The perfectly
true tales of a perfect size 12
by
robin gold
Delilah White’s perfect
New York life is about to take a
tumble . . . but change is good,
right? Right?!?
Delilah White, television’s
semi-famous (to her own shock) and
completely endearing Domestic Diva,
likes herself just the way she is: a
perfect size twelve. When her boss
announces that she’s taking an early
retirement, Delilah finds herself
pitted against her rival, the
statuesque Margo Hart, for one of
the most coveted promotions in
television. As the office politics
are heating up, Delilah jumps at the
opportunity for a long weekend at
her friend’s family estate in the
Catskills, only to have Margo make a
surprise appearance and start
stirring up trouble. Armed only with
a pink polka dot bikini and her
sometimes overactive imagination,
Delilah must balance her budding
romance (with a man who just might
be otherwise committed) and a sudden
meltdown at the office. As one
disaster follows another, it takes
all of Delilah’s charm, ingenuity,
and spirit to come out on top.
Reviews:
From Publishers
Weekly
Gold takes chick lit
office politics along on
a country weekend in
this affable debut about
a size-12, 33-year-old
aspiring Martha Stewart.
After her boss announces
her impending
retirement, Delilah
White finds herself in
the running to become
executive producer at
Domestic Bliss, a TV
show that's filmed in
New York City but aims
the catchphrase "Now
that's bliss" at
middle-aged, middle
American women. Her
competition: Margo Hart,
a high-maintenance
redhead who's not
willing to go down
without a fight. When
the rivals end up at the
same Fourth of July gala
in the Catskills, they
call a truce and Delilah
scores a date with the
hostess's cute cousin,
Jack. But the women
can't play nice for
long, and the battle of
the domestic divas sets
the pace for a fun and
breezy read. It's easy
to root for Delilah as
she schemes to put Margo
(a believable but
consistently evil
villain) in her place.
Meanwhile, Delilah may
have found something
worth pursuing with
Jack—if only she can
figure out where they
stand. The ending leaves
the door open for a
sequel. (Feb.)
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From Booklist
Zaftig Delilah White is
happy with herself and
her job as a producer
and sometime
demonstrator on a
domestic-home-life
television program in
New York. That changes
when the executive
producer retires and
both Delilah and her
nemesis, Margo Hart, vie
for the job. Although
Delilah believes that
the best person will get
the job, the pressure is
getting to her so she
looks forward to
spending the Fourth of
July with her best
friend and coworker,
Sofia, at her parents'
Catskills getaway.
Unfortunately,
Margo--slim, surgically
enhanced to perfection,
and cutthroat--decides
at the last moment to
join them. As Margo
flexes her claws,
Delilah finds who she
thinks may be the man of
her dreams if he only
doesn't fall for the
stunning and duplicitous
Margo. The holiday
culminates in one of
fiction's most hilarious
and outrageous parties
as Gold proves that
sometimes nice things do
happen to nice people in
this fun and uplifting
story starring a
domestic-arts heroine
for the ages. Patty
Engelmann
Copyright © American
Library Association. All
rights reserved
About the Author:
Robin gold
lives in New
York City without her husband, because
she hasn't met him yet. She won the
Principal's Writing contest in second
grade for scribing her elementary
school's official school song, which she
considers one of her greatest
achievements, and has been writing,
mostly just for fun, ever since. She's
usually a perfect size 10 and is working
on her second novel.
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