The Little Black Book

Written By Miriam Hanna
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The Little Black Book by Otegha Uwagba
Reviewed by Mimi
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Firstly, I love the fact that this is a 4th estate classic in the form of a small pocket book. I had to purposefully read slowly in order to make it last all my journeys into work last week. The advice is practical and incredibly tangible and as the co-founder of a new business it was good to have solid advice put together in a really digestible format. You don't even have to read it chronologically. Although some content is repeated, you can never hear these nuggests enough so it doesn't feel like reinventing the wheel! My favourite part was most definitely the last chapter where she asked some incredible people to contribute answers to specific questions. They were brilliant! Its on my shelf at work alongside Sheryl Sandberg and that is the greatest compliment I can give it.

Miriam Hanna

Aka Mimi. I have known Linda for a very, very long time. We grew up together and you learn very quickly that when she gets an idea in her head, you would be an idiot not to back her to see it through. When the idea of the book club came up it was another lightbulb moment where I knew this wasn't only going to be a success but really fun.


I have always been a bookworm. Remember when you were little and you went shopping with your mum or dad and they gave you a toy or something to occupy yourself with whilst you were in the trolley? I used to get books to keep me quiet. They were and are my ultimate form of escapism and more and more they are about understanding who I am as a person. Books make me cry more than films and TV Shows. I can get lost for hours. I love historic fiction, political thrillers and gritty crime novels but also biographies and memoirs of people I find interesting like sportspeople. I was fortunate to be in the Harry Potter generation and if weren't for those books I don't know what I would have. Young literature was so poor at the point. To have a book that had me and my family queuing up at midnight to buy was seriously special.

Whether you listen to audio books, read off a kindle or stick to carrying around good old fashioned hard copies (that's me!) I truly believe reading is the best way to spend some time every day.


The books I would have with me on a desert island? 📚🏝Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Akzaban, Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters, The Power by Naomi Alderman, Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou, Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.

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