Como Se Hace Una Chica (Paperback)

from klack128

I loved parts of Moran's novel, and didn't love other parts as much, but I did find it to be very original. I loved how empowered Johanna was throughout the novel, even as she was a bit misguided. I loved seeing her journey of self-discovery. She knew what she wanted and put everything she had in...

from DeltaQueen50

How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran is the story of Johanna Morrigan, growing up in a dysfunctional family in Wolverhampton, England. Her father is an alcoholic failed musician and her mother, having recently given birth to twins, is suffering from post-natal depression. The rest of the family c...

from froxgirl

Ah, Caitlin - rude, raucous, and radical, just your average 14 year old from a poverty stricken Wolverhampton family, who makes her way onto the staff of a music magazine by topping all other writers in diminishing and destroying Midland lads and their bands. Although labeled "a novel", the traje...

from RidgewayGirl

This book tells the story of Johanna Morrigan, who grows up on benefits, in a large family in Wolverhampton and who manages to get herself a job writing reviews for a music magazine while still a teenager. Which is also the story of author Caitlin Moran. If you've followed Moran's columns for The...

from PhilipJHunt

Wow. What a roller-coaster. Emotions to burn here. Rude, crude and disgusting. Hilarious and yes laugh-out-loud like it says on the cover. Profoundly sad. Gut-wrenching sometimes. And yet, such a romp. So much fun. So much EMOTIONAL RANGE!! I need a drink.