Reasons to Be Cheerful Contributor(s): Stibbe, Nina (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316309370 ISBN-13: 9780316309370 Publisher: Little Brown and Company OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Romance - New Adult |
Dewey: 823.92 |
LCCN: 2018966960 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.8" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From "the reliably hilarious" (Entertainment Weekly) author of Love, Nina a brilliantly funny and heartbreaking story of growing up and finding the independence you might not actually want . . . Teenager Lizzie Vogel has a new job as a dental assistant. This is not as glamorous as it sounds. At least it means mostly getting away from her alcoholic, nymphomaniacal, novel-writing mother. But, if Lizzie thinks being independent means sex with her boyfriend (he prefers bird-watching), strict boundaries (her boss keeps using her loo) or self-respect (surely only actual athletes get fungal foot infections?) she's still got a lot more growing up to do. The winner of the 2019 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, Reasons to Be Cheerful is a novel that lives up to its title, confirming Nina Stibbe's status as one of the most original and delightful writers at work today. |