A bit repetitive, a bit predictable, but it actually made me laugh which is always a good thing. She is, of course, the Jo Brand of ‘stand up’ fame writing about the lives of two moody teenagers from different backgrounds growing up in Hastings. There are a lot of characters which the reader gets to know very well, a fair bit of sex and drugs and lots of alcohol, the sort of book to empathise with, remembering those ghastly teenage years. It’s good.
Comparison: Scarlett Thomas, David Nicholls.
Similar this month: Serena Mackesy.
Hastings in the seventies is not the coolest place to be. As Rachel and Susan teeter on the brink of adolescence, they realise safety lies in numbers and the best chance of surviving their teens is by sticking together. Their friendship protects them against the trials of parents, classmates, bullies who harass them in school, soggy chips, warm beer, aspiring guitar heroes, stoned hippies, men's clubs, derivative three chord bands and emotional neediness and weediness.
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Hastings in the seventies is not the coolest place to be. As Rachel and Susan teeter on the brink of adolescence, they realise safety lies in numbers and the best chance of surviving their teens is by sticking together.
It's Different for Girls features in the following genres: eBooks of the Month, Romance / Relationship Stories, Fiction, Recommendations
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It's Different for Girls was written by Jo Brand and published by Headline Book Publishing Ltd
It's Different for Girls has 341 pages
