Reasons to be Cheerful
Winner of the 2019 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction
By Nina Stibbe
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.
- ISBN:
- 9780241974988
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 288
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Weight:
- 202 g