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Birdy Arbuthnot's Year of 'Yes' Synopsis
'I suspect that in Soho anything can happen and frequently does.'
1960 is knocking on the door, and eighteen-year-old Margaret 'Birdy' Arbuthnot, presently of Surbiton, wants more than her current existence in the dull suburbs. She wants to LIVE - in capital letters! Could Soho, with its bright lights and dark corridors, hold the key to a life more novel-like and less… Surrey? (Even if Mummy thinks it is a square mile of vice, full of men with overly shiny shoes.)
At the cusp of the new year, Birdy resolves to only say 'yes' to everything for the next twelve months. She can't possibly realise that her biggest 'yes' will launch her directly into the London orbit of the aristocratic Mannering family, and transform her life into one worth writing novels about.
The joyfully funny companion novel to A Calamity of Mannerings, by Carnegie-nominated bestselling author Joanna Nadin.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781916747654 |
| Publication date: |
1st May 2025 |
| Author: |
Joanna Nadin |
| Publisher: |
UCLan Publishing |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
448 pages |
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Press Reviews
Joanna Nadin Press Reviews
Praise for A Calamity of Mannerings:
‘This book is bliss’ Hilary McKay
‘Besides the sharp wit, this also has wisdom and warmth.’ The Sunday Times
‘I couldn't put it down. Wodehouse is alive and she’s beautiful!’ Emma Carroll
'So much fun! So clever, with such wonderful characters who I can still feel breathing and squabbling around me. I kept on guffawing with laughter.' – Natasha Farrant
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About Joanna Nadin
Joanna Nadin is a winner of the Fantastic Book Award, the Surrey Book Award, Blue Peter 'Book of the Month' and Radio 4 Open Book 'Book of the Year'. She has been shortlisted for the Booktrust Best Book Award and Queen of Teen, and Spies, Dad, Big Lauren and Me was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. In 2011, Penny Dreadful is a Magnet for Disaster was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. Joe All Alone was nominated for the 2016 C ILIP C arnegie Medal. She writes the Flying Fergus series with Sir Chris Hoy. Joanna previously worked as a policy writer for the Labour Party and a special adviser to the Prime Minister. She continues to freelance as a speechwriter and editor, and lectures in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.
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