Download Books Jemima J Online

Jemima J

Jane Green

Paperback | Pages: 373 pages

Rating: 3.65 | 111615 Users | 2597 Reviews

Identify Books In Favor Of Jemima J

Original Title:	Jemima J
ISBN:	0767905180 (ISBN13: 9780767905183)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Jemima Jones, Ben Williams, Geraldine Turner
Setting:	United Kingdom Santa Monica, California(United States) Kilburn, London, England(United Kingdom)

Narration During Books Jemima J

Jemima Jones is overweight. About one hundred pounds overweight. Treated like a maid by her thin and social-climbing roommates, and lorded over by the beautiful Geraldine (less talented but better paid) at the Kilburn Herald, Jemima finds that her only consolation is food. Add to this her passion for her charming, sexy, and unobtainable colleague Ben, and Jemima knows her life is in need of a serious change. When she meets Brad, an eligible California hunk, over the Internet, she has the perfect opportunity to reinvent herself–as JJ, the slim, beautiful, gym-obsessed glamour girl. But when her long-distance Romeo demands that they meet, she must conquer her food addiction to become the bone-thin model of her e-mails–no small feat.

With a fast-paced plot that never quits and a surprise ending no reader will see coming, Jemima J is the chronicle of one woman's quest to become the woman she's always wanted to be, learning along the way a host of lessons about attraction, addiction, the meaning of true love, and, ultimately, who she really is.

Point Containing Books Jemima J

Title	:	Jemima J
Author	:	Jane Green
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 373 pages
Published	:	June 5th 2001 by Broadway Books
Categories	:	Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance. Fiction. Adult. Contemporary Romance. Adult Fiction. Contemporary

Rating Containing Books Jemima J

Ratings: 3.65 From 111615 Users | 2597 Reviews

Judge Containing Books Jemima J

Maybe because I deal with literature every day in my job, I tend to pick books that are entertaining and easy to read while trying to wind down... and Jane Green's books fit that description for me. A lot of the other reviews I've read trash the "message" of this book about fat people, losing weight, etc.... but somehow I doubt that she wrote this as an attack on fat people of the world... or to promote eating disorders. I found Jemima to be pretty "real" -- most people don't initially go right

This is a train wreck, which I, of course, couldn't put down.

What's difficult about any book like this - wherein an unhappy person changes and becomes happy - is that we as the reader are tempted to assume that the "message" is meant for us. In this case, if you are fat, you should become skinny if you want to be happy. You should turn yourself into an exercise fiend, get cute clothes, learn to do makeup (because fat chicks don't know how, obviously), and you'll land yourself the man of your dreams.The thing is, though, that's not what I think this story

Ugh. This book doesn't empower "ugly ducklings," it panders to them. The fat-phobia is so thick in this book I can't believe I got through it. The main character's obvious eating disorder is glorified, encouraged, and applauded. If I were a lesser woman here is the message I would've gleaned from this shitfest: "The only way to be happy, advance your career, find a hot man, and make your skanky roommates jealous is: eat lettuce and work out fanatically. Also, lying on the internet is ok!"

This book actually made me mad when I read it, to the point that I stuck a post-it note warning in the book before I returned it to the library. Five reasons why this book is dreadful:a) The heroine, Jemima, is constantly described as being morbidly obese and too fat to function in society. Jane Green, the author, mentions several times that Jemima can't fit into chairs. Now, Jemima is 5'7 and 217 pounds. That may not be the size of a supermodel, but the way Jemima is described throughout the

Boring writing style, jumping viewpoint, predictable ending. And I didnt like the romance at all.

I've never been so thoroughly disgusted with a book. In Jemima J, Jane Green glorifies anorexia and then tries to claim that the main character is merely "obsessed" with exercising, even though she is clearly not eating. The result? Jemima loses a massive amount of weight (about 80 lbs.) in a short period of time, and all of a sudden, men can't keep their eyes off of her.The plot is lame, even for Chick Lit. Fat girl falls in love with unattainable guy, chats with American hunk online, decides