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When it comes to the mating game, Jane's still learning how to play.

As a teenager she watched her elder brother falling in and out of love. Now she's embarking on her own affairs. There's the boyfriend with the irritatingly beautiful ex; the worldly Older Man; the commitment-phobe who calls her honey but never uses her name. Plenty of fish in the sea - but how do you find a man worth catching? When she finally resorts to 'How to Meet and Marry Mr Right', a hilarious guide to hunting out and reeling in the man of your dreams, Jane discovers that with love, life and men, a girl doesn't need rules ...

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'Hilarious an deliciously romantic...made me laugh out loud...Jane is no Bridget Jones - she is feistier, wittier and utterly lovable' Independent on Sunday

'This is the kind of book that can pull you out of a reading drought...as enjoyable as a night in watching Sex and the City' Time Out

'Combines sensitivity with sassy lines that make you laugh out loud' Daily Mail

'People fall in love with this exceptional first novel...An absolute must' Mail on Sunday

'It is hard not to laugh' Sunday Telegraph

'Witty, sharp, funny and sincere' Daily Mirror

'A refreshing rarity: an intelligent page-turner...a delicate and carefully crafted classic novel' Express

'Thoroughly engaging' Financial Times

'Some books get buzz, and The Girls' Guide has had more buzz than a swarm of bees...what is unusual for a first book is the emotional truth Bank manages to capture as she traces Jane's progress' Times Metro

'Tagged the thinking woman's Helen Fielding...a beautifully written and very funny novel...as with Salinger and Carver, there is a crystalline simplicity to Bank's prose' The Guardian

'There is humour, a kind of kooky oddness to her writing and her characters, that is all her own, and it is this which should ensure that both book and author will crop up again and again this summer and beyond' Irish Times

'Mix Helen Fielding with J.D. Salinger, add Jane's soul and you have the essence of Girls' Guide - blissful brilliance' She

'This is the most enchanting and refreshing book I have read all summer' Jewish Chronicle

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