Billy is a lad. He's a laugh, he's loud, he behaves badly and Sarah is besotted with him. But after another 'accident' puts Sarah in the A&E, her friends Martha and Flower decide that it's time to take action. What should they do? Reason with him? Send him to anger management classes? Hire a hit man?
Martha and Flower have problems of their own: Martha is seven months pregnant by one of three possible blokes and hippie Flower's career as a stand-up comic is more sit-down after some nasty encounters with south London's finest hecklers. Will Martha survive single-motherhood on a council estate in need of a peace-keeping force? Will Flower find the perfect put-down? And will they sort out Billy before he gets to them first...? Jo Brand tells it like it is in her darkly comic and sharply observed debut novel.
A laugh a page tale of three girls, their friendship, their blokes and their living arrangements, for anyone who's ever been in a tower block, a pub or A&E. You'll be wondering if they manage to sort out Billy right to the end.Alan Davies
It's Different for Girls - ebullient coming-of-age novel ... horribly funny The Times
Sorting out Billy- The Revenger's Comedy of our times. A wonderfully funny and inventive novel.Stephen Fry
