Edie Mackintosh is in her mid-twenties, living in Fulham and a bit lost. She has dumped her seemingly perfect boyfriend thinking she can find someone better. So begins the lows and further lows of Edie’s dating life. She sinks into an abyss of gin-drinking and abysmal dates until a trip to South America changes her life. Lavinia, the perfectly groomed, blonde socialite, has it all: a glamorous job that sees her heading to New York and an even more glamorous American lawyer boyfriend. Life couldn’t get more perfect for Lavinia and she isn’t afraid to let it show. Until it all goes spectacularly wrong. Claire is unlucky in love. Destined to be the wallflower, she never makes it beyond the third date. However, a secret romance threatens her friendships. Three friends, three lives and whole lot of gin later, The Gin Diaries covers friendships, dating and deceit via London, New York and South America. 243 pages