Wrong Knickers - A Decade of Chaos - Softcover

Bryony Gordon

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5,235 ratings by Goodreads

9781472210159: Wrong Knickers - A Decade of Chaos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472210158 ISBN 13: 9781472210159

Publisher: Headline, 2014

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Bryony Gordon survived her adolescence by dreaming about the life she'd have in her twenties: the perfect job; the lovely flat; the amazing boyfriend. The reality was something of a shock. Her Telegraph column was a diary of her daily screw-ups; she lived in a series of squalid shoe boxes; and her most meaningful relationship of the entire decade was with a Marlboro Light. Here in the Sunday Times bestselling THE WRONG KNICKERS Bryony busts open the glamorized myth of what it means to be a young (perpetually) single girl about London town, and shares the horrible and hilarious truth. The truth about picking up a colleague at the STI clinic; sinking into debt to fund a varied diet of wine, crisps and vodka; and how it feels when your dream man turns out to be a one night stand who hands you someone else's knickers in the morning. Bryony's wonderfully ridiculous and ultimately redemptive story is essential reading for everyone whose 'best years' weren't quite what they were expecting...

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About the Author:

In the 13 years that she has worked for The Telegraph, Bryony Gordon has become one of the paper's best loved writers. Her weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph's Stella magazine, How the Other Half Lives, has won her an army of fans who over the last four and half years have followed her journey from single girl about town to - finally! - settled mum. Bryony is now 32 and lives in South London with her baby daughter Edie and her husband, a financial journalist. The last sentence is one she never thought she would see written down on paper.

Review:

A memoir of one woman's Twenties that will make you laugh until you cry at some embarrassing sex stories, then throw your head into your hands about a crisis of personal finance * Emerald Street * The book is the equivalent of Bridget Jones, Carrie Bradshaw and Hannah Horvath exchanging slightly guarded handshakes, then realising they've all slept with the same terrible men...dark, funny, [and] honest -- Barbara Ellen * The Observer * Candid and touching * The Independent * Heart-and-snot-on-sleeve honest, The Wrong Knickers is the real Bridget in all her hopeless glory. * The Telegraph * If you want a real page-turner that will have you laughing out loud, then this is the book for you. * Bella Magazine * Any book that sees the protagonist exclaim the line, "Beyonce is an essence, not a human being" is literary gold as far as we're concerned... This book definitely needs a disclaimer - if you read it in public, you will definitely get some funny looks for guffawing quite a lot. * Heat * Anyone who has got halfway through their 20s to realise that adulthood isn't all they'd hoped will read this memoir of a misspent youth howling with recognition and helpless laughter. * Elle * Absurdly good * Grazia * Bryony Gordon is a very bad girl - and an even better writer. * Camilla Long * The Wrong Knickers is brilliantly funny, brilliantly honest, deliciously indiscreet and, at times, incredibly moving. It's the most truthful, evocative and hilarious account of what it is to be a twenty something girl in Britain that I've read in a very long time. * Polly Vernon * Eye-poppingly truthful and unexpectedly touching, this is the Bridget Jones reboot we were after. -- Alexandra Heminsley * Elle * I laughed, I cried, I winced, I whooped, I ran out and bought it for all my single friends. A fantastic writer. * India Knight *

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