Funny Girl

Funny Girl by Nick Hornby
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Not as hilarious as other Hornby books I’ve read but still a fun romp. It takes a jab at those who deem popular (art, books, comedy) as somehow inferior to the highbrow. Hornby, one of the funniest authors I’ve come across, seems to point out that pop culture is not only art (inspired at that) but that it is valuable because it reflects and shapes “real life”. Those characters that were scoffed at for being conventional and sell-outs seemed happier than those who tried to be avant garde. Cute, fun book.

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She understood the need for something better...And she could argue that she had talent, and if she'd let it swell and fester, then it would have killed her.  But she hadn't known for sure it was real, and she hadn't known for sure it would save her. 

She owed her mother everything and nothing, all at the same time.