Lucy-Anne Holmes

A frank and revealing memoir about the search for better sex, from 'No More Page 3' campaigner Lucy-Anne Holmes

Don't Hold My Head Down

'My love story may not be the sort you read about in books or see in films . . . Love stories have glorious highs and ghastly lows. But when it comes to my own life, I'd have to say, you can keep your fabulous highs and I'll happily steer clear of the terrible lows.' After a rocky start in life, Jenny Taylor, 27, star receptionist at the local doctors surgery, has things all worked out thanks to a list of ten daily things she must do to keep the blues at bay. But her life is turned upside down when she meets aspiring musician Joe King. And reliable boyfriend Matt proposes. And then her mum leaves her dad and moves into Jenny's flat determined to 'bond'. Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy is an edgy modern love story that will make you look at your own love story in a whole new way. Lucy-Anne Holmes is the bestselling author of 50 Ways to Find a Lover.

Just a Girl, Standing in Front of a Boy

Is Gracie in love for the very first time? You know that bit in The X Factor, when the singer tells everyone about the rocky road they travelled to pursue their dream? Well, that's Gracie Flowers' story. Gracie is very focused for a woman of almost twenty-six. Her favourite book is 'The 5-Year Plan: Making the Most of Your Life'. And her five-year plan is going very well. That is, until she is usurped from her big promotion by a handsome, posh idiot; she is dumped by her boyfriend; and discovers her loopy mother is facing bankruptcy. Hormones awry and ice cream over-ordered, a dream Gracie thought she'd buried ten years ago starts to resurface. A dream that reminds her of the girl she used to be and everything she wanted to become.

Unlike a Virgin

Actress SArah Sergeant has finally landed the perfect boyfriend. But as she leaves London for LA, Sarah finds herself morphing from the perfect girlfriend, baby-voicing 'I love you's' , into a nutty one who throws phones and screams a lot.

The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend

A collection of 50 true disclosures by 50 women from around the world, from all ages and all walks of life -- revealing their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex. All accompanied by full-color interpretive illustrations by a range of cutting-edge artists. Author Lucy-Anne Holmes has spoken to women from around the globe, ranging in age from 19-75, as they reveal their innermost thoughts and feelings during sex. The result is an incredible compendium of true disclosures that are funny and sad, shocking and tender. Fully illustrated throughout by a range of cutting-edge artists who have interpreted the intimate revelations in their unique ways, Women on Top of the World will be a provocative collection of female voices. It promises to contribute to the changing way women are now talking about their sexuality, and their journeys toward self-discovery.

What Women Think about When They're Having Sex

Women on Top of the World

50 Ways to Find a Lover

50 sätt att träffa den rätte

Gracie Flowers a tout pour plaire. Un mètre soixante de charme, d'humour et de tendresse. Rien ne lui résiste. Avec sa gouaille et son coeur tendre, elle ferait fondre un iceberg. Enfin jusqu'au jour où le job qu'elle voulait lui passe sous le nez, son indéboulonnable petit ami la largue du jour au lendemain, sa mère est menacée d'expulsion. Ce jour-là, Gracie Flowers se déchaîne pour s'en sortir avec les honneurs, car elle a surtout un sacré caractère, des rêves, et une voix de sirène qui devrait bientôt résonner hors de sa salle de bains. Entre Bridget Jones et Coup de foudre à Notting Hill, le meilleur des comédies romantiques à l'anglaise, un vrai remède antiblues.

Ça déménage !

