Product Description

THE BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDTION.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24246 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 306 pages

Review
'Funny, magical and moving.' TIME OUT 'A sharp, witty love story.' OBSERVER 'Colgan is on top form with her latest outrageous romp' Cosmopolitan 'Jenny Colgan is one of the leaders of the pack... Fast-paced, funny, poignant and well-observed' Daily Mail 'Wonderful, warm and resonant' Hello 'Sharp, well-observed and hilarious' New Statesman 'Compulsively comical' Cosmopolitan 'In the great tradition of Bridget Jones' Guardian 'Funny and insightful' Mail on Sunday 'Wickedly funny' Mirror 'A barrel of laughs' Express 'A witty, lively story' The Times 'A scream' Elle 'She is very, very funny' Express

From the Author
How the book came about? Well, I was lying in the bath one afternoon about two years ago reading Heat magazine (hey, I consider it very important to the creative process) and I thought, this is nuts; I'm reading about Justin Timberlake, who I would have *loved* as a teenager, but I'm nearly thirty. When am I ever going to grow up? And that led me to thinking how much I've changed, and what it would be like to do it all again.

I saw some friends that night and said, 'What do you think it would be like going back to school but knowing everything you know now?' and it sparked so much conversation that I thought I must be on to a good thing.

I think at first you assume it will be great because now you know how to be cool and get served in pubs and you're better at dealing with the opposite sex (well, maybe not the last one), but then you remember how tribal school can be and all the bullying and hassle and chemistry you have to put up with and you think, hmmm, maybe not...

Originally the book was called Sixteen Again; Flora is thirty-two and unhappy with her life, and wakes up one day in her sixteen-year-old body.

I wanted to make Flora sixteen as opposed to thirteen or eleven (like in those Hollywood body-swap movies) for two reasons: firstly, because I needed to get her out the house on her own, and nobody lets thirteen-year-old girls out on their own these days, and secondly, because I wanted her to get a bit of fun and romance in her life without anyone calling the police.

About the Author
Jenny Colgan was born in 1972 in Ayrshire. After Edinburgh University, she worked for six years in the health service, moonlighting as a cartoonist and stand-up comic. She is the author of four previous bestselling novels: Amanda's Wedding, Talking to Addison, Looking for Andrew McCarthy and Working Wonders, all of which are in development for film and TV. Jenny lives in London and is working on her sixth novel and a new TV series.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant and Brilliant Again
This is one of the best books ever!!!!
A fantastic laugh out loud book. I wish I could wipe it from my memory and read it again and again so that I can experience it afresh every time. Really it had me in splits and even now remembering reading it, I get a huge grin on my face.

Now this is my yard stick, any guy I want to spend the rest of my life with has to read and enjoy this book as much as me..

One of the funnest books I have read
I read another of Jenny Colgans books - Working Wonders - and I wasn't too impressed. But reading the description of this one I thought I would give it a try. I am so glad I did. It was fantastic. It was funny the whole way through. It did get a bit confusing at the beginning when you try and work out where / what time she is in. But her thoughts on being a 16 year old brings back lots of memories. Unlike other nostalgia books, she is actually living the past rather then re-telling it. It was a very lovely book, and easy read, a good beach buy. I would recommend this to everyone.

FUN FUN AND FUN AGAIN
A laugh out loud, comical, emotional book. I LOVED it. Haven't we all wished we could go back and do things differently? Well Jenny Colgan made our wishes come true. Very well written, to an extent that one would actually believe that this thing could happen if you wish it to. This book touched me deeply.