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What a Girl Wants

Name: What a Girl Wants
Brand: Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd
SKU: 9781035037179
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A (True) Story of Sexuality and Self-discovery

By Roxy Bourdillon

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Courageous, moving, bold and beautifully, brilliantly written. - Daisy Buchanan, bestselling author of Insatiable I am 13 years old and these are my secrets. I have a crush on Jet from ITV gameshow Gladiators. So strong! So pretty! I still play with Barbie dolls. It’s mostly... Read More

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Warm, relatable and moving, What A Girl Wants is a gorgeous, nostalgia-drenched coming-of-age memoir by the editor of DIVA, the world's biggest magazine for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary folk. Think Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love with a gloriously queer twist.

Warm, relatable and moving, What A Girl Wants is a gorgeous, nostalgia-drenched, coming-of-age memoir by the editor of Diva, the world's biggest magazine for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary folk. Think Dolly Alderton's EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE with a gloriously queer twist.

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Courageous, moving, bold and beautifully, brilliantly written. - Daisy Buchanan, bestselling author of Insatiable

I am 13 years old and these are my secrets.

I have a crush on Jet from ITV gameshow Gladiators. So strong! So pretty!
I still play with Barbie dolls. It’s mostly making them scissor. Or snog. Or lie on top of each other with feeling.
I just kissed my best friend. Spoiler alert: she's a girl.

From the suburbs of Leeds to the streets of Sydney, from the queer clubs of London to a quiet life by the sea, through love, family, friendship and heartache, join Roxy Bourdillon on a journey to work out exactly who she is.

What a Girl Wants is the perfect read for anyone who's searched for their place in the world, for anyone who's ever been catcalled, anyone who's despaired about their body, fallen in love, had their heart broken and found friends who can put it back together.

From overcoming shame and finding your tribe, to surviving the dating scene and learning to really express yourself, this is a book about joy, empowerment and freedom.

It's a laugh-out-loud treat of a read for fans of Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love and Caitlin Moran's How to Be a Woman - but with a glorious queer twist.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781035037179

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bluebird

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 196g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

Roxy Bourdillon is an award-winning writer and the editor-in-chief of DIVA, the world's leading magazine for LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people. As a journalist she has interviewed everyone from A-listers Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Keira Knightley to the legendary Rebel Dykes. When she's not busy writing or editing, she can be found co-hosting the LGBTQIA+ podcast podDIVA, alongside Rachel Shelley aka The L Word's Helena Peabody. Roxy's groundbreaking work in queer media has earned her a place in both the Pride Power List and the Attitude 101: LGBTQ+ Trailblazers Changing The World.