Love by Design

     It is winter. It is raining and Tom is bored.
     Then the door of the library opens and a girl walks in. A beautiful girl in a red coat. She smiles at him - and Tom falls in love. (the book cover)


     I read this book. This is a love story.
     Tom is a boy who wants to be an artist. He is very good at art, but other subjects are bad, so he can't go an art college. So, against his will, he starts to work in a library. Working there is boring for him, but one day, a beautiful girl come into the library and Tom falls in love. The girl is Rita and she wants to be a fashion model. They talk about their dream and make efforts. They can't succeed easily. One day, a man, Spooner, comes to Rita and brings a chance to be a model and it seems to be good. But Tom feel it is too good to believe, so Tom can't help her and they start to pass each other from this time. They become not to contact for a long time.
     During the time, Tom studies hard to enter to art college, and he doesn't want to listen anything about Rita because he can't forget her and she makes him sad, and Rita works very hard under Spooner to earn money to be a model. Then, Tom passes the entrance exam and he is invited the welcome party. But he does not want to join it because he cannot feel joy without her, and its date is his birthday, he wanted to be with her, but he can't, so he want to stay home. However his friend takes him to the welcome party by force and Tom sees Rita there! Tom's friend knew Tom and Rita still love each other and both of them are the new students of the college, and Rita knew Tom's coming, too, so they planned this meet to make them be together again. So this story's title is " Love by Design."

McGovern, Kieran. (2005). Love by Design. Macmillan Heinemann ELT.