Jemima j a novel about ugly ducklings and swans jane green on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers jemima jones is overweight about one hundred pounds overweight treated like a maid by her thin and social climbing roommates. Start by marking jemima j a novel about ugly ducklings and swans by jane green l summary study guide as want to read. Jemima j is a heroine wholl work her way into your heart making you laugh through foible and folly as she sets out to reinvent her life and along the way learns a host of lessons about attraction addiction the meaning of true love and ultimately who she really is. Experiencing racism on a different levelthis is a wonderful coming of age novel even at 27 we truly see jemima blossom from an ugly duckling to a graceful funny swan jemima eventually by befriending a once enemy eventually finds true love and the job of her dreamsanyone can relate to jemima this is a great feel good book