‘Funny, warm, touchingly eccentric and irresistibly readable’ Julie Myerson
Published in paperback by Elliott & Thompson, £7.99
7 August 2009
‘She would tell herself that she had every right to want to get married,
but inside she squirmed.’
Meet Dora Jerusalem, features assistant to the assistant features editor at Modern Woman, a fashionable glossy staffed by glamorous girls and clever boys. Catapulted into 1980s London and desperate to succeed, Dora is drawn into a whirl of launches and parties where she meets Guy Boleyn, louche and gorgeous – but from a very different world.
Follow the ever-optimistic Dora as she navigates her way through a maze of jealous frenemies, family secrets, weddings that don’t exactly go to plan and a heritage of passion and drama – trying to reach that elusive fairytale ending.
Kicking off in 1980s London, and moving between 1950s Home Counties and WWII, by way of a breathtaking trip to Himalayan India, Josa Young perfectly captures the tone of each era, to paint a touchingly accurate portrait of a young woman struggling towards happiness.
Brilliantly characterised, engaging and witty, One Apple Tasted is part family saga, part romance, part coming-of-age tale, all adding up to the perfect cheering holiday read.
Josa Young is a London-based writer, editor and internet consultant. She lives in West London with her husband and three children.One Apple Tasted is her first novel.
