- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (4 Nov 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141019506
- ISBN-13: 978-0141019505
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11.2 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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A feminist fable (with a heroine named Girl) from The Nanny Diaries (2002) team. Girl goes to college. Girl graduates. Girl is hired by a New York activist for women and can't help wondering why she's treated like a slave. Did she need a college degree to file and make photocopies for self-righteous, post-menopausal types who think nothing of bursting into her bathroom stall? Plus it's unbearably humiliating to take orders from gray-haired, pear-shaped women dressed in dowdy black and purple with matching clogs and unsuitably ethnic accessories. Maybe they were cool 30 years ago but not anymore. Girl decides to look for a fabulous new job, along with eight million other people in a nose-diving economy. Okay, she'll settle for any job. Hey, what about an Internet concern that hopes to add a critical core of affluent, intelligent women to their marketing database? Surely Girl could "leverage"-that brave new word-her brief experience and few contacts into a position there. She wangles an interview with Guy, a smooth talker who more or less runs My Company on the steam generated by all his hot air. Can she sell tampons? You bet-to men. Can she create buzz? Will do-just give her a desk. Guy does. So Girl goes to work, pretty much nonstop, though she manages to have some fun with Buster, a he-man who loves hockey and burlesque shows and is useful for scaring off landlords who videotape bedroom action. Back to My Company: profits are down. Girl gets to fire dozens of people but she stays on, until a bitchy higher-up informs her that from now on MC will offer only XXX-rated content to get its share of the megabillions generated by Internet porn. Is Girl interested? Good old Buster advises her to take the job. Girl finally figures out just how much everything sucks. Many, many funny lines, somewhat incoherent plot. But Girl's job-hunting woes will resonate with lots of readers. (Kirkus Reviews)
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Working in a world where a college degree qualifies her to make photocopies and color-coordinate file folders, twenty-four year old Girl is struggling to keep up with the essential trinity of food, shelter, and student loans. So when she finally lands the job of her dreams she ignores her misgivings and concentrates on getting the job done... whatever that may be.
Sharply observed and devastatingly funny, Citizen Girl captures with biting accuracy what it means to be young and female in the new economy. A personal glimpse into an impersonal world, Citizen Girl is edgy and heartfelt, an entertaining read that is startlingly relevant.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book having quite enjoyed the authors' previous effort 'The Nanny Diaries'. That book was rather darker in tone than usual 'chick lit', detailing the nanny's troubled relationship with her employer, but contained some uplifting moments, such as the protagonist's relationship with the child under her care. This novel features a similarly downtrodden central character, 'Girl', who is fired from her job, after some difficulty lands a new one, only to discover that it was very far from what she expected. She encounters other problems and bad things happen to her in almost all aspects of her life. Although the novel is fairly well plotted, its unrelentingly bleak subject matter makes for a depressing read and the humour in it does not compensate for this. Disappointing.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read (and loved) the Nanny Diaries, I was really excited at the prospect of reading this book. It seemed to have a similar premise as "The Devil Wears Prada" (which WAS a good read), but it's first few chapters were bumpy, with no strong central character. The eponymous "Girl" is always referred to as "Girl" and I found that really annoying. Admittedly, the Nanny Diaries also has a nameless central character, always referred to as Nanny, and of course there are other books with a nameless central character, i.e. "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier, but in this case it seems to be a literary device that simply detracts from the story.
If you liked the Nanny Diaries and were thinking of reading this, take my advice, don't bother. It simply isn't anywhere near as good, and you'll be wasting your time and money. I don't really want to waste any more of my time reading it and I wish I'd chosen a better book to buy!!!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I was really looking forward to reading this book, as the blurb seemed really witty. However, I was very disappointed.
Girl is stuck in a dead end job, where her degree goes to waste as all she ever seems to do is work in the toilet colour co-ordinating folders. One day she has enough, and is given her marching orders.
After a lot of moaning and worrying, she finds an excellent job with Guy for an woman's internet site. But is it all it seems?
There is also another storyline in the form of Buster, and his rude friends, but it was weak along with the rest of the book which actually confused me. I couldn't keep up with all the characters, which weren't relevant anyway, and the plot was bleak. Depressing.
Girl is stuck in a dead end job, where her degree goes to waste as all she ever seems to do is work in the toilet colour co-ordinating folders. One day she has enough, and is given her marching orders.
After a lot of moaning and worrying, she finds an excellent job with Guy for an woman's internet site. But is it all it seems?
There is also another storyline in the form of Buster, and his rude friends, but it was weak along with the rest of the book which actually confused me. I couldn't keep up with all the characters, which weren't relevant anyway, and the plot was bleak. Depressing.
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It was a complete and utter waste of time, in a nutshell a twentysometing feminist is sacked from a women's organisation and joins another complany... Read more
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I ordered this book from America as soon as it became available, as 'The Nanny Diaries' is one of my favourite novels. Read more
Published on 30 July 2005
Another great novel!
Citizen Girl by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin is another fantastic novel by the creators of the hit bestseller, The Nanny Diaries. Citizen Girl is about Girl. Read more
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