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Note To Boy - Sue Clark



Description
Eloise is an erratic, faded fashionista. Bradley is a glum but wily teenager. In need of help to write her racy 1960s memoirs, the former 'shock frock' fashion guru tolerates his common ways. Unable to remember his name, she calls him Boy. Desperate to escape a brutal home life, he puts up with her bossiness and confusing notes. Both guard secrets. How did she lose her fame and fortune? What is he scheming - beyond getting his hands on her bank card? And just what's hidden in that mysterious locked room?

I'm so thrilled to be on the Blog Tour for this book today.



Review

I liked the description of this novel, but it was when I read the author's bio that I knew I wanted to read it. Reading that she has written comedy for some of the greats, I knew this was going to be a funny book and I wasn't let down. There are some classic lines and right at the beginning Eloise is describing her previous "help" who couldn't even say essential words, such as "Gin and Tonic" - had me laughing out loud straightaway.

Once I got the characters voices in my head I cast Taron Egerton from the Kingsman in the role of Bradley - his grammar leaves a lot to be desired and Eloise tries to improve him in this respect.  Eloise is a sort of Patsy Stone from Absolutely Fabulous, but if anything more outrageous and ditsy. 

Each chapter gives the heading of one of the characters and in the case of Eloise could be in the present day, which at times paints a sad and sorry picture or it could be her recollection of her colourful and  past life in the world of fashion. 

Meanwhile Bradley has his own issues with a prominent strawberry birthmark and a bully boy of a brother. I was routing for him to get on with Eloise and maybe improve his lot. Eloise employs him as her help and feigns not remembering his name and refers to him as "boy" leaving him notes - while she ponders why he hasn't yet brought her the requested "gypsy creams". Bradley has no idea what gypsy creams are, but does an admiral job of trying to track them down. There are quite a few 70s references so you might not get all of them if you're from a younger generation but for me it was perfect. She gets a little confused and at one point talks about Lionel Blair who used to live down the road - "you know he used to be PM!" 

This is a fab story of two unlikely people coming together to form a team who go on to take on some unscrupulous people in a funny yet at times sad and poignant landscape.

I'm giving this book five out of five stars. My thanks to Random Things Tours and Unbound digital for the ebook to review.


AUTHOR 


Sue Clark has grilled John Humphreys, quipped with Ronnie Corbett, danced with one James Bond and had a one-sided conversation with another, and penned funny lines for the likes of Lenny Henry, June Whitfield, Roy Hudd and David Jason. She's been a BBC radio and TV comedy scriptwriter on such shows such as Alas Smith and Jones, Weekending, The News Huddlines and The Jason Explanation, a copywriter, a PR, a journalist, a magazine editor, a writer of guidebooks, a secretary and was, briefly, paid to read books all day long for a film producer. And now she's written a novel. 

Twitter: @sueclarkauthor 

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