A Tiddlesbury, una piccola cittadina inglese, tutti conoscono e adorano Fanny. Fanny è dolce, simpatica, sembra brillare di una luce speciale. Il suo segreto? Attenersi ogni giorno a una stretta regola di vita, il Manifesto della Felicità, compilato dalla sua migliore amica sotto forma di decalogo. Si tratta di semplici azioni quotidiane - Elenca tutte le cose belle che hai; Prenditi cura di qualcosa; Ridi; Concediti un premio - che servono a regalare un po' di buonumore, a rendere il mondo più bello e che, magicamente, portano anche fortuna. E così, proprio grazie al Manifesto, Fanny ha incontrato Matt, bello e di successo, forse un po' troppo devoto alla carriera, ma con tutte le carte in regola per essere definito il "ragazzo perfetto". E ora, come in una fiaba, lui le ha chiesto di sposarlo. La data del matrimonio è vicinissima, e le cose da organizzare così tante... troppe, per una come Fanny che vive perennemente con la testa tra le nuvole! Come se non bastasse, a turbare l'equilibrio della sua vita da sogno arrivano la madre, che le piomba in casa all'improvviso in cerca di ospitalità, e un ragazzo, sexy da togliere il respiro, che le fa battere il cuore come non le capitava da tempo. Le certezze di Fanny cominciano a vacillare una dopo l'altra: tenere a bada la madre, un vero e proprio tornado di donna, e tentare di reprimere i sentimenti ribelli che rischiano di mandare all'aria l'imminente matrimonio non è semplice Esisterà una regola anche per scampare ai disastri d'amore?

Il Manifesto della felicità (Life)

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50 Ways to Find a Lover is a hilarious, fun and unputdownable romantic comedy, from Lucy-Anne Holmes. I feel like a failure. It's now been 351 days since I had sex. That's a carnal drought. If Bob Geldof knew about it he'd hold a concert. Sarah Sargeant has been single for three years and nine months. She has just spent five months plucking up the courage to ask out a balding man with a paunch who works in her local pub. The gentleman in question informed her that he would rather stay in and watch the Narnia movie on DVD. Her pride has not just been bruised, it's been disembowelled. And she vows it's the last time she will ever reach out to a member of the opposite sex. But her family and friends have other ideas. They enter her into a reality TV show against her will, persuade her to go speed dating and even more radically, they encourage her to start a blog. Suddenly Sarah Sargeant is on a mission: a mission to explore 50 Ways To Find A Lover.

Actress Sarah Sargeant has finally landed the perfect boyfriend. But as she leaves London for LA, Sarah finds herself morphing from the perfect girlfriend, baby voicing 'i love you's, into a nutty one who throws phones and screams a lot. Where did it all go wrong? Was it the photo of a semi-naked ex-girlfriend doing a downward dog she found in her boyfriend's filofax? Or maybe it’s the steamy sex scene she films with the handsomest man in the world, ever. Laugh-out-loud funny and brutally honest, The Imperfect Girlfriend is the story of one woman’s imperfect search for her happy ever after.

A bite-sized guide to making change happen and the story behind the No More Page 3 campaign, written by its founder. Change doesn’t just happen. It starts with the idea that something could be different, could be better. It starts with a person who is brave enough to stand up and say, ‘Stop.’ This is what Lucy-Anne Holmes did when she wrote a letter to the editor of The Sun asking him to stop printing pictures of topless women on Page 3 of the paper. This was something that had been happening for forty five years but which - she suddenly realised - she found outdated and inappropriate and, after thinking about it, not unrelated to a lot of the bad things that happen to women. Launching a digital campaign, starting an online petition and recruiting a team of like-minded people, Lucy-Anne started a revolution. Hundreds of thousands of people signed the petition, wore the campaign t-shirt and dared to say #NoMorePage3. Lucy-Anne had never campaigned on anything before. She wasn't particularly political. She'd never been confrontational. But she found that you only need one thing to start a campaign - and it isn't cash, experience or even a thick skin. It's passion. If you have a desire to change something, read what Lucy-Anne has to say. She’s been there, done that, worn the t-shirt and come out the other side having made a difference in the world.

