- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407039862
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
What Would Barbra Do?
- Published: 1 July 2010
- ISBN: 9781407039862
- Imprint: Transworld Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 256
If you've ever felt like bursting into an impromptu showtune at an intensely emotional time, this is a must-read.
Easy Living
A sharply written and wickedly funny guide ... serious, silly and utterly, compellingly humane.
Daily Telegraph
An entertaining, heartfelt, light-as-air romp: much like a good musical in fact.
Sunday Times
A different sort of fantasy.
Vogue
A warm, funny memoir
Mail on Sunday
Entertaining and witty.
Independent on Sunday
A fabulous read.
Hot Stars magazine
Extremely funny.
Daily Express
An enjoyable romp.
East Anglian Daily Times
A frothy, light-hearted investigation
Metro Scotland
Witty, caustic and rambling, but above all, entertaining.
Irish Mail on Sunday
This funny, fervent, fans-eye book is packed with facts and apocrypha about all the best-loved musicals as well as some you've never heard of. Magic.
Sainsbury's Magazine
Musical fans will adore this book - and even those who change channel at the hint of a song may find themselves smiling.
The Gloss
(Brockes') enthusiasm for the genre is infectious; all is delightfully self-deprecating as well as extremely funny. One of her heroines is Barbra Streisland whose music is likened to 'a multi-vitamin supplement, an all-round boost to the immunity.' You could say the same of this book.
Good Book Guide
Excellent writing and convinving theorising: her essay on Mary Poppins alone makes the book worth seeking out
Observer
A warm and witty tribute to musicals of the golden age
Waterstones Books Quarterly
A warm, affectionate and heartfelt exploration of the power of song and dance
Gay Times