How to Be a Woman – Caitlin MoranI'd say this semi-autobiography describes Moran's home-schooled childhood, how she grew up with seven siblings, her foray into journalism by joining Music Weekly 'Melody Maker' at 16, her stint at broadcasting, her longer career as a columnist in The Times, and in a way it does, but here the life story structures the rant. How to Be a Woman is a witty tirade in defence of feminism in the post-suffragette world. It covers just about everything women have to deal with from puberty to womanhood and beyond.

Nothing on the female anatomical calendar is left unexplored – menstruation, pubes, breasts. Photos are fittingly absent, considering the topics. Moran's energetic prose then plunges into the post-puberty dramas of dating, weight issues, marriage, having children, and all the sexism that goes with it. Read more of this post