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Title: How to Build a Girl
Author: Caitlin Moran
Narrator: Louise Brealey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-23-14
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
What do you do in your teenage years when you realize what your parents taught you wasnt enough? You must go out and find books and poetry and pop songs and bad heroes - and build yourself.
Its 1990. Johanna Morrigan, 14, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that theres no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde - fast-talking, hard-drinking Gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer! She will save her poverty stricken Bohemian family by becoming a writer - like Jo in Little Women, or the Bröntes - but without the dying young bit.
By 16, shes smoking cigarettes, getting drunk, and working for a music paper. Shes writing pornographic letters to rock-stars, having all the kinds of sex with all the kinds of men, and eviscerating bands in reviews of 600 words or less.
But what happens when Johanna realizes shes built Dolly with a fatal flaw? Is a box full of records, a wall full of posters and a head full of paperbacks, enough to build a girl after all?
Imagine The Bell Jar - written by Rizzo from Grease. How to Build a Girl is a funny, poignant, and heartbreakingly evocative story of self-discovery and invention, as only Caitlin Moran could tell it.
Critic Reviews:
"A hilarious yet deeply moving coming of age novel from New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Moran, "the UKs answer to Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, and Lena Dunham all rolled into one." (Marie Claire)
Members Reviews:
I could eat this book, it is so satisfying.
I love, love, LOVED this book! What a great surprise! It was a recommendation on my Kindle, so I thought, "Why not?" and I'm so glad I bought it! There were parts that literally made me laugh out loud... in a public place... and I didn't care. Not only do we ROOT for Dolly Wilde (what a great name... and what a great way that she came up with the name), but we equally pity her and cheer her on, while sometimes slightly cringing -- in much the way that a big sister would-- when you read about certain decisions that she makes and certain misperceptions that she creates. But you LOVE Dolly, and you are so glad that she is loved and that she owns what she is becoming... but she is very aware of what is real about her persona and what is definitely an act.
The writing is stellar, and the editing is fabulous too. I love the vocabulary, the metaphor, and the overall VIBE of this book. (If you read and appreciate either Christopher Moore or Tom Robbins, you will love this writing style.) I have recommended this book to many friends, and I may even re-read it. "How to Build a Girl" was my first taste of Caitlin Moran, and I look forward to reading more.
I really enjoyed this book
I really enjoyed this book, especially after spending 6 months in England last year, where I met people from Wolverhampton and other places where the story takes place. I also worked in music during the '90s and could relate to the bands mentioned. Caitlin Moran captures the voice of a teenage girl perfectly.
Touching, compelling, insightful, but also a unique view, and funny.
Not for the faint-hearted, but this is touching and, to the extent that a foreigner (U.S.) of the opposite gender can tell, an honest account of the unique path one girl took while growing up poor in England.
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Title: How to Build a Girl
Author: Caitlin Moran
Narrator: Louise Brealey
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-23-14
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
What do you do in your teenage years when you realize what your parents taught you wasnt enough? You must go out and find books and poetry and pop songs and bad heroes - and build yourself.
Its 1990. Johanna Morrigan, 14, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that theres no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde - fast-talking, hard-drinking Gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer! She will save her poverty stricken Bohemian family by becoming a writer - like Jo in Little Women, or the Bröntes - but without the dying young bit.
By 16, shes smoking cigarettes, getting drunk, and working for a music paper. Shes writing pornographic letters to rock-stars, having all the kinds of sex with all the kinds of men, and eviscerating bands in reviews of 600 words or less.
But what happens when Johanna realizes shes built Dolly with a fatal flaw? Is a box full of records, a wall full of posters and a head full of paperbacks, enough to build a girl after all?
Imagine The Bell Jar - written by Rizzo from Grease. How to Build a Girl is a funny, poignant, and heartbreakingly evocative story of self-discovery and invention, as only Caitlin Moran could tell it.
Critic Reviews:
"A hilarious yet deeply moving coming of age novel from New York Times bestselling author Caitlin Moran, "the UKs answer to Tina Fey, Chelsea Handler, and Lena Dunham all rolled into one." (Marie Claire)
Members Reviews:
I could eat this book, it is so satisfying.
I love, love, LOVED this book! What a great surprise! It was a recommendation on my Kindle, so I thought, "Why not?" and I'm so glad I bought it! There were parts that literally made me laugh out loud... in a public place... and I didn't care. Not only do we ROOT for Dolly Wilde (what a great name... and what a great way that she came up with the name), but we equally pity her and cheer her on, while sometimes slightly cringing -- in much the way that a big sister would-- when you read about certain decisions that she makes and certain misperceptions that she creates. But you LOVE Dolly, and you are so glad that she is loved and that she owns what she is becoming... but she is very aware of what is real about her persona and what is definitely an act.
The writing is stellar, and the editing is fabulous too. I love the vocabulary, the metaphor, and the overall VIBE of this book. (If you read and appreciate either Christopher Moore or Tom Robbins, you will love this writing style.) I have recommended this book to many friends, and I may even re-read it. "How to Build a Girl" was my first taste of Caitlin Moran, and I look forward to reading more.
I really enjoyed this book
I really enjoyed this book, especially after spending 6 months in England last year, where I met people from Wolverhampton and other places where the story takes place. I also worked in music during the '90s and could relate to the bands mentioned. Caitlin Moran captures the voice of a teenage girl perfectly.
Touching, compelling, insightful, but also a unique view, and funny.
Not for the faint-hearted, but this is touching and, to the extent that a foreigner (U.S.) of the opposite gender can tell, an honest account of the unique path one girl took while growing up poor in England.