{"product_id":"9781788709224","title":"How Not to be a Supermodel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Ruth Crilly\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eMemoirs\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 August 2024 by Bonnier Books Ltd (BLINK Publishing) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e242 x 160 x 32mm | 602g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine being a model in the heady noughties, travelling all over the globe, your face on billboards everywhere. As Miranda Priestley might say, 'a million girls would kill for this job': well, Ruth Crilly is here to tell you why that might ... not ... quite be true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland. 2001. Ruth Crilly has embarked on a law degree and is destined for a life of normality and stability. That is, of course, until she sticks a polaroid of herself in a box somewhere in Birmingham and is scouted by one of the biggest agencies in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlung between Redditch and Milan, telesales and Vogue, wizard cloaks and red shearling coats, follow Ruth through a rip-roaring, hilarious decade of not-quite-making-it as a supermodel. Fuelled by little more than cigarettes and a fear of being measured she criss-crosses the world in pursuit of fame and fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridget Jones meets the Devil Wears Prada as told by a mix of Marina Hyde and Bryony Gordon: How Not To Be A Supermodel is a time capsule of a book that dives into one of the world's most fascinating industries. Offering a glimpse into both the high glamour and juddering reality of a by-gone era, this is a comic memoir gracefully relayed by a pessimistic, sardonic disaster-magnet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ruth Crilly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56153695453509,"sku":"9781788709224","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9781788709224.jpg?v=1762272497","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9781788709224","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}