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Do You Remember the First Time? [Paperback]

Jenny Colgan (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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Book Description

Publication Date: 2 Aug 2004

Life doesn’t have a rewind button. Ever wished it did?

Flora’s wish is about to come true, in a magical new novel about the ultimate second chance, from the bestselling author of WORKING WONDERS and AMANDA’S WEDDING.

As her best friend Tashy cuts into her wedding cake, 32-year-old Flora realises she is disillusioned with life. Suddenly, her well-paid job, cosy flat and stable relationship with sensible Olly don't amount to a whole lot. Flora wants to be 16 again. She closes her eyes and wishes. Her wish has come true.

Waking up the next morning is a shock. But now Flora has the chance to right some wrongs. Trading crows feet for pimples, love handles for a torso Britney Spears would kill for and dull dinner parties for house parties where White Lightning and snogging are the order of the day, Flora revels in a life where things are far less complicated and just much more… FUN.

It's not all laughs though. Will what she does change the future? How can she get back to the present and her ordinary life? And does she even want to?

Product details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (2 Aug 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007153856
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007153855
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 400,208 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘Funny stuff.’ Heat

'Snappy and wickedly entertaining.' You

‘Full of laughs and lipgloss – brilliant.’ Company

PRAISE FOR JENNY COLGAN:

‘Funny, magical and moving.’ TIME OUT

‘A sharp, witty love story.’ OBSERVER

'Colgan is on top form with her latest outrageous romp' Cosmopolitan

'Jenny Colgan is one of the leaders of the pack… Fast-paced, funny, poignant and well-observed' Daily Mail

'Wonderful, warm and resonant' Hello

'Sharp, well-observed and hilarious' New Statesman

'Compulsively comical' Cosmopolitan

'In the great tradition of Bridget Jones' Guardian

'Funny and insightful' Mail on Sunday

'Wickedly funny' Mirror

'A barrel of laughs' Express

'A witty, lively story' The Times

'A scream' Elle

'She is very, very funny' Express

From the Author

How the book came about? Well, I was lying in the bath one afternoon about two years ago reading Heat magazine (hey, I consider it very important to the creative process) and I thought, this is nuts; I'm reading about Justin Timberlake, who I would have *loved* as a teenager, but I'm nearly thirty. When am I ever going to grow up? And that led me to thinking how much I've changed, and what it would be like to do it all again.

I saw some friends that night and said, 'What do you think it would be like going back to school but knowing everything you know now?' and it sparked so much conversation that I thought I must be on to a good thing.

I think at first you assume it will be great because now you know how to be cool and get served in pubs and you're better at dealing with the opposite sex (well, maybe not the last one), but then you remember how tribal school can be and all the bullying and hassle and chemistry you have to put up with and you think, hmmm, maybe not...

Originally the book was called Sixteen Again; Flora is thirty-two and unhappy with her life, and wakes up one day in her sixteen-year-old body.

I wanted to make Flora sixteen as opposed to thirteen or eleven (like in those Hollywood body-swap movies) for two reasons: firstly, because I needed to get her out the house on her own, and nobody lets thirteen-year-old girls out on their own these days, and secondly, because I wanted her to get a bit of fun and romance in her life without anyone calling the police.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A really good read, perfect for holidays 24 Aug 2004
By SilentSinger TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Paperback
After the disappointment of 'Working Wonders' Jenny has reverted to form and produced a thumping good read. It's very poignant in places and more than a little surreal, but captures the very essence of the early 30s and the fading of hopes and dreams imagined when one is a teenager. Flora's unworldliness as a teenager is amusing to observe and her good nature shines through.

I would thoroughly recommend it!

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant - Jenny Colgan's Best Yet 17 Aug 2004
By Tora F
Format:Paperback
People often look back on their life and remember another time when life seemed so good. Selective memories are a common human trait. For Flo her halcyon days were when she was 16. Now she is 32 with a good accounting job, her own flat and a very nice boyfriend called Ollie but the memory of first love Clelland is still haunting her. So while at best friend Tash's wedding she makes a wish on the wedding cake to be 16 again and boom! she wakes up the next morning and she is! When I read the synopsis for this book I thought it sounded like many movies and other books but Jenny Colgan does it in such a fresh way that it is truly original.

First of all it is still 2004 and the only people who have become younger are Flo and her parents. Only a handful of people remember Flo the elder and life as a 16 year old isn't so easy after all. Jenny Colgan brilliantly depicts the modern life of a teenager and how much you change when you grow up. Flo can't understand text messages, keeps getting in trouble at school, not to mention the minefield that is school yard politics. On the plus side, her new much younger physical appearance without the sags and bags of her adult body and face.

I really recommend this book especially if you have ever thought you might like to go back and do it all over again (you know try really hard a school, a different career, that kind of thing). Jenny Colgan's last novel 'Working Wonders' also had a bit of a magical theme that didn't really work but this book is GOLD.

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15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant and Brilliant Again 21 Jun 2004
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
This is one of the best books ever!!!!
A fantastic laugh out loud book. I wish I could wipe it from my memory and read it again and again so that I can experience it afresh every time. Really it had me in splits and even now remembering reading it, I get a huge grin on my face.

Now this is my yard stick, any guy I want to spend the rest of my life with has to read and enjoy this book as much as me..

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
I really enjoyed this one, made me smile, laugh and remember...read it if you get the chance, you'll love it!
Published 12 days ago by total rip, not what I thought at all, not even worth taking up space on my tablet.
4.0 out of 5 stars Do you remember the first time
I enjoyed this book which I borrowed off a friend, It made a refreshing change. I did get lost a few times tho, but I am sure this is just me.
Published on 12 April 2011 by Lu
3.0 out of 5 stars OK but annoying ending
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Published on 27 Sep 2010 by A. Reynolds
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i am a huge fan of jenny and love all her books. this was the first one i ever read and i couldnt put it down once i read it. Read more
Published on 27 July 2010 by laralouise
3.0 out of 5 stars mildly entertaining
30 something woman wishes that she could be sixteen again at her friends wedding and wakes up the next morning as a teenager. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars rather flawed
Rather confusing and rather flawed.I did consider rereading a couple of chapters, but decided it just wasn't worth it. Read more
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Published on 2 April 2007 by Ernie the cat
4.0 out of 5 stars Lighthearted and amusing
I adore Jenny Colgan. This is the fifth book I've read by her, and she never fails to entertain me. I've learned not to take her books with me the train, because they always make... Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2007 by Aliena
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In public! I was reading this in my doctors waiting room and was getting seriously odd looks from all the other people there because I kept laughing out loud! Read more
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