Today I am excited to be taking part in Penguin's Blog Tour to celebrate the publication of Nina Stibbe's fantastic new release, Reasons to be Cheerful.
iWhen people in the village heard I was about to start working in the city they tried to unsettle me with tales of woe. The sun, blotted out by the tall buildings, couldn't shine and the rain was poisoned by the toxic fumes that poured from the sock factories. My skin would be covered in pimples from the hell of it all'So begins a young woman's journey to adulthood. Lizzie Vogel leaves her alcoholic, novel-writing mother and heads for Leicester to work for a racist, barely competent dentist obsessed with joining the freemasons.
Soon Lizzie is heading reluctantly, if at top speed, into the murky depths of adult life: where her driving instructor becomes her best friend; her first boyfriend prefers birdwatching to sex and where independence for a teenage girl might just be another word for loneliness.
In Reasons to Be Cheerful Nina Stibbe shows her extraordinary gift for illuminating the vital details which make us human. She is that rare writer who makes us laugh whilst reminding us of the joy, and the pain, of being alive.
Nina Stibbe is a fantastic author - one that when I pick up, I know that I am in for a brilliant read and one which will leave me giggling away in the corner as I devour the book!
Reasons to be Cheerful is another brilliant read by Nina Stibbe. It is hilarious in a number of places, with a cast of great characters and is a book that many of its readers will identify with.
Set in the 1980s, Nina has included a number of fantastic observational moments which transports the reader straight back to the decade and I am sure many readers will identify and reimnise about way into the night! It is great to again meet with main character Lizzie Benson and in a time that I remember although I was slightly younger than her at the time.
A great book to throw into a bag to read in moments of quiet. I read lots of it while waiting for my bus to and from work and it lightened my mood many times.
Thank you to the publishers for sending me a copy of the book in return for an honest review.
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