An intelligent and witty read

Maxted has always succeeded in writing thoughtfully on assorted knotty issues without ever losing her sense of humour

With her winning combination of honesty and warmth, Maxted has ensured herself another triumph

Anna Maxted applies her usual intelligent, witty approach, making you laugh and cry in equal measure. Anyone who's had a sister, or ever wanted to scream with frustration about family life, will recognise themselves in this page-turner

Hilariously funny tale which also manages to be wonderfully touching in places, too

Got a sister? Get ready to giggle and nod knowingly as you read this. Haven't got a sister? Get ready just to giggle as you read this anyway

Anna Maxted has the extraordinary gift of being able to write a deeply humorous and racy tale covering the most heartbreaking situations without detracting in any way from the seriousness of the subjects of her story

Fab and funny ... Anyone with a sister will be nodding their head the whole way through

Anna Maxted tells a tale of sibling rivalry with wit and emotion

Warm, poignant and very funny

Hugely funny. Maxted writes beautifully

A riotous read with jokes galore cut through with lightly handled serious observations about the nature of poverty and the challenges of emerging female sexuality. It is also stunningly rude…

Exuberant, funny coming-of-age tale with a highly-literate, resourceful Wolverhampton teen at its centre. As building girls goes this is one alternative instruction manual every woman should read

The self-conscious agonies of precocious yet sensitive Dolly ring painfully true, while the witty sex scenes, boozy anecdotes and one-liners make this great fun…

An exuberant coming of age novel in DMs and ripped tights

So funny it hurts. How to Build a Girl is Adrian Mole meets Fear of Flying. I predict they’ll be tears a plenty – both of laughter and excruciating recognition – on sun-loungers this summer

Moran is a brilliantly funny writer, and How To Build A Girl is brimful of jokes

This very British (and very naughty) coming-of-age novel will have you in literal hysterics!

terrific - funny, honest and deliciously rude

This is going to be a bestseller…A sharp, hilarious and controversial read

I laughed aloud at this funny, outrageous story of a girl from Wolverhampton council estate who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde

as irreverent, amusing and vibrant as Moran herself

rowdy and fearless ... sloppy, big-hearted and alive in all the right ways

Ms. Moran['s] ... funny and cheerfully dirty coming-of-age novel has a hard kernel of class awareness ... sloppy, big-hearted and alive in all the right ways.

This is going to be a bestseller…A sharp, hilarious and controversial read

Original, insightful