From 2011 to 2017 she wrote a restaurant column for the Evening Standard, and became the Guardian's restaurant critic in 2018. Her very funny growth realzation that perhaps a life spent working in a factory isn't the best use of her potential is clever and well-done. This book is the diary of a girl named Shiraz Bailey Wood, she is considered a bit of a chav, but I wouldn't say she is.

The divine Shiraz Bailey Wood is back to enlighten us on the multi-layered, rich tapestry that is her life in Goodmayes Essex. kids who claim to have never read anything longer than a text message are ploughing through my books nagging me for the next one.

Even though most of the characters are ‘chavs’, they are still going through the same emotions as everyone else at a teenage age.

Soon home in Goodmayes seems like the only place to be, sorrounded by everyone she’s grown up with, people she loves to bits…Can Shiraz give up her dreams? The diary format works well for Shiraz's outspoken voice, and I'd recommend it to anyone who likes YA and is looking for a good laugh.The majority of the time, I felt like I was listening to an overdramatic gossiper, which did more to annoy me than maintain my interest.

It honestly is one of the best books I've read it's hilarious and at the same time rather interesting . For more adventures of Shiraz, look for POSH AND PREJUDICE (SLING THE BLING in Great Britain) due out in June 2009.

Still, Shiraz and Carrie are lovin' it, even if money is running out and the only jobs on offer seem to be bog cleaning and bottle washing at the local bar . She knows she's going to have to have a few words with Wesley about their future as he's planning all sorts himself and it isn't fair. Best friend Carrie is of a like-mind and so, armed with text books and pencil cases, the intrepid pair set forth into the heady world of academia.