I one hundred percent am not giving this a remotely fair chance, and I know that. I read a few pages and was totally bored, and I can't even remember why I wanted to read it except that people talk about Maisie Dobbs as a great female character, which is obviously appealing, but the thing is that I've just come across not one but two Caitlin Moran books I'd been looking for. So... back on the to-read list this goes. Remind me to pick it up again in the future.