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Just brilliant...
I don’t usually start my review with saying this is good, but it is,, totally utterly heartbreakingly good.
Jenny is thirty something, just broken up wit... READ MORE
Wow!!
This is an incredible read! Hilarious, heart breaking, raw, and emotional, this is one of my favourite reads of the year!
Brilliantly written, this made m... READ MORE
Witty and thought-provoking
A touching tale of one woman’s quest to find herself amidst the unyielding pressures of our social media culture. Plenty of laugh out loud moments too whic... READ MORE
Hilarious, heart wrenching and oh so clever.
I saw this book, ironically, tweeted about online and I knew I just had to read it – so thank you to HarperCollins for sending me a copy so that I could se... READ MORE
Just marvellous!
Heartwarming, urgent and surprising.
Unsworth’s writing is alarmingly relatable in an age where scrabbling for likes on social media has become a battlegr... READ MORE
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Jenny can’t afford her mortgage. She spends all day online-stalking women with picture perfect lives. And her mother has appeared on her doorstep to stay…
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Synopsis
Jenny is unloved, unemployable and emotionally unfiltered. Her long-suffering friends seem sick of her and whilst her social media portrays her life as a bed of roses, it is more of a dying succulent.
Adults is what you want it to be. A misadventure of maturity, a satire on our age of self-promotion, a tender look at the impossibility of womanhood, a love story, a riot. And Emma Jane Unsworth is the only voice to hear it from. Adults is excruciating, a gut punch of hilarity and a book laden with truth that you will read again and again.
Publisher information
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780008334635
- Number of pages: 368
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm
- Weight: 320g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allThe author has done an amazing job with this book. It's completely addictive.
Who else finds the cover of Adults absolutely irresistible? Definitely a case of cover love here. But what about what's in between?
Jenny McLaine is strug... READ MORE
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Emma Jane Unsworth is a writer growing in confidence. It’s easy to dismiss it as a novel on social media, but it’s sharp, funny and above all - human. It... READ MORE
Hilarious
If you want a heartwarming, heartbreaking hilarious novel thend this is the book for you.
Jenny has everything but athe this same time she has nothing at a... READ MORE
A comedy about self-obsession and finally growing up
Made me laugh out loud. A very delayed coming of age story, of Jenny in London who is hampered and aided by social media. Terrible familiar, she obsesses ... READ MORE
Smart, funny, honest.
A smart, funny exploration of the evils of social media for those of us who didn't grow up with it - and so much more besides. I found the book insightful ... READ MORE
You probably know a Jenny.
Firstly, thank you kindly to Harper for the book.
Secondly, this is not a genre I would ever normally read. I am all about wizards and mages and swords an... READ MORE
It’s funny cos it’s true!
Brilliantly written story of one woman’s addiction to social media and the way it bleeds into all aspects of her life. It’s funny, truthful and at times po... READ MORE
Interesting idea but unlikeable protagonist
This story of “woe” told through the eyes of Jenny, a woman in her mid-thirties who is addicted to social media and struggles with day-to-day to life, didn... READ MORE