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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

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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 - The Observer

I laughed, I cried, I winced, I whooped, I ran out and bought it for all my single friends. A fantastic writer. - India Knight

Eye-poppingly truthful and unexpectedly touching, this is the Bridget Jones reboot we were after. - Elle

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

Absurdly good - Grazia

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

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

The Wrong Knickers A Decade of Chaos

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      Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
      Publication Date: 01/01/2015
      ISBN13: 9781472210142, 978-1472210142
      ISBN10: 147221014X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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

      Trade Review
      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 - The Observer

      I laughed, I cried, I winced, I whooped, I ran out and bought it for all my single friends. A fantastic writer. - India Knight

      Eye-poppingly truthful and unexpectedly touching, this is the Bridget Jones reboot we were after. - Elle

      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

      Absurdly good - Grazia

      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

      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

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