A MODEL LIFE by MURIEL RODRIGUEZ

A MODEL LIFE

BY MURIEL RODRIGUEZ

THE BLURB:-

Whilst recovering from a canoeing accident in the South of France, and with a promising professional swimming career in tatters, 17 year-old Marion sees an advert that will change her life: Icon models are holding a contest.

She enters, gets whipped into shape by militant stylists, cross-dressing walking experts and chain-smoking make-up artists, and manages to win a modelling contract. But when she arrives in Paris to begin modelling, her glamorous ideas are quickly dispelled. She becomes indebted to the agency and struggles to get her first break.

Based on true events, A Model Life follows Marion's career as she climbs up the modelling food-chain, from dealing with pervy photographers in Paris to trudging through snow to casting in New York, from Armani to Playboy, Marion has seen it all.

This book is a must for anyone who wants to know what modelling is really like...

THE REALITY:-

Either badly written, badly edited, badly translated or a combination of all three, this book frequently lacked proper punctuation, had misspellings, malapropisms and words that ran into one another.

I bought this purely for research purposes- in my next novel (which has the working title of “Lydia Darling”) I intend to make two main characters models.

The novel did what it said on the tin- it gave me an interesting insight into the world of modelling, with some fun characters that made me laugh, purely because of their ridiculousness! The storyline was nothing special, and I was glad that, at 287 pages long, this was a short read. Avoid if reading for pleasure!