CHERRIES IN THE SNOW
Emma Forrest, . . Three Rivers, $13 (288pp) ISBN 978-1-4000-5365-0
Sadie Steinberg needs a makeover—a life makeover. While the 24-year-old British heroine of Forrest's unsurprising third novel has a knack for naming cosmetics (Sophisticated Inebriate, Sexy Rabbi, Jet Lag) at her friends' trendy New York makeup company, Grrrl, she can't seem to remember the name of her favorite fruit (is it a mango or a papaya?), get started on the Great American Novel she's been meaning to write or stop falling for older men who resemble her dad. When Sadie finally does meet the right guy—a former graffiti artist turned yoga-practicing corporate art consultant—she nearly loses him by trying to out–temper tantrum his eight-year-old daughter. Hijinks involving soy milk, a tutu, plastic surgery, a cat named Sidney Katz, trips to Los Angeles, and, of course, face paint, ensue, and the narrative meanders toward a conventional denouement. Taking her title from a shade of lipstick by Revlon, Forrest (
Reviewed on: 01/24/2005
Genre: Fiction