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Lady: My Life as a Bitch (Books for Young Readers) (Hardcover)

by Melvin Burgess (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Henry Holt & Company (May 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0805071482
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805071481
  • Product Dimensions: 21.9 x 15 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,712,198 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Confused Message?, 7 Nov 2001
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This review is from: Lady: My Life as a Bitch (Hardcover)
Melvin Burgess' book is a cracking read. It captivated and challenged me at a profound level. However as a father of three children and one of them a teenager, I'm not at all comfortable with recommending it to her or her friends. My misgivings are not based on the gritty style and language or the overt sexual depictions, they are rather based on the vague moral lesson that you can draw from the book. Is life better as a dog or a human? Is it better to live life for sheer selfish pleasure or should we accept that we have a corporate responsibility to one another and therefore are bound to have some restraints on our individual freedom. Furthermore do we not also have a duty to ourselves to practice moral self-restraint for our own physical and psychological well-being? Melvin Burgess at best gives us no answer to these dilemmas, and at worst he seems to draw the uncomfortable conclusion that its fine whatever you choose! Perhaps the lack of moral clarity is deliberate. As a parent however I find it discomforting enough to make me recommend only with caution and disatisfying enough to make me qualify my enthusiasm about the book !
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Another masterpiece., 31 Oct 2001
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This review is from: Lady: My Life as a Bitch (Hardcover)
Yet again, Melvin Burgess has written an amazing novel. At first I thought it sounded strange, but once I started it I was totally hooked and couldn't put it down. He manages to show how dogs have the same problems as us and also how we have to stand up to the problems, without making it a stupid book. He carefully fiddles with every detail so that you feel the emotions of each character. A wonderful novel by a master with words!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Clever but ultimately disappointing, 24 Jan 2002
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This review is from: Lady: My Life as a Bitch (Hardcover)
Ilooked forward to reading this book,but felt that Sandra's transformation occurred too early in the storyline,and we needed to learn more about her life as a troubled teenager first. For me,the parts of the book where she returns home did not work well,and carried the book perilously close to farce. As a Mancunian,I was also surprised by the many inaccuracies in the spellings and use of local names. Sharp and brilliant in parts,but ultimately disappointing.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Very imaginitive but a dissapointing ending.
This short story is very original and imaginitive. I imagine Burgess' inspiration was the question "Why do homeless people often have dogs?"! Read more
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