Supermarket Supermodel

Sitting among the rows of tills in Safeshop supermarket in the North of England, the fortunes of a young checkout girl are on the brink of change...Linda never expected anything else. It's the way life is. The grammar school girls get careers; the comp girls get two-bit college courses and low wage jobs. But when model agent Rafe brings his disposable razors to Linda's till, he recognizes the raw talent that could transform both their careers. Almost overnight Linda becomes Crystalline, a supermodel catapulted on to the international stage. The bittersweet story of a young checkout girl's rise to fame, Supermarket Supermodel is prize-winning playwright Jim Cartwright's first foray into novel-writing.