I love books. I love chick lit. I love non-fiction chick lit and books about other cultures. But am I the only one who thinks a certain genre of book has gone too far?
I mean, I get it that a lot of women (including me!) want to be thinner, prettier, stronger, faster - whatever. And I get that French women ooze style, so I understand the popularity of the book French Women Don't Get Fat. But there are now so many sequels and spin offs: French Women For All Seasons, Entre-nous, Two Lipsticks and a Lover ... (Yeah, I kinda liked that one). I can appreciate these books, with my tongue firmly in my cheek, or ignore most of them, but when I spotted a copy of Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat, I snapped. I might even have shouted: "Well bloody good for them!"
Why doesn't someone just bring out the book that publishers are clearly hinting at? It'll be called, "The only people who get fat, ugly and old are British women like you, you disgusting pig!" (Subtitle: "...so unless you get with the programme and accept that the most important thing in life is how you look you'll end up old, lonely, fat and UGLY - and in case you didn't realise those are the WORST things in the world for a WOMAN, even worse than being stupid or law-breaking - so pretend to be from another country because god knows you're not good enough as you are!")
Too much of a mouthful? Zut alors!
