{"product_id":"how-to-become-the-best-c-u-n-t-in-the-world","title":"How to Become the Best C.U.N.T in the World","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHOW TO BECOME THE BEST C.U.N.T IN THE WORLD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe self-help book for people who are fucking done with self-help bollocks.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLet me guess, love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYou're the one who always keeps the peace. The one saying \"it's fine\" when it's actually a big bag of shit. The one handing out third, fourth, and fifth chances to people who'd step over you in the street without a backwards look.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYou've spent years making sure everyone else is alright, while quietly forgetting that you exist. Your own needs? Buried. Your opinions? Watered down. Your boundaries? Non-existent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSound familiar? Yeah. I thought so. This book was written for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003chr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLook, I see all this \"Let Them\" talk floating about and I nearly choke on my tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLet them ghost you. Let them disrespect you. Let them treat you like a free sample at the market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFuck that.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePeople will walk all over you until\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eyou\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estop them. Until\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eyou\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edraw the fucking line in the concrete, because let's be real, some of them need it spelled out with a brick.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eblock the number, call out the bullshit, or walk away without explaining yourself for the 47th time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWe \"Don't Fucking Let Them\" in this house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNot\u003cspan\u003e let them drain your energy. Not let them treat you like an option. Not \u003c\/span\u003elet\u003cspan\u003e them make you feel lucky to have them when the truth is they're the ones who should be grateful you're even giving them the time of day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003chr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI'm Shelley. Pablo's Mam. The loud, zero-filter, Northern Irish Rottweiler Mama, who somehow built a wee community of 68,000+ legends on TikTok who are all just as done with other people's shit as I am.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFor years I was the \"nice\" one. Saying yes when every bone in my body was screaming no. Smiling through the disrespect. Apologising for having an opinion. Giving people the benefit of the doubt even when they didn't deserve a single second of my time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThen my dad died.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNo heads up. No long goodbye. Just... gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnd when he went, every last fuck I had left for people who didn't earn them went with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThat grief lit something ugly and beautiful at the same time, a proper aggressive, \"no more\" fire. I stopped shrinking. Stopped people-pleasing. Stopped pretending I was okay with scraps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eI became the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eC.U.N.T\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eI was always meant to be:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConfident.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnapologetic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotorious.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTyrant.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnd yeah, I wrote the whole chaotic journey down so you could do the same, without having to wait for your world to fall apart like mine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\"\u003e\u003chr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHere's the bit nobody else will tell you straight:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis book won't \"fix\" you. Because you're not broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOne woman told me she started reading thinking she had a million things wrong with her... and finished it realising she only needed to sort about 60%. The rest? She already had the power, she just hadn't been allowed to use it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThat's what this does. It reminds you of the fire you already carry, then hands you the matches and the petrol for the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNo toxic positivity. No \"manifest it\" bullshit. No breathing exercises while someone treats you like dirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJust 13 chapters of raw, funny, sweary, Northern Irish truth from a woman who's lived every single word, the mess, the grief, the glow-up, and all the glorious chaos in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIf you're tired of being the nice one who finishes last... If you're ready to stop apologising for taking up space... If you're done giving your energy to people who wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThen this is your book, love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYou don't need to lose someone to finally choose yourself\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWelcome to the C.U.N.T era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYou've earned it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookVAULT Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":51227836350768,"sku":"9781807386573","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0262\/2357\/5085\/files\/9781807386573.jpg?v=1774631854","url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/how-to-become-the-best-c-u-n-t-in-the-world","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}