- Published: 26 February 2015
- ISBN: 9781473510142
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
Shop Girl
- Published: 26 February 2015
- ISBN: 9781473510142
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 288
Absolutely fabulous... Colourful, camp and unexpectedly heart-rending, I loved it.
Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller
Enormous fun, readable, nostalgic, poignant and authentic... Read it then give it to your daughter
Daily Express
Portas writes with wit and verve... The book has the narrative charm of Anita and Me or The Buddha of Suburbia; so when the darkness comes it's genuinely shocking. Shop Girl is a testament to survival. But most of all it is a love letter to her mother, Mary Flynn. Every joke, argument, cake baked, tenderness proffered, sings off the page. 'To my mum - How lucky was I getting you' is the book's dedication. And we are lucky to read it.
Independent
Her school stories are hilarious... a nostalgia-fest
Heat
Portas's memoir is witty, fascinating and, at times, sad but always compelling
Stylist
It breezes along seamlessly... with levels of charm, depth and humour
The Observer
Poignantly described
Telegraph
Heartbreaking
The Times
[A] delightful memoir... full of evocative images
Choice Magazine
Undeniably compelling
Irish Sunday Independent
Warm, witty and evocative, Shop Girl is a cloudless trip down memory lane
The Tablet
Inspiring and emotional
OK!
Searingly honest... A fascinating memoir
Hello!
[Shop Girl] is both a beautifully nostalgic look back at a world long gone and a testament to family ties and our inherent strength
Irish Independent