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What a Girl Wants

A (True) Story of Sexuality and Self-discovery

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What a Girl Wants

By: Roxy Bourdillon
Narrated by: Roxy Bourdillon
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Read by the author, Roxy Bourdillon. Featuring an exclusive audio Q&A between the author and Laura Kay.

'Courageous, moving, bold and beautifully, brilliantly written.' – Daisy Buchanan

I am 13 years old and these are my secrets.
1. I have a crush on Jet from ITV gameshow Gladiators. So strong! So pretty!
2. I still play with Barbie dolls. It’s mostly making them scissor. Or snog. Or lie on top of each other with feeling.
3. I just kissed my best friend. Spoiler alert: she’s a girl.

From the suburbs of Leeds to the streets of Sydney, from the queer clubs of London to a quiet life by the sea, through love, family, friendship and heartache, join Roxy Bourdillon on a journey to work out exactly who she is.

What a Girl Wants is the perfect read for anyone who’s searched for their place in the world, for anyone who’s ever been catcalled, anyone who's despaired about their body, fallen in love, had their heart broken and found friends who can put it back together.

From overcoming shame and finding your tribe, to surviving the dating scene and learning to really express yourself, this is a book about joy, empowerment and freedom.

It's a laugh-out-loud treat of a listen for fans of Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love and Caitlin Moran's How to Be a Woman - but with a glorious queer twist.

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Critic reviews

'Smart and funny - genuinely brilliantly, laugh out loud funny. What A Girl Wants is unabashed, bold, even confronting at times and it's exhilarating to read Roxy's words, to be witness to her life.' (Laura Kay, author of The Split, Making It and Wild Things)
'An inspiring and refreshing read! I wish this had been around when I was 19. And 29, and 39. . .' (Val McDermid)
'This is the book I wish existed when I was younger, all told in Roxy’s wonderful, unique, inimitable way. Roxy has my heart.' (Adele Roberts, broadcaster and author)
'Beautiful, kind, inclusive, hilarious, passionate. A taster of how glorious things can be when a girl gets what she wants.' (The L Word star Rachel Shelley)
'A no holds barred trip down memory lane that packs a hilarious, nostalgic and seriously sapphic punch.' (Jamie Windust, author of In Their Shoes)
'A fabulously femme romp through a queer life, that will be a guiding light for anyone embracing their truth.' (Lotte Jeffs, author of This Love, The Queer Parent and How to Be a Gentlewoman)
'An honest, uplifting and inspirational journey of discovery. I loved it!' (Mari Hannah)
'An exuberant, open-hearted memoir about growing up a lesbian under Section 28, and about living a richly queer life in 21st century Britain.' (Kate Young, author of Experienced)
'I loved this book on so many levels. . . It’s beautifully written, a truly uplifting and engaging read.' (VG Lee)
'I adored What a Girl Wants. It’s such a lovely, warm book to escape to. It gave me so much joy.' (Kate Holderness, actor and author)
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