Life's Too F***ing Short: A Guide to Getting What You Want Out of Life Without Wasting Time, Effort, or Money - Softcover

Street-Porter, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1587613522 ISBN 13: 9781587613524

Publisher: Celestial Arts, 2009

Synopsis

An irreverent, unapologetically opinionated, no-holds-barred manifesto for women who aim to thrive, not just survive, in the 21st century.

"Spend the first minute of every day telling yourself 'I am bloody brilliant'-no one else is going to!" Janet Street-Porter proffers pithy pronouncements on everything from platform shoes to climbing the corporate ladder to spa vacations to designer face creams. Unimpressed by industry experts, independent research, and well-meaning but irrelevant journalists, Street-Porter dishes on the dictum that "more is never enough" (a ploy to get you to buy stuff you don't need) and counters with been-there-done-that advice on career advancement (it's not who you know), dating (it is who you know), interior décor (less is more), diet (less is still more), exercise (more is actually more), and personal ethics (if you don't have any, it's time to get some). So get a grip, because LIFE'S TOO F***ING SHORT to let it pass you by.

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Review:

Regardless of your view of JSP, this is a hugely entertaining read from a hugely ballsy woman who, crucially, knows how to laugh at herself and takes no nonsense from anyone. --THE OBSERVER, 20th January 2008

How to live lifee to the full while kicking out the (Word removed), JS-P style - straight from the mouth of the lady herself. **** (out of 5) --HEAT magazine, 9th February 2008

In print her forthrightness works to hilarious effect. More importantly, she does actually talk a lot of sense. --BIG ISSUE, 4th February 2008

How to live lifee to the full while kicking out the (Word removed), JS-P style - straight from the mouth of the lady herself. **** (out of 5) --HEAT magazine, 9th February 2008

In print her forthrightness works to hilarious effect. More importantly, she does actually talk a lot of sense. --BIG ISSUE, 4th February 2008

About the Author:

JANET STREET-PORTER is a former columnist for London's Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Observer, British Vogue, and British Marie Claire. She is currently editor-at-large for the Independent on Sunday, for which she was nominated in 2007 as columnist of the year by the British Press Awards. Street-Porter is also a BAFTA-winning television producer and former BBC executive who has made numerous appearances on a wide variety of television shows, some of which she cocreated, including the Rough Guide travel series. She divides her time between a tiny village in Yorkshire and the much larger city of London, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Celestial Arts
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1587613522
• ISBN 13: 9781587613524
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176