them and in the end ....... Anyway before I tell you the whole story I shall just leave you thinking about it so go out and get the book! The story makes you feel good in yourself and makes you want to look good and feel good. I suppose it gives you that push to go out there and get healthy and make that speacial person in your life ...

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Jane Green the author of Jemima J worked for alot of years as a journalist. she has copleted 3 novels and currently writing her fourth. Her other novels include straight talking and mr. maybe. Both great books i may add. Jemima is you, she is me, she is everyone. The book is written mostly in the first person and the opening lines are " god i wish i were thin, i wish i were thin, gorgeous and could get any man i want". Weight may or may not be ...
...detail later still apply. Jemima is a journalist, overweight and walked over by most people, actually everyone apart from two work colleagues, Geraldine and the object of Jemima's affection, Ben. I wont fo into the plot much as i don't want to ruin the book for future reads. However what i will tell you may sound chiched but the way in which the story is told is not. She excerices, diets to become thin and get a drop dead gorgeous man. Life was ...

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Go Jemima was all I kept thinking throughout this wonderful novel. It was my first Jane Green and it led me to keep buying her books I have just looked at amazon.co.uk and since found that her new book Babyville will be published next month - I can not wait. Back to Jemima though - well this starts off with a run of the mill girl called Jemima who I guess likes to day dream...she goes on a course at work to learn to use the net and she is bitten ...
...herself. You see Jemima does not have lot of self confidence really and the net gives her the chance to be someone she would like to be...it turns out she has to make this dream world into reality when her friend emails the guy a picture that lets say is not true to form! And so we start on the trail of Jemima transforming not only her body image but also her personality....we read with great intent what is going to happen and what actually does ...

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I have read other Jemmima J books (spellbound, straight talking and mr maybe) so i did have high hopes for this one. Jemmima is overweight and unhappy. She is in love with Ben, who she works with, yet he hardly even notices her. She is great at her job, yet people keep getting promoted above her, which she also thinks is because of her weight. She goes on an internet course with her work friend Gelraldine, and the gorgeous but unattainable, Ben! ...
...the course actually pays off and she gets interested in the internet and starts to dable in it in her spare time, including chat rooms. There she meets someone and forms a relationship. Then he asks to meet her, and because he's into fitness (owning his own gym) so she sets her sight on losing weight and knocks off alot of pounds and gives up her favourite foods. So she travels to America to meet the new man of her dreams, and of course it doesnt ...

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