Some Girls Do. My Life As a Teenager
Allen & Unwin (April 2007)
‘Funny, touching, heartbreaking, embarrassing - it’s all here and it’s great stuff.’
- Vogue Australia May 2007
Jacinta Tynan is the editor and a contributor to, ‘Some Girls Do. My Life As a Teenager’ - an anthology of female writers sharing the true stories of their adolescence - published in April 2007 (Allen and Unwin).
Jacinta created the anthology as a way of raising funds for SISTER2Sister- a mentor program for disadvantaged teenage girls of which she is an ambassador and was also a Big Sister mentor (2006). Authors have donated all royalties to SISTER2Sister, and Allen and Unwin are also donating $1 from every book sale to the program.
A phenomenal 51 authors contributed to Some Girls Do, My Life as a Teenager, including Nikki Gemmel, Kathy Lette, Jessica Adams, Bessie Bardot, Larissa Behrendt, Kate Morton, Jessica Rowe, Di Morrissey, Leigh Redhead, Belinda Alexandra, Bianca Dye, Sarah Wilson, Liane Moriarty…
From adolescent angst, first crushes and being a rock star groupie to battles with anorexia, sexual abuse, and one woman’s decision to become a nun, these writers prove that your teenage years aren’t necessarily the best days of your life, yet all have lived to tell the tale. Their stories are told with great insight, sensitivity and humour as they lay themselves bare on the page.
Some Girls Do takes you back to your high school formal, your first love, first kiss, first bra, and your first realisation that your Mum and Dad may not know best as you revel in the tales of these inspiring, accomplished women who prove there is life beyond adolescence.
Some Girls Do. My Life As a Teenager is available at all good bookstores. $1 from every sale is donated to The SISTER2Sister Program.
It can also be purchased online through Allen & Unwin.
Jacinta Tynan, Tara Moss, Leigh Redhead, Bessie Bardot signing copies of Some Girls Do
Reviews:
Schoolgirl Crushers: Feature Article in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, 21 April 2007
Photos from the launch of Some Girls Do. My Life as a Teenager, Sydney Girls High School April 2007:
launch organised by Peer Group Media
