The Importance of Music to Girls
“The Importance of music to Girls made you feel that you had never read anything before that was really about childhood and adolescent experience” - Adam Phillips, Observer Books of the Year.
“It will resonate with everyone who has ever danced around a handbag or played a guitar” - Val Hennessy, Daily Mail Critic’s Choice.
If I had not kissed anyone, or danced with anyone, or had a reason to cry, the music made me feel as if I had gone through that anyway…
In this passionate, vivid memoir, Lavinia Greenlaw searches out diaries and report cards, classic LP covers and old mixtapes, to recall the furious passion of coming alive through music.
She tells the story of the adventures that music leads us into: getting drunk, falling in love, drying of boredom, cutting our hair, terrifying our parents, wanting to change the world. From pop tp punk, this is a memoir unlike any other, and it will make you hear again, as you did for the first time.
“Her lyrical style recallsthe depth of Joy Division and the joys of Donna Summer” - Frances Wilson, Daily Telegraph.
“Lavinia Greenlaw’s clever riposte to the High Fidelity band of writers is a memoir that takes us back through her teenage years in the seventies” - Kate Chisholm, Spectator.
“Plays out as sweetly as any finely tuned mixtape” - Anna Millar, Scotland on Sunday.
Anyone want it? £6 + postage costs, which shouldn’t amount to much if you’re in the UK. After a mass post out to America this afternoon, I’ve remembered how expensive overseas can be. But wherever you live, as long as you cover costs (it wouldn’t be massive) then I’ll post it.
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Anyone want one (two or three) of these? Courtesy of a year between friends when we kept buying each other any conceivable Twilight gift because we could, I now have this.
- ‘Taylor Lautner - Me & You’ - Josh Rusher. Basically, it’s one of those manuals that goes through their entire life/career with stories and pictures, etc, etc.
- ‘The Robert Pattinson Album’ - Paul Stenning. Same as above, pretty much a book about the life and times of R-Patz up to the point of the book’s release, which would be… 3 years ago?
AND (this one needs some explaining…)
- ‘Twilight and Philosophy - Vampires, Vegetarians and the Pursuit of Immortality’ - William Irwin. Okay, so basically this book is applying theory to Twilight and… yeah. Apparently the person in the store wasn’t a Kristen fan considering their sticker placement. Here is the blurb so y’all get more of an idea:What can vampires tell us about the meaning of life? Is Edward a romantic hero or a dangerous stalker? Is Bella a feminist? Is Stephanie Meyer? How does Stephanie Meyer’s Mormonism fit into the fantastical word of Twilight? Is Jacob “better” for Bella than Edward?The answer to these philosophical questions and more can be found inside [this book]. With everything from Taoism to mind reading to the place of God in a world of vampires, this book offers some very tasty philosophy for both the living and the undead to sink their teeth into. Whether you’re on Team Edward or Team Jacob, whether you loved or hated Breaking Dawn, this book is for you.
Never read any of them, so they’re not mangled or anything. £8 per book? + postage. You can have one or all three. Paypal the money then I’ll post them out. Like I’ve said on all these posts: I sell stuff like this all the time, and Paypal is safe/quick/easy and I’m reliable at posting, so!http://glamourandexcess.tumblr.com/askBE NICE AND REBLOG?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7tzs9DRm21rwup3ao1_r1_1280.jpg)
