An empowering read that requires an open mind, revealing the dark secrets of the modelling industry, abuse of power, and Emily Ratajkowski's own experience making her way up to prove she is more than 'just a pretty face'
MY BODY – EMILY RATAJKOWSKI
Tag: Books
PIRANESI – SUSANNA CLARKE
Another baffling book that won the Women's Prize for Fiction 2021 - can someone please tell me what premise I'm missing?!
YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN FUN AROUND HERE – FRANCES MACKEN
I LOVE Irish novels and Frances Macken's debut novel is a great addition: a wholly uplifting, honest and unpredictable novel
THE END OF HER – SHARI LAPENA
A mega change from The Couple Next Door which I read earlier this year... a big YAY from me, great for thriller seekers where you will be kept guessing until the end!
NINE PERFECT STRANGERS – LIANE MORIARTY
A sadly annoying, disjointed novel from Liane Moriarty - keep your expectations low compared to what I did after the success of Big Little Lites
BURNT SUGAR – AVNI DOSHI
A hard slog of a novel full of implicit meaning and a dark storyline of a spiteful relationship between mother and daughter.
I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK – NORA EPHRON
A witty read by the late Nora Ephron, a successful New York based journalist who reveals her experiences of being a woman which some of us are perhaps a bit too afraid (and ashamed?) to admit. So what if we feel bad about our necks?
WHO THEY WAS – GABRIEL KRAUZE
A gripping piece of autofiction from the very first page. Prepare to squirm in your seat as Krauze details his own experiences from being in a London gang, and how he got out (just)...
HAPPY SEXY MILLIONAIRE – STEVEN BARTLETT
A motivational self-help memoir by Dragons' Den's new addition, Steven Bartlett, host of The Diary of a CEO podcast and the Founder and former CEO of the successful Social Chain group
KLARA AND THE SUN – KAZUO ISHIGURO
Part literary, part sci-fi, part dystopian - Ishiguro's novel for 2021 explores the meaning of life and what it actually means to be human as told through robot Klara's eyes. Do we really live mundane lives?
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