The Trials of Tiffany Trott (39 page)

More praise for
The Trials of Tiffany Trott . . .

“[A] picaresque tale of a single woman’s quest for the man of her dreams.”

—
The Independent
(London)

“Tiffany has a sense of humor as she ploughs her way through a succession of disastrous dates.”

—
Literary Review

“There’s something about our Tiffany that gets under your skin and really makes you care whether or not she bags her man.”

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“Takes a humorous look at the ever-growing singles scene, and the dilemma of the successful older (thirty-something) woman trying and failing to have it all.”

—
Dillons Book Review

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