Last week Louise Wener visited Random House for a glass or two of Pimm’s to celebrate the publication of her book Different for Girls. With the soundtrack from the book in the background (courtesy of a Spotify playlist put together by Louise in Marketing using tracks mentioned in the book) she was joined by fans from all over the building who were fans of Sleeper and of Louise’s writing. As well as signing copies of her book Louise autographed some of her hit singles and a fanzine brought in by a keen fan who shall remain nameless…

Different for Girls has attracted some great reviews on Amazon:

***** A joy from start to finish!, 8 Jun 2010
Evie1970
An hilarious, poignant, painfully honest, clever and nostalgic insight into both growing up in the 70’s and the Britpop explosion. Wener’s intelligent, funny obvservations and self-deprecating narration draw you in from the off. Her self-awareness and unflinching honesty is disarming and very engaging… so much more than a “Britpop Babylon”.
I didn’t expect to enjoy it this much, but “Different for Girls” is definitely the best rock memoir I’ve read in years.

***** Different for girls, but still funny even for blokes., 19 Jun 2010
Mr. S. Turpin
By turns funny, reflective and bittersweet, it charts the highs and lows of the band with a great turn of phrase. Louise isn’t afraid to point at herself and laugh, and her pen sketches of some other Britpop luminaries are funny and revealing.

***** a mini-history of 70’s / 80s music, 20 Jun 2010
A.Kinson
“Different for Girls” is one of those rare books that you can read cover to cover in one day. If you grew up listening to music in the 70’s and 80’s, there is plenty to spark off some warm nostalgia in “Different for Girls”.

***** Best music book by far.., 11 Jun 2010
Ms. Meleri W. Thomas
I rarely laugh out loud like I did reading Different For Girls. I’ve never held a book in my hand whilst I’m waiting for the toaster to pop.

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