Free book excerpt from Big Girls Don't Cry by Faye Weldon. Contact Media Free book excerpt from Big Girls Don't Cry by Faye Weldon. Layla and Stephie, friends, mean to change all this. A Woman Needs a Man like a Fish Needs a Bicycle .
Felines are nothing compared with women.
A couple of tourists, Brian and Nancy from New Zealand, emerge from the crowds in Carnaby Street. They have been rendered punch-drunk by colour, fabric, and the smell of patchouli. These are still flower-power and drug days. Brian and Nancy both wear white Aertex shirts and tennis shoes for ease and comfort. Both are in culture shock.