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A Book for Her

By: Bridget Christie
Narrated by: Bridget Christie
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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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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.

It's not just for her

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...the assumption made early on that everyone who listens to audiobooks is somehow lazy and doesn't understand how to use a real book is incorrect. As a blind person I desperately tried to find the Braille version of the book. Despite spending several hours in a number of bookshops fondling the shelves in the feminist section I could not find it, although I did accidentally molest a couple of feminists and get forcibly removed and barred from one of the shops. For some reason being blind was not an acceptable defence and was overlooked due to my being male.

Anyways, having listened to the book in all its animated glory I can only conclude that the Braille version would have seemed a little dry in comparison.

As a sanctimonious hypocrite I find that comedy with a purpose or message is the best comedy of all and thoroughly enjoyed this book. The bits about FGM horrified me but also lead me on a trail where I discovered MGM. Contrary to FGM which has been high profile in the media and politically I found that MGM was not on anyone's agenda. I found this odd, why not just make an issue of genital mutilation performed on anyone regardless of sex? Why ignore it in one sex in preference of another? Why the division? It almost suggests that MGM is not even an issue or that the cultural mutilation of males does not matter.

As a result I have started a campaign group to try and stop mgm. Our first protest outside of a Brit milah in Kensington didn't go so well. We were arrested and prosecuted for anti semitism. It seems lack of consent from an 8 day old baby does not matter if the WHO say that sub Saharan men are less likely to contract HIV if they have been circumcised. I wonder if they have stats on HIV for men who have been castrated in their youth? The feminists I have met also mostly think Leviticus 12:3 is not a particularly offensive part of the Bible in contrast with the vast bulk of the rest of it.

Our second protest targeted the Warrumanga tribe from Australia but we were accused of racism and supporting anti indigenous hate groups.

Next we are moving on to a campaign about the Xhosa: teenage boys undergo genital mutilation often become seriously unwell due to infection and sometimes die for a number of reasons associated with the procedure and the rite of passage that follows. We have been told by authoritative sources that we will be ignored by people from that culture because we are not real men - having not been circumcised. (Not that we'd intended to get our dangly bits out at the protest.)

I digress, this book is funny, smart, generously ambiguous and devoid of real responsibility. I wish you'd been my mummy BC, I'd have grown up with a different and much more interesting range of mental problems than I have now.

Well done you!

P.S. You might spot me at your gigs - I am wearing the 'I am not a man I am a human' T shirt.

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I loved this book and hearing Bridget read it with her warm Gloucester accent was perfect! A fascinating insight into her creative process, tackling important and sensitive topics and always delivered with the right balance of seriousness and perfect comic timing. I could listen to Bridget Christie all day, such a clever and funny lady!

A fabulous listen!

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Not only is the book funny, I very much enjoyed being berated by Bridget throughout for being too lazy to read it myself.

Hilarious heckling from Bridget throughout

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Bridget Christie is the funniest person ever and this is the funniest book ever written.

hilarious and brilliant

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