Girl Anatomy - by Rebecca Bloom (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The hip and heart-warming story of what it means to be a girl and what it takes to become a woman.

When Lilly's best friend, Maya, gets engaged, the tenuous peace treaty Lilly thought she had finally established with her perennially single self shows itself to be as long-lasting as shoulder pads and frozen yoghurt. Wavering wildly between ecstasy and envy, serial dater and retail-therapy shopper, Lilly vows to get her life together.

While sipping lattes from the Coffee Bean and planning forever with Maya, Lilly embarks on an uproariously comical and strikingly poignant ride of transformation, told through a series of delightfully engaging interior monologues. Travelling the byways of her own past, Lilly learns to be optimistic about her future and relish her new-found 'chic-dom'. In a voice that grows stronger, louder and more articulate than she ever imagined, Lilly ultimately comes to embrace her on-the-verge-of-womanhood status in all its uncertain yet exciting glory.

Depicting the comic adventures of being a grown-up still coming of age, Rebecca Bloom evocatively and enthusiastically reveals tender truths about friendship and true love.

Review Quotes

"Poignant, hilarious, Girl Anatomy is more than an auspicious debut--it's a novel that resonates with wisdom and truth." -- Vanity Fair

"Tender." -- Liz Smith, Newsday

"Readers will find Lilly's witty, straightforward voice appealing. -- --Booklist

"This is a jewel of a first novel." -- --Lorenzo Carcaterra, author of Gangster and Street Boys

"Witty, engaging, amusing, Girl Anatomy navigates the stormy seas of true love, with a modern edge and old-fashioned heart." -- --Linda Bruckheimer

"Girl Anatomy is a smart, sexy, wickedly funny--and fearlessly insightful book. Sparkling and enchanting." -- Arianna Huffington

"Funny moments erupt every time . . . many women can relate to her." -- --Romantic Times