BOOKs

My debut non-fiction book, I'm Just a Girl, will be published in June with Little, Brown (!!!). You can buy tickets for my UK book tour now!

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that boys will be boys and girls have to grow up...

 

Over the past decade, girlhood has repainted the cultural landscape pink. From Taylor Swift's The Era's Tour to Barbiemania, this nostalgia for girlhood has become a billion-dollar business, seen in the music we listen to, the clothes we wear, and the 2000s movies (and their long-awaited sequels) we watch on repeat.

 

But at a time when women's rights are being rewritten, this resurgence in girlhood is complicated. Women are caught between a genuine desire to relive the wild freedom, joy and safety found in girlhood, while facing an ever-growing pressure to hold onto their youth. The world demands women continue to look like girls, yet they are rarely given the space to actually be girls.​

You can pre-order a signed + dedicated copy from Queen's Park Books​

You can also pre-order from: Waterstones | Amazon | Blackwells | Audible | Foyles

Book Tour tickets available here

(for Edinburgh, Manchester, London, Liverpool, Peterborough and Cambridge)

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First reviews:  ​

"This one's for the girls. Jess Bacon's first book is a bold reclamation of girlhood that cuts to the heart (and harm) of society's paradoxical obsession with sexualising and infantilising the female body.” -  Lucy Morgan, Glamour

 

"Filled with an even measure of optimism, hope and unflinching melancholy, I'm Just A Girl is an iridescent love letter to living through the paradoxes of womanhood in the twenty-first century. Reading it felt like devouring the pages of a secret diary. Deeply nuanced and intricate, it's an absolutely essential book for any feminist book shelf. In a word: healing." ― Lucy Rose, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Lamb

 

“Courageous, clever and kind - it's a book I want to share with all the women in my life!” - Daisy Buchanan author of Insatiable 

 

“A love letter to ‘girlies’ everywhere. Bacon’s debut is a relatable, poignant and topical unpacking of girlhood as we know it." - Jess Davies author of No One Wants to See Your D*ck

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"A thought, incisive look at how the stories we inherit about girlhood shape the women we become." - Anita Bhagwandas author of Ugly

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"A joyful, rebellious and much-needed book for every woman who knows, deep down, that the most powerful version of herself is the one she was never quite allowed to be." ― Shahroo Izadi, author of The Kindness Method

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