NEW RELEASE
Snapped - Pamela Klaffke (2010)
Sara B, editor and style guru of the magazine Snap, has it all: great friends including Ted, her business partner; Gen, her ex-80s rock chick best friend, and Jack, her boyfriend. She also is the force behind Snap's much-loved column "The Do's and Don'ts" which features fashion divas and victims and shows Sara B's snarky take on what's hot and what's not. Then along comes young go-getter Eva B, who has idolised Sara B since she was a little girl and has asked if she can tag-a-long. But soon Eva becomes the rising trendspotting star and Sara B, who is nearing 40, feels that she is losing the cool factor. As Sara B deals with doubt and self-loathing - and too many alcoholic and nicotine binges, can she re-invent herself or will she become a thing of the past? This is a brash, darkly funny novel that will have you laughing with Sara B as she rips into her fashion observations and sympathising with her as her world slowly comes closing in on her. But like the main character, this story is sometimes confusing and all over the place. (PP)
Snapped by Pamela Klaffke is about Sara who thinks she is losing her cool. As Montreal's premier trend-spotter, she has spent the past 15 years snapping photos of fashion victims and leading trend tours for corporate executives. With her friends abandoning urban life for suburban comfort, having kids and dabbling in plastic surgery, Sara is terrified of growing old but refuses to heed the advice of her friends to give up her bad habits and grow up. With her younger competition closing in on her, Sara is afraid she's losing her touch and is sent reeling into a spiral of self-doubt. She's also plagued with guilt over the thousands of people she's mocked in print by branding them fashion don'ts, and becomes obsessed with making amends. Snapped is out in January, and a film adaptation is in development.