Lessons in Laughing Out Loud

About the book

"Cheerful, enthusiastic and efficient, Willow Briar works behind the scenes of a top model agency the invisible cog in a machine that keeps things running smoothly for her boss. However hard she works, though, she knows she could never be as glamorous, as vivacious and as talented as her two best friends, Chloe and Richard. She curves in all the wrong places for a start. She s good old, larger than life, dependable Willow. Until one day she discovers a shoe shop, hidden away down a side street. Here she can t resist trying on a pair of shoes, just made for her. And almost immediately her life is transformed. Shopping for clothes is no longer a trial to be got through as quickly as possible, and she even finds herself becoming a man magnet. Her confidence goes from strength to strength and before long she s promoted at work. She can t help feeling it s her wonderful new shoes. But as Willow comes out into the light, Chloe starts to fade away. It seems that Willow wasn't the only one unhappy with her life. And as her new-found confidence faces further challenges, Willow realises that for most of her life she s been hiding in the shadows, worried about making herself seen in case