How to Build a Girl: A Novel
&#8220;Brilliantly observed, thrillingly rude and laugh-out-loud funny.&#8221; (Helen Fielding, author ofMad About the BoyandBridget Jones's Diary)&#8220;I have so much love for Caitlin Moran.&#8221; (Lena Dunham)&#8220;Hilarious autobiographical fiction debut for Britain&#8217;s Lena Dunham.&#8221; (Kirkus Reviews(starred review))&#8220;Moran&#8217;s characters are huggably, aggressively real, her setting-1990s Wolverhampton and London-touchable, and her depiction of growing up well worth reading. One heartily hopes there&#8217;s more where this came from.&#8221; (Booklist)&#8220;Moran&#8217;s spirited coming-of-age tale romps from strength to strength&#8230; The text itself pulses with an energy and enthusiasm.&#8221; (The London Times)&#8220;Moran shows her shining soul&#151;which is even more remarkable than her wit&#8230;.Almost every page has something on it which makes you smile, makes you sad or makes you think&#151;often all three at once, in one sentence.&#8221; (The Spectator)&#8220;APortnoy&#8217;s Complaintfor girls&#8230;.When I see this book described as &#8216;laugh-out-loud funny&#8217; I feel affronted; it could make you laugh out loud with one hand tied behind its back&#8230;.Laughing out loud is just the start.&#8221; (The Guardian)&#8220;A rambunctious, raw-edged, silly-profound and deeply relatable guide to what your worst mistakes can teach you&#8230;.Moran&#8217;s special trick&#8230;is combining her relentless bouncy irony with flashes of heart-on-sleeve straightforwardness, and a general predisposition toward hope.&#8221; (The Independent)&#8220;An entertaining read, with Moran in fine voice-hilarious, wild, imaginative, and highly valuable.&#8221; (The Observer)&#8220;So funny it hurts.&#8221; (Harper's Bazaar)&#8220;Moran is a brilliantly funny writer.&#8221; (Financial Times)&#8220;As building girls goes this is one alternative instructional manual ever woman should read.&#8221; (Daily Express)&#8220;Exuberant.&#8221; (Tatler)&#8220;This is a riotous read with jokes galore cut through with lightly handled serious observations about the nature of poverty and the challenges of emerging female sexuality.&#8221; (Sunday Express)&#8220;Hilarious&#8230;.I whizzed through this book. Laughing at every page.&#8221; (The Independent on Sunday)&#8220;The self-conscious agonies of precocious yet sensitive Dolly ring painfully true, while the witty sex scenes, boozy anecdotes and one-liners make this great fun.&#8221; (Sunday Mirror)&#8220;Scathingly funny.&#8221; (People (3 &#xBD; stars)onHow to Be a Woman)&#8220;There are lots of things to love about Caitlin Moran&#8217;s How to Be a Woman&#8230;.A glorious, timely stand against sexism so ingrained we barely even notice it. It is, in the dour language [Moran] militates so brilliantly against, a book that needed to be written.&#8221; (New York TimesonHow to Be a Woman)&#8220;It is bracing in this season of losing [Nora] Ephron to discover a younger feminist writer who scrimmages with the patriarchy and drop kicks zingers with comic flair&#8230;.A must-read for anyone curious to find out just how very funny a self-proclaimed &#8216;strident feminist&#8217; can be.&#8221; (NPR's Fresh AironHow to Be a Woman)&#8220;Moran&#8217;s frank wit is appealing.&#8221; (The New YorkeronHow to Be a Woman)&#8220;Caitlin Moran taught me more about being a woman than being a woman did. I&#8217;m pretty sure I had testicles before I read this book.&#8221; (Jenny Lawson, author ofLet's Pretend This Never Happened (A Mostly True Memoir)onHow to Be a Woman)