Product Description

Janet Street Porter has a unique view on life and this is no ordinary 21st Century survival guide. Drawing on the experiences of her fascinating life and incredibly successful career Janet Street Porter dispenses advice and tips on how to live life to the full, get what you want, do the things you crave, achieve more, feel happier and healthier and most importantly live the life you want to lead. Janet s philosophy is to believe in yourself totally to get out of bed every morning and tell yourself you re bloody brilliant to put yourself first at all times. In Life's Too F***ing Short she shows how we can successfully combine work, relationships, fitness, health, shopping, buying and preparing food for our self and others without spending a fortune, using up valuable time and making unnecessary effort. This book is the sum total of Janet's life's experiences, she proves that there are plenty of ways to get exactly what we want from life and feel better about who we are. Divided into eleven chapters, Janet focuses on why life is too f***ing short to spend hours cooking the way chefs tell us to; believe what men tell us; talk to people who are boring; spend £100 on face cream; diet; spend it in the same dreary job; shop for clothes that won t work; put up wallpaper; have a set of rules you can t live up to. Life s Too F***ing Short is here to help us clear away the (Word removed) and start again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #301 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-04
• Format: Illustrated
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
Regardless of your view of JSP, this is a hugely entertaining read from a hugely ballsy woman who, crucially, knows how to laugh at herself and takes no nonsense from anyone --THE OBSERVER, 20th January 2008

Review
How to live lifee to the full while kicking out the (Word removed), JS-P style - straight from the mouth of the lady herself. **** (out of 5) --HEAT magazine, 9th February 2008

Review
In print her forthrightness works to hilarious effect. More importantly, she does actually talk a lot of sense. --BIG ISSUE, 4th February 2008

Customer Reviews

Good Fun.
I enjoyed this book, which made me laugh out loud sometimes. I also found it useful, especially the chapter on work/writing a cv, which has given me more confidence to try for the kind of jobs I want. I also like what Janet Street Porter says about how nonsensical all these so-called scientific studies are, and gives the address of a website where you can read the facts.
And I love that she thinks going to spas is rubbish! I always thought that myself.
The only thing I'd knock off a star for is all the different colours/fonts. I found that a bit off-putting, and it made me want to eat kiddie sweets!

Common sense makes a comeback!
I found this book a good antidote to the myriad of self help books out there which want you to follow a complicated regime. JSP advocates following your instinct and not conforming to what other people think you should be. Buy the things you like rather than what's fashionable. Don't spend fortunes on the latest must have beauty product because they're all rubbish. Don't follow fad diets - no woman is meant to be a size zero. It is the food section which made me give it 4 stars rather than 5. The food she says she eats is rather restrictive in that it appears to cut out wheat and dairy completely. Most nutritionists say it is not a good idea to cut out whole food groups unless you really have an allergy or serious intolerance.
That said, everything else made sense - life's too short to go to a spa, or bother with men who aren't interested in you and it's definitely too short to try and impress people either at work or in the rest of your life.
The book is amusing and gives a good insight into JSP's character and career. It is perhaps a bit too gimmicky with its layout and the different fonts, but it certainly gets the message across. A good present for someone who's self esteem needs boosting.

No Swearing!
I won't read a book with a swear word for the title. It isn't proper and is a great taboo.
I don't know why she's missed off parts of the letters it's plainly obvious what the word is saying.

No, I don't approve. Sorry.