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  • Published: 16 February 2021
  • ISBN: 9780241407196
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $21.00

Bad Habits





The funniest book you'll read all year - a must-read for fans of Holly Bourne, Derry Girls and Sex Education.

The day they gave me the St Mary's rulebook, I ripped it up.
In a world of curfews, uniforms and traditions, Alex is a lone, loud voice for female equality. So when she decides to stage the ground-breaking feminist play The Vagina Monologues she has one thing on her mind - getting expelled. But as Alex's campaign kicks in, she realises that just maybe she can make a change at St Mary's. To do that, she's going to need a little help...
Hilarious, bold, sparky and surprising, this is the funniest book you'll read all year. A must-read for fans of Holly Bourne, Derry Girls and Sex Education.

  • Published: 16 February 2021
  • ISBN: 9780241407196
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $21.00

Praise for Bad Habits

Funny, fierce and feminist, Bad Habits is full of big characters, big heart, and even bigger laughs. Flynn Meaney has somehow packed laughs into every line while still taking on everything from priests to the patriarchy. I loved it

Beth Garrod

This snarky feminist treat is properly laugh-out-loud funny

The Bookseller

Bad Habits is an absolute joy of a read, carefully balancing comedy ("I'm a feminist! I place bets on women's basketball games.") with a nuanced take on female friendships and being a teenage girl judged unfavourably by nuns, priests, peers and the world at large. Heart-warming and hilarious, this is a book you need on your shelves in these bleak times.

Irish Times
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