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A Book for Her
- Narrated by: Bridget Christie
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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A Book for Her
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Summary
The hilarious memoir from award-winning comedian Bridget Christie.
When Bridget Christie walked into her local bookshop, she thought she'd come out with a book. And maybe a calendar of cute photos of cats (hopefully unlike you've just done). The last thing she thought she'd be leaving with was the need for a new wave of feminism and the start of an incredibly successful career.
Up until that day, she hadn't realised that misogyny was like shiny leggings: it had been making an unexpected comeback (and for the record, neither do ordinary women any favours).
From that moment, Bridget decided that the world should know that feminism is not embarrassing for women. In fact she managed to find the humour in it. And she wasn't afraid to answer the difficult questions all women wanted to know: why do fish stare at you during lap dances at Stringfellows? Do I need to have botox before heading to a pub quiz? Is bootylicious a new brand of feminism or an arse-flavoured bubble gum?
A Book for Her is Bridget's story. But it's not only a book for her, it's also a book for you. And for him, if he's not a dick. Or even if he is, he could learn something that might make him not a dick.
Oh, and what happened in that bookshop? You'll have to listen on to find out....
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- Arlene Finnigan
- 08-05-17
Great read
Really enjoyable read. I found the going-off-on-tangents narration irritating at first, but hearing her being both witty and passionate about issues like FGM and rape culture is great.
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- David Baker
- 13-07-15
Not just for the ladies
Hilarious, thoughtful and moving. Christie's well honed performance style makes this my favourite recent listen.
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- Miss
- 28-07-15
LOVED THIS BOOK - essential for all humans!
Bridget Christie is incredibly astute and also incredibly funny. I couldn't have loved this book, her as an author or her amazing narration more. Am hitting the "play again" button, I've got a feeling I'll listen to this over and over!! Don't hesitate, download this now.
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- Amy
- 24-05-16
Just discovered Bridget Christie now she's my fave
What did you like most about A Book for Her?
Her interjections whilst reading her Audiobook made it so much more enjoyable!
What was one of the most memorable moments of A Book for Her?
The yoghurt advert anecdote
Have you listened to any of Bridget Christie’s other performances? How does this one compare?
I listened to Mind the Gap right before this book. This is just as brilliantly funny and insightful, if not more so. There is some repetition of material though but that's cool as I appreciate that not everyone will have heard Mind the Gap.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Hell yeah!
Any additional comments?
Please, please, please write another book!
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- Elizabeth O'Raw
- 15-07-22
Fantastic.
Words cannot express just how much I enjoyed this audiobook (somewhat ironically). Bridget has the most engaging style of delivery. Just go on and buy it!!
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- TamTam
- 11-07-15
Says what needs saying and all funny like....
Two weeks ago my best friend's husband...whom I adore...got out his phone and showed a video of a topless woman dancing to Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines. We were a group of girls at a party. He was then angry when I said, quite calmly, that I didn't want to see it.
He said I was jealous of the woman's body.
This made me angrier than I have been in a very, very long time. I hope I don't have to explain why here.
I will be buying a hardback copy of Bridget Christie's masterwork in finding the funny in the blanket suppression of we, the majority, by willy owners and sometimes, even ourselves. I think it is the spoonful of sugar needed to help that
medicine go down.
My best friend had a little girl a few months ago...I'm buying the book for her sake.
Thanks Bridget, you are a legend.
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- Niall B
- 26-07-15
It's not just for her
Where does A Book for Her rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This audiobook really got me laughing; and thinking.
What about Bridget Christie’s performance did you like?
Christie is a terrific comedian so it's no surprise that the performance is great. She occasionally drops whatever the audiobook equivalent of the fourth wall is, chastising the listener for choosing the easy option of listening to rather than reading her book.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
She really does manage to make feminism very funny without trivialising it and without preaching.
Any additional comments?
This isn't just a book for people with women's ears, I have men's ears and I really enjoyed it.
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- Josie Parkinson
- 04-01-18
please give Bridget Christie everything.
this is my favourite book. if you have ever met a woman or enjoyed laughing then this book is for you. so well performed, so well written, so sparkling with intelligence, so full of GREAT jokes about everything from cheese to periods to Sir Sterling Moss, I am going to listen to it again immediately AND buy the actual real book because Bridget Christie deserves absolutely everything that there is, all of it, she deserves every object and thing on the face of the earth, I am going to post all of my earthly possessions to her and become a full time monk at the church of Christie and shave the middle bit of my head like Friar Tuck. please join me, she's the best. thank you
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- Janet Record
- 14-01-22
Lots of things to think about - funny too!
I enjoyed Bridget's book and loved her narration. Lots of great points made and shows how peculiar the world still is for women, not to mention scary. This book also made me laugh a lot at the absurdiness of it all and made me want to stick up for us females. Thanks Bridget!
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- laura
- 17-07-15
Loved it
Bridget Christie is awesome and I liked having her in my ears for a few hours.
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