|summary=An honest, hilarious and all too relatable coming of age story, ''How to Build a Girl'' is one of the funniest books I have read in ages.
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1990 - Wolverhampton. Johanna Morrigan is 14, intelligent, funny and from a loving family. Unfortunately, said family consists of a depressed mother, a mostly drunk father, an older brother with issues of his own, and three younger brothers to worry about. Well read, witty and hugely intelligent, Johanna longs for escape, building a new version of herself at age 16 and gaining employment as a writer, frequently travelling to the drink, sex and drug filled bars and bedsits of London.