How to Start a Revolution

We kissed until it became necessary to stop so that we could breathe, by which time my lips were so swollen it looked like I'd been pleasuring a brillo pad. We grinned at each other again and I felt the urge to utter something brilliantly intellectual. 'Have I mentioned that I'm hopelessly in love with you?' Actress Sarah Sargeant has finally landed the perfect boyfriend. But as she leaves London for LA, Sarah finds herself morphing from the perfect girlfriend, baby voicing 'i love you's, into a nutty one who throws phones and screams a lot. Where did it all go wrong? Was it the photo of a semi-naked ex-girlfriend doing a downward dog she found in her boyfriend's filofax? Or maybe it's the steamy sex scene she films with the handsomest man in the world, ever. Laugh-out-loud funny and brutally honest, The (Im)Perfect Girlfriend is the story of one woman's search for her happy ever after. It is a novel that firmly establishes Lucy Anne Holmes as one of the best writers of romantic comedy today.

The (Im)perfect Girlfriend

Was denken Frauen* über Sex? Was erfüllt sie? Was hätten sie lieber nicht erlebt? 51 Frauen* stehen Rede und Antwort, Frauen* jeden Alters, aus allen Teilen der Welt und allen gesellschaftlichen Schichten. Neben heterosexuellen, bisexuellen und lesbischen Frauen kommen pansexuelle und trans Frauen zu Wort ebenso wie nicht-binäre Menschen. Sie erzählen von Selbstachtung, Scham und Schmerz, Body Positivity, Lust und Tabus. Entstanden ist ein einzigartiges Dokument von sexueller Selbstentdeckung und dem sich wandelnden Verständnis von Sexualität. Innovative Künstler*innen runden die Texte mit ihren Illustrationen auf ganz besondere Weise ab.

Frauen* reden über Sex

Was wir lieben

E L James

Beth O'Leary

Lucinda Riley

Nena Tramountani

Karen Swan

Anna Basener

Eric Berg

Anna Todd

Meike Werkmeister

Adriana Popescu

Maria Nikolai

Sophie Bichon

Lucy Astner

Rena Rosenthal

Paula Lambert

Anne Sanders

Kaja Andrea Otto

Maren Vivien Haase

Alexander Graf von Schlieffen

Adrienne Friedlaender

Judith Wilms

Anja Hirsch

Christine Dohler

Angelika Schwarzhuber

Ruth Kornberger

Katrin Burseg

Corinna Loroff

Sonja Roos

Alle Leseproben zur lit.Love 2021: Entdecken Sie die schönsten Liebesgeschichten des Jahres Am 12. und 13. November 2021 steht die Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe in München wieder ganz im Zeichen der lit.Love – das Lesefestival für alle, die sich für Romane und Bücher rund um die Liebe begeistern. Wir freuen uns auf eine Vielzahl deutscher und internationaler Autor*innen und haben wieder eine spannende Mischung von Podiumsdiskussionen, Workshops und Meet&Greets für Sie. Und das Beste ist: Das alles können Sie von Zuhause aus und/oder live vor Ort erleben, denn die lit.Love findet in diesem Jahr erstmals hybrid statt. Um Ihnen die Vorfreude noch zu versüßen, haben wir Ihnen in diesem E-Book Leseproben aller teilnehmenden Autor*innen zusammengestellt. Tauchen Sie ein in die Welt der Liebesromane und lernen Sie Ihre neuen Lieblingsautor*innen kennen, lassen Sie sich von den Sachbüchern bereichern und inspirieren – und erleben sie Ihre Lieblingsautor*innen auf der lit.Love am 12. und 13. November 2021!

lit.Love-Stories 2021

Elfriede Peschel

Die lustigste Versuchung seit Helen Fieldings "Schokolade zum Frühstück" Sie ist jung. Sie ist witzig, hübsch und intelligent. Sie hatte 351 Tage keinen Sex, kein Date, keinen Freund. Nichts läuft, aber irgendetwas läuft extrem schief, und Sarah Sargeant will es wissen: Wie findet man ihn, den richtigen Mann? Sie startet einen Blog und ihre neue Mission: 50 Wege, Mr. Right zu finden. Ihre Fangemeinde im Netz fiebert mit, als sie sich in den umwerfenden Paul verliebt. Paul, der nur einen Fehler hat: seine kleinen Gedächtnislücken. Oder wie konnte er sonst vergessen, seine Freundin zu erwähnen.

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