The High Moments

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Pub Date 28 May 2020 | Archive Date 26 May 2020

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‘I read this in less than a day – I was obsessed with the insight into the murky world of modelling, and the way Sara-Ella explores the feelings of "other" that can consume so much of our twenties. It's a must-read for everyone who had ever dreamt of being a somebody’ Laura Jane Williams, author of Our Stop 


January 01, 2016 at 9:02AM 


NY RESOLUTIONS – THE PLAN

Exercise 6 times a week

Have sex once a month min. (counts as exercise)

Move out of home TO LONDON (career??)

Make more friends

Be better 


New Year’s Day is the ultimate cliché for Scarlett: 

hangover, check

feeling weepy, check

broken sense of self, check check check 

She is in her twenties, stuck living at home in small-town Topsham with an academic mother who has no time for pep-talks or consolation. The one saving grace is that her friend, Billie, still works at the pub down the road, but even the pub is losing its appeal. 

Feeling desperate to do something with her life and with no real plan (but the mother of all hangovers), Scarlett picks up her stuff and moves to London. But moving isn’t a miracle cure and she ends up facing exactly the same problems she was desperate to escape. 

In the search for ‘her path’, Scarlett is offered an internship at a fashion agency. This might not be her dream job but her mother is disgusted. So she takes it. This is her first step to becoming something but it is also her first step to becoming someone else. Each terrible decision she makes leads to another and her life begins to spiral.

But people are starting to know her; she is starting to become someone. And surely it’s better to be someone – even if it’s someone you hate? 

With a vein of dark humour at its core, The High Moments offers an astute, often stark look at the fashion industry and the issues you can face as a woman in your twenties - fans of Girls and Emma Jane Unsworth's Animals will love this. 


‘I read this in less than a day – I was obsessed with the insight into the murky world of modelling, and the way Sara-Ella explores the feelings of "other" that can consume so much of our twenties...


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I absolutely loved this book. Such a great read full of every emotion you could imagine. Would definitely recommend this book

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I really enjoyed this book. It's like The Devil Wears Prada - but is edgier and more relevant to 2020. I could really identify with the main character Scarlett and feeling like she is having a quarter-life crisis. I think most women between the ages of 25-35 will see a bit of themselves in Scarlett. I think this is going to be one of the big hits in 2020 and I can't wait to have a copy of it for our library, I have a feeling there will be a sizeable waiting list!

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Ozbek's novel centers around the themes of self-worth and self-actualization; contemporary, absolutely engaging and relatable, "The High Moments" is definitely a chick lit that transcends its genre.

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An edgy, dark and extremely relevant read full of emotion, that takes the reader on a murky journey in to the world of modelling through the eyes of an intern at a fashion agency who craves to be someone. It charts the highs and lows of one woman's desire to leave her mark and be known.

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I would like to thank NetGalley and the publishers for asking me to read and review.
This story was a wonderful read.
It is well written with some great characters and as a reader you feel you are right there with them. The plot draws you in and keeps you turning those pages.
A brilliant debut novel.

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