Lynn Barber – An Education

Publishers Weekly“Not yet reviewed”

The Independent“It's quite perculiar - in its peculiar charm...” Barber's memoir is funny, bold, incisive, clever and interesting. But underneath all the brave chutzpah, wit, jokes and verve, it is touching, naïve and tenderly confused. There is a sense she is no longer sure of who she is...

The New Yorker“Not yet reviewed”

The New York Times“Not yet reviewed”

The Telegraph“A memoir of intense concision...” More often than not her parents provide the comic relief – especially her father, with his austere views on fun, or “fecklessness”, as he preferred to call it...

The Times“Like a gossip over coffee with a fabulously irreverent mother-in-law...” The journalist Lynn Barber is known for her acerbic features and interviews, and this memoir is no less candid, fun and down-to-earth. Though the amusing and anecdotal are favoured over any deeper emotional perspective...

The Scotsman“I was chuckling, enthralled, but with one hand covering my eyes...” Barber's voice is of course hugely confident – sometimes grumpy, often a bit snooty, very often funny and always extremely frank. Take this to the beach; and be grateful for feminism...

Guardian“Grab the chance to read this entertaining memoir...” When she describes her husband's final illness, this entertaining, artfully shaped memoir segues into a moving coda...

Financial Times“Not yet reviewed”

Book Bag“Entertaining, illuminating and leaves a sense of real pleasure..” It's candid. It was so refreshing to read about the sixties, which might have been considered 'swinging' but were actually sexually repressed for the majority of women. It's very funny and the honesty shines through...