Someone Else's Shoes by JoJo Moyes

 

Someone Else's Shoes was a great summer read. Nisha Cantor is very much enjoying her jet setting life, with a rich and indulgent husband until she finds out he has been planning a divorce. To add to her distress, while at a local gym, she picks up the wrong bag. Hers had contained both expensive clothes and even more expensive designer shoes. The one left behind holds discount shoes and items she would normally never wear.

Sam, on the other hand, has a stressful job, a husband who is both unemployed and depressed and a difficult daughter. When she discovers her bag has been swapped, she enjoys some moments of pleasure wearing Nicha's shoes and observes that people treat her differently and she herself feels more powerful.

While trying to find her bearings, Nisha discovers there are many kind people willing to help her, despite her situation with all her finances frozen and unable to access her clothes and belongings.

JoJo Moyes has a number of great chic lit./romantic novel books.

 

One Plus One by Jojo Moyes

One Plus One by Jojo Moyes reminded me a little of the Jill Mansell's chic lit books. I thought she captured the trials and tribulations of teens well along with insights into the struggles of a single parent.


From the cover:
Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied, and your math whiz daughter has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can’t afford to pay for. That’s Jess’s life in a nutshell—until an unexpected knight in shining armor offers to rescue them. Only Jess’s knight turns out to be Geeky Ed, the obnoxious tech millionaire whose vacation home she happens to clean. But Ed has big problems of his own, and driving the dysfunctional family to the Math Olympiad feels like his first unselfish act in ages . . . maybe ever.