Diary Of A Chav: 1: Trainers v Tiaras: Book 1

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This humorous novel will be enjoyed by fans of Diva without a Cause and the It’s All About Us series by Shelley Adina.

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Everyone in this house has got the bogtrots at the moment. I think this is ‘cos Mum defrosted the Christmas dinner chipolata sausages with Cava-Sue’s GHD straighteners’ This is a slightly different review from all the well known modern books going around at the moment, but I truly believe this series of books needs to be recognised and loved again! Shiraz, Cava-Sue and Murphy are siblings growing up in a rough area of Essex, all attending ‘Superchav Academy’. The books are in diary format from Shiraz’s point of view and they are the most hilarious books I’ve ever laid my eyes on. The diary format has been used before, that's nothing new. We've seen it THE PRINCESS DIARIES, BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY, and the Louise Rennison novels. But what makes DIARY OF A CHAV stand out is the unique way Ms. Dent has Shiraz tell her story. The Guardian appoints Grace Dent as restaurant critic". The Guardian. GNM Press Office. 1 December 2017 . Retrieved 1 December 2017.

As annoying as Mia got she was still endearing. Shiraz is anything but endearing. Despite the fact that Dent tries to portray her as some diamond in the rough...to put it simply Shiraz is your stereotypical Chav. How are all her problems solved in this book? I may not have understood everything she was saying (thankfully there was an English dictionary for all the American cousins) but the girl is bloody brilliant! Shiraz Bailey Wood, the main character, is the Kylie Mole of the C21st, Brit version. Assuming 'chav' is Britspeak for 'bogan', just as the aforementioned Aussie comedic icon magnified and lampooned the teenage culture of the western suburbs (Melbourne and Sydney - or my own Hobart's northern), Grace Dent does the same for Greater London.

While dealing with school, Shiraz also has troubles at home to deal with. Her mom and older sister are at odds and, to solve the problem, Shiraz writes to a Jerry Springer type show for help. Airing their dirty laundry on TV doesn't turn out the way Shiraz expects it to. For more adventures of Shiraz, look for POSH AND PREJUDICE (SLING THE BLING in Great Britain) due out in June 2009. For those of you that absolutely can not wait, you can get your hands on this and more in the series from Great Britain.

Another thing I liked about this book was that it wasn't romance heavy. Admittedly I like me some man candy in YA, but if the romance in this book would've been fully formed I think it would've been detrimental to the book. Shiraz, for one thing, was way too emotionally immature to have a relationship. And the guy she's crushing over really isn't worth much. After graduation from Stirling University, Dent's first job was editorial assistant for Marie Claire magazine in London. [2]Ms. Dent brings us another installment in the life of Shiraz Bailey Wood. Originally published in Great Britain as SLINGING THE BLING, the United States now gets more crazy adventures from Shiraz. Besides, as I said before, the strength of this novel looking at the working class in the UK through Shiraz's family. As insufferable as a lot of these characters were, they were all realistic or depicted a part of their culture like Shiraz. I think probably the best and most infuriating character was the mother. Yes, she is totally unrealistic. You'd never expect a person to act this way or treat their children the way this woman does, but I felt like her character served a purpose. And even though she was an annoying bitch, you wanted to keep reading about her and what awful thing she was going to next. First things first: Ms. Dent captures the Chav dialect and cadence (to this American reader, at least) while still making it readable. That alone is a huge accomplishment. It might be the strongest part of the book.

And to top all that off, her best friend, Carrie, has ditched her for her exciting new boyfriend, Bezzie. Shiraz doesn't think Bezzie is all that, but Carrie can't see beyond having such a grand guy, and the friendship starts to suffer. year-old Shiraz Bailey Wood's days are filled with hoodies, hip-hop, and hanging around outside Claire's Accessories. Her parents work crap jobs and her school is pretty much chav central. There's not much goin' on in the world of this lovable dreamer, and having a brain and a heart of gold only makes it worse. Shiraz loathes being called aBut even though I hated her, she works as a character. Because there was something relatable about her as awful as she was. Maybe it's because I've seen and dealt with kids that are like her. Maybe it's because I felt sorry for her growing up with her crazy mother. But as annoying as she was, I was able to tolerate her unlike other characters. She has been "mainly vegan" since the early 2010s, describing herself as plant-based or a flexitarian. [7] Published works [ edit ] I have just spent two weeks of sheer unmitigated hell in a half-finished hotel, what was advertised as 'the most stunning jewel in the crown of this fabulous island.' Well if this is your most stunning jewel mate, you ain't got much bling bruv, 'cos this place was a right state and you are a proper liberty sending anyone there." Chav: (n.) A British insult for white working-class people fixated on street fashions derived from American hip-hop such as imitation gold and fake designer clothing, e.g.,"It's a bruv who wears crap clothing and manky gold jewelry, innit?" chav because she may be poor but she's not trashy, but she can't do much about it-yet. Shiraz is beginning to feel there's a lot more to life than minimum wage and the bling of a souped-up Vauxhall Nova.