can make you laugh even if she can't herself' Sarah Broadhurst , Bookseller 'It might seem strange that I approve of Ariel's doom-mongering, but actually I find that her hilarious and addictive honesty comes closer to the secret of optimism than she would probably care to admit! Immensely enjoyable' Laurence Shorter, author of THE OPTIMIST 'Original, insightful and sharp, this is the flip side of Sex and the City : a very funny book written by a woman who knows how to laugh at herself and her insecurities' Joan Rivers