Has the sex shopping book usurped the Aga saga?
Sex and shopping was about ten year ago, then came the Aga saga and now it’s come full circle and we’re back to the full-blown sex and shopping novel again – ordinary girls have become glam again: lad lit’s probably up next. Celebrity death-match between Bridget Jones and Ashling Kennedy, who would win? Oh Bridget, I’m sure. I don’t think Ashling has the anger. Then again she’s very practical, she may well have some kind of rape device in her handbag. OK, I think it would be neck and neck but despite her practicalities Ashling would probably talk Bridget down, persuade her out to the pub. You’ve been called the hottest young female writer in Britain, how does the mantle fit? It’s an enormous compliment but I don’t wake up in the morning and think: ‘Wa-hey, I’m the voice of the nation.’ It’s wonderful to think what I’m writing is touching chords as I’m very honest in my books and the fact it has such a wide identification makes me feel better. I always though I was kind of weird – clear
