Listen Up, Girlfriends!: Lessons on Life Form the Queen of Advice

By Julian Barnes, Mother Love, Connie Church

Book Overview

A hilarious no-nonsense guide to love and life for women offers lighthearted and straight-to-the-heart advice on such topics as getting a man, improving personal attitudes, staying prepared, changing oneself, and becoming optimistic. Reprint. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031211995X
• ISBN13: 9780312119959
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

pretty good

another book that i've had for years and never read. well i just finished it last night. it was pretty good. i could've done without all the "Girlfriend" this and that, but she gave some good advice. it did seem like she jumped around, but i was able to pay attention. to me the book seemed more about her relationship, it wasn't full of advice.

Some of the BEST advice for girls today

"Ain't no skinny chick dyin to get outta me!" Mother Love proclaims. But neither does she condone sloth, laziness, letting your hygiene go, or negative attitudes. Never have I heard more practical advice from a more entertaining source. If you have a teenage daughter, I highly recommend finding this book and letting her read it. Mother Love's advice against being a "skaintch" and attracting "dunderheads" is priceless...

The Mother Of All Advice

Mother Love has but one philosophy..."When you know better make sure you do better." We are supposed to learn from our mistakes, not repeat them and Mother Love wants all girls to learn from hers. Personal advice from what to do if your relatives want to move in, do you tell your kids if your man is having an affair, to how not to allow boredom to lapse into laziness is intertwined with the story of Mother Love who went from...