- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; READING CREASES, LIGHT EDGE CORNER WEAR, edition (2 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007153856
- ISBN-13: 978-0007153855
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 226,431 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
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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?
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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.
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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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 13 months ago by Lu
OK but annoying ending
Obviously I won't give away the ending but I was really confused and annoyed by it hence the low rating. Read more
Published 20 months ago by A. Reynolds
best book ever
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 22 months ago by laralouise
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
Published on 1 Feb 2010 by Lindymck
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
Published on 9 July 2009 by Alison Mallaghan
A good book...
This book was wrote excellently, and given it's storyline I found I enjoyed reading it - rather than getting annoyed because it wasn't based on real life! Read more
Published on 12 April 2007 by L. Sewell
Fun and Lively - a good holiday book
I wasn't too sure about this one at first, thought it was going to be silly, but i ended up really enjoying it. Read more
Published on 2 April 2007 by Ernie the cat
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
WARNING DO NOT READ...
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
Published on 6 Dec 2006 by dizzyshelly
I loved it...but
I loved it! I found I could relate to Flora...I remember only to vividly what it was like being 16 and I probably wouldn't want to relive it but I found it amazing how she ajusted... Read more
Published on 18 July 2006 by Mrs. Gemma L. Cantan
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