Louise Bagshawe 
Monday’s Child 

According to the old rhyme, Monday s child is fair of face – but life isn t always so simple. Gorgeous goddesses seem to surround script-reader and wannabe movie-maker Anna Brown – from her deranged glamour-queen boss to her perfect, pouting flat-mates – for Anna, being less-than-beautiful is very hard to bear. In fashion-and-beauty-crazed London, perhaps being talented just isn t enough. Enter Mark Swan, Britain’s hottest director. Rugged, reclusive and powerful, he could be Anna’s ticket to the top, but how can she ever hope to snag such a big star? Fed up of being downbeat and dowdy, Anna decides to chase her dreams and, with a little help from her friends, embarks on a madcap scheme to get just what she s after…