{"product_id":"how-do-you-like-me-now-9781473667761","title":"How Do You Like Me Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe blisteringly funny, honest and fearless debut adult novel from bestselling author Holly Bourne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTruly a \u003cb\u003ef***ing good novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is so good! It is so honest about being a woman and all the things that are expected of us ... I enjoyed it very much.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Marian Keyes\u003cbr\u003eBourne incinerates the lies we're all capable of telling ourselves in this \u003cb\u003eraw and very funny\u003c\/b\u003e book; \u003cb\u003eit'll resonate with anyone trying to convince themselves that sticking it out is better than being alone. \u003c\/b\u003e * Emerald Street *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most perceptive book I have ever read\u003c\/b\u003e about the female interior -- Dolly Alderton, The High Low Podcast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInjected with such reality it can't help but be hilarious\u003c\/b\u003e * Times *\u003cbr\u003eRelatable \u003cb\u003efor any woman navigating emotional time bombs \u003c\/b\u003e * Red *\u003cbr\u003eThere's a duality in reading things that are super relatable - it feels great to be heard, but also a little exposing. There's a little bit of that in Holly Bourne's latest novel, but \u003cb\u003enothing will stop you getting to the end...This novel is funny, touching and searingly honest\u003c\/b\u003e * Grazia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ereal\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eincredibly relatable\u003c\/b\u003e * Culturefly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt speaks so many truths about being a woman in your thirties;\u003c\/b\u003e friendships, love and what a fickle beast social media can be. -- Clemmie Hooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonest\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eunflinching\u003c\/b\u003e * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHilarious\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003epainfully true\u003c\/b\u003e * Grazia *\u003cbr\u003eIdentifiable, heart-breaking and wickedly funny. I'd say this is \u003cb\u003eone of my favourite books of the year \u003c\/b\u003e -- Giovanna Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI haven't been this obsessed with a book in years\u003c\/b\u003e. It's painfully funny, real, but also heartbreaking. Get this book now or be the loser who can't join in when everyone else is talking about it. -- Lucy Vine, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHot Mess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003esmart, witty\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eperceptive\u003c\/b\u003e novel; Bourne is razor-sharp on friendship, self-image and self-deception' -- Lucy Diamond, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe House of New Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSure to \u003cb\u003eresonate with anyone navigating the emotional minefield of their thirties\u003c\/b\u003e * Red Online *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSublime,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eperfectly observed\u003c\/b\u003e -- Laura Jane Williams, \u003ci\u003eIce Cream for Breakfast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This novel is \u003cb\u003esharply observant about the issues in young women's lives today\u003c\/b\u003e - feminism, relationships, mental health and motherhood - and \u003cb\u003eit is very, very funny\u003c\/b\u003e. * Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003eAuthentic, funny and utterly relatable; this book gave me all of the feelings. \u003cb\u003eThis generation's Bridget Jones!\u003c\/b\u003e -- Carmel Harrington, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Woman at 72 Derry Lane \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfectly addresses the storm of emotions you go through as a young woman, growing up in a world where you need to have the best boyfriend, best career and best group of friends \u003c\/b\u003e(and it's all got to be displayed beautifully across your social media profiles.) * BBC News Online *\u003cbr\u003e'This is\u003cb\u003e a deeply feminist novel that questions whether the competitive nature of social media is breeding a lifestyle conformism among women that can only limit their freedom and their happiness. \u003c\/b\u003eIt is also, almost line by line, wincingly funny' * Metro *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill strike a chord with anyone who worries about their relationship with social media, feels like they're being left behind by their friends or is wrangling with the pressures of being in, or out, of a partnership in their 30s.\u003c\/b\u003e Buy it for your best mate whose boyfriend isn't good enough for her, your recently dumped sister or just  for yourself if you're feeling a little 'what the hell?' about your fourth decade; you'll all take something from it * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eTori is\u003cb\u003e surely the Bridget Jones of our times\u003c\/b\u003e * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrutally honest but charmingly funny\u003c\/b\u003e * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eWell-written, genuinely funny and movingly honest. \u003cb\u003eIt could be a life-changing read for many.\u003c\/b\u003e * Sheerluxe *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHolly Bourne nails the pressures that young women face\u003c\/b\u003e and captures that feeling of teetering on the edge of 30 and still not knowing what you want from life. It's funny and sad in equal measures' * The Express, S Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eA very funny novel that \u003cb\u003elives up to its hype\u003c\/b\u003e * The Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eMordantly funny, flinchingly well-observed... \u003cb\u003eA smart, zeitgeisty, and caustically funny read\u003c\/b\u003e, it has characters you root for. More than that, however, \u003cb\u003eBourne holds a mirror up to contemporary aspiration\u003c\/b\u003e, deftly probing the dissonant dualism between the shinier selves projected online and people's offline reality. * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCheerfully plunders all that can be plundered from a young woman's quest for life in the 'fast line' \u003c\/b\u003e -- Helen Lederer, Metro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e astute, bitingly honest\u003c\/b\u003e, it's a genuine \u003cb\u003etriumph\u003c\/b\u003e * Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrutally honest, appallingly funny and very moving - so accurate\u003c\/b\u003e on the female interior, and the loneliness life in the public gaze. \u003cb\u003eI want to read everything Holly Bourne \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehas written now\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rosie Walsh, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Didn't Call\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, sad, honest, insightful, up-to-the-minute.\u003c\/b\u003e Bourne's pacy narrative kept me guessing (and hoping)to the last page. -- Roisin Meaney, author of The Reunion","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739535585623,"sku":"9781473667761","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473667761.jpg?v=1720052525","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/how-do-you-like-me-now-9781473667761","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}