Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlaneMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Georgina Horspool is living a dead-end life in Sheffield. She wants to be a writer and supports herself by working as a waitress in the world's worst Italian restaurant. When a restaurant critic from the local paper complains about his food Georgina ends up getting sacked and then walks in on her semi-famous comedian boyfriend having sex with his PA. Her mother and sister are constantly telling Georgina to get a better job and to stop messing things up.
Then a one-off job bartending at a wake leads to the offer of a job, and Georgina finds her new boss is the boy she was madly in love with at school - the worst thing? He doesn't remember her at all.
This reminds me very much of some of Marian Keyes' earlier novels: the life spiralling downwards; the knock after knock; the humour; the judgemental family; the kooky and eclectic group of friends; the unfolding of a secret; and the honesty. At first I wasn't sure about Georgina, I still struggle to understand why she would work in such a foul restaurant, but maybe it was her way of emphasising that this was only temporary, not a vocation.
After a rocky start, I really started to enjoy this, Georgina's stand-up comedy was quirky and endearing and I came to love her as a character as she finally find her voice.
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