DAHL, Sophie - Playing with the Grown-ups - (Excellent 1st Ed. Hardcover in Wrapper)

Sophie is the Grand-daughter of Roald - Bloomsbury, London, 2007. Book and jacket FINE as new - First printing (full number line) - Jacket not price-clipped, not faded, no tears. - Will be sent in professional removable dust jacket plastic sleeve.  >>> In a nutshell, this is a coming of age story about Kitty that catalogues her experiences as she is moved around by her eccentric, artist mother. I had this nagging feeling through the entire book that it should have been written in first person partially because of a distinct sensation that I was actually reading a blog. A good blog. A scandalous blog that you might read with your fingers hooked to the edge of your slightly opened mouth. Sometimes it felt more like reading a charming & exquisitely written, but sleazy, gossip magazine. The characters were realistic & for a while I related well to the main character, Kitty. Her age during some events, though, sort of threw me off. I closed the book feeling slightly more fashion savvy. Sophie Dahl left hints at her modeling career through her descriptions & brand name-dropping.