- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Headline Review (23 Aug 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0755316479
- ISBN-13: 978-0755316472
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 407,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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India Knight, Sunday Times, 26 August 2007
'Intelligent, wonderfully written and extremely funny... It is a joyous book... Buy it for your girlfriend, who will thank you profusely.'
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Just what does it mean to be a girl? Why is it not like being a boy? And why is that a good thing? Guardian columnist Lucy Mangan lifts the lid on being female. From a daughter's place within the family ('It's a girl! What a pity!'), through the intricacies of what not to wear and who not to talk to, Brownies and breasts, the stuff you want to remember and the stuff you'd rather forget, this brilliantly funny guide is a full and frank account of how it really is different for girls. Packed with bittersweet memories and the sharpest observations from one of the brightest lights in journalism, this is the genius offspring of the bestselling How to Walk in High Heels and I Don't Know Know How She Does It. Part nostalgia, part journalism, fully fabulous: it's a glorious romp through all things female.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have not put my copy down since I received it. How could I, when reading this book is like reading about my life (except for the growing up in South London bit)? From the collecting of scented rubbers (erasers) and reading Judy Blume's Forever under cover of darkness where your mum can't find you, to the hideousness of being a spotty greasy teenage girl in a veritable sea of slender blonde nymphs, this book rings so true it's still painful. But rather than poking fun and making you feel even worse about yourself, Mangan makes it clear that she has been there- is stillthere even- and is rather like a good girlfriend who makes the best of a bad situation by finding the humour in it. I found myself having to stifle laughter when reading on public transport, in much the same way as I did when I first read Bridget Jones' Diary. I found half-forgotten memories of teenage fumbles and bad dates coming back to me. I found the accuracy of 'A Day in the Life' of a cohabiting couple was so cringingly hilarious that I had to put the book down for an hour.It really is a great read, not least because at the end of it you feel you have finally laid to rest all your girlish anxieties and are just bloody glad that you are no longer the spotty greasy awkward teenager.
Do read it. It really will make you smile.
Do read it. It really will make you smile.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I love Lucy Mangan's Guardian column, so pounced on this book with enthusiasm. Perhaps it's a different Lucy Mangan? One who thinks massive over-exaggeration is a substitute for real wit? Still, the pic on the back cover is the same, so really there's no explanation I can come up with. You know that moment when your heart sinks and you think "No, I'll just read on, it'll get better?".
I did. It didn't.
I did. It didn't.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's witty, it's hilarious, it's embarrassing. And it's all true!
And it solves the problem of all the 30th birthday presents I need to buy! Thank you Lucy!
And it solves the problem of all the 30th birthday presents I need to buy! Thank you Lucy!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Praise for Lucy!
Many thanks to Lucy for this hilarious expose on the female of the species. All those details of junior girliness from first days of infant school and the minefield of coping with... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. K. L. Lortie
A great book for those of us girls born in the 70s (or men who want to...
`Hopscotch and Handbags' is a great memoir and exploration about female experience from primary school through to work and motherhood. Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2008 by Sarah Durston
The Main Disruption
I was at a dinner party when someone recommended this book. The hostess loved it so much she abandoned the half-served main-course and ran to fetch her (signed) copy. Read more
Published on 3 Feb 2008 by Mrs. Carlie Lee
Don't bother
Lucy Mangan can undoubtedly write....the question is, why is she wasting her time on this pap? And it is pap.... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2007 by Alex Davies
Fandabidozi!
At last, a book about girls which is actually witty and observationally brilliant. Extremely funny! I particularly like the part about a girl learning GCSE history via Blackadder. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2007 by Daphne
Like a hand-held best friend!
At last I have found the answer to those horrible days we all have - none of my clothes fit me, I feel bloated, my roots need doing and I have no money, the flat needs cleaning but... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2007 by Vazley
The Woes and Wonders of being the female of the species
I really enjoyed Mangan's self deprecating style and could fully identify with all of her excruciatingly embarrassing if not hilarious memories of being a girl. Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2007 by Sam (London)
Reads like it was written by a teenage girl
There's a couple of good gags but really the book is a bit of a waste of space and Mangan seems to know it. Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2007 by Claire Marshall
Brilliant! Cringeworthy but truly hilarious...
I really like Lucy Mangan's column in The Guardian so I was delighted to find that Hopscotch and Handbags is a feature-length, side-splittingly funny and honest account of the many... Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2007 by B Sumner
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