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Make any woman laugh-out-loud happy. Give her, Can We Help It If We’re Fabulous? And other thoughts on being a woman by our one of a kind, Peta Mathias. What a gift (and with a shocking-pink cover to boot).

Give it to all the women you know. Any age. Any relationship. Girlfriend, wife, mother. Even my husband is reading it and laughing out loud, so men too will actually learn what’s going on in a woman’s mind. (Maybe that statement is a bit strong). Click on book cover to buy.

I know I sound extreme, but it’s true. I have never laughed so much reading a book.  I am so grateful to my dear friend who slipped this to me for Christmas.

Peta covers food, relationships with friends, family and mums- not just men (we’re all dysfunctional), work (is it a personality disorder?) travel, health hormones and beauty, music and singing, sex and love (why it makes us blind) happiness, and of course, men.

Wisdom abounds, as does scientific research to prove her points so while funny she gives serious advice with a full dollop of common sense in the 261 pages. 

She writes in first person candidly telling her story from Catholic school days, working as a nurse and adventures until now as writer, traveler, chef, TV presenter. A nice twist to typical chick-lit doco type is how Peta ends each chapter with a quick interview of someone walking the talk.  It adds meat and another voice of proof why we’re so fab.

Buy the book now in NZ from Fishpond online (same price as Whitcouls). Ships in 6-11 days, so you’ll have it before Valentines Day. Any occasion is reason enough,  just to hear the woman laugh.

Sorry Amazon buyers. They tell me they won’t have the book for a few months but it’s worth the wait.

Peta is indeed irreverent, witty and unpredictable.   Here are some Peta-isms.

Do not wear white shoes ever, under any conditions, unless you are a nurse or a bride (page 21).

Exhaustive research has now given us the final word on nutrition and health: Japanese eat little fat and have fewer heart attaches than we do; Mexicans eat a lot of fat and have fewer heart attacks than we do; Chinese drink little red wine and have fewer heart attacks than we do; Italians drink gallons of red wine and have fewer heart attacks than we do; Germans stuff themselves with beer, sausages and fat and have fewer heart attacks than we do. The conclusion of this research is obvious - eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is what is killing us  (page 69).

If you are a woman of a certain age, the correct reply to the question, ‘How old are you?’ is ‘Age only matters if you’re a cheese.’ (page 167)

Enjoy the laughter. I am…and the singing.

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