Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired by a True Story

Charles McDowell

Jun 2013 · Sold by Crown

About this ebook

Based on the wildly popular Twitter feed Dear Girls Above Me, a roman à clef about how thinking like a couple of girls turned one single guy into a better man.
 
When Charlie McDowell began sharing his open letters to his noisy upstairs neighbors—two impossibly ditzy female roommates in their mid-twenties—on Twitter, his feed quickly went viral. His followers multiplied and he got the attention of everyone from celebrities to production studios to major media outlets such as Time and Glamour.  Now Dear Girls breaks out of the 140-character limit as Charlie imagines what would happen if he put the wisdom of the girls to the test.
 
After being unceremoniously dumped by the girl he was certain was “the one,” Charlie realized his neighbors’ conversations were not only amusing, but also offered him access to a completely uncensored woman’s perspective on the world. From the importance of effectively Facebook-stalking potential girlfriends and effortlessly pulling off pastel, to learning when in the early stages of dating is too presumptuous to bring a condom and how to turn food poisoning into a dieting advantage, the girls get Charlie into trouble, but they also get him out of it—without ever having a clue of their impact on him.

Ratings and reviews

It was getting the inside scoop about people without actually being involved in their lives. Some juicy stuff. Well not really but still pretty funny.

This book was a laugh out loud joy! Being a fan of the girls above me twitter I thought this book would be amusing, but the depth In all the characters was surprising. I really got locked into their crazy world....ps there is an old will and grace episode this book reminds me of when will n grace can hear their downstairs neighbors....so grace misses work and stays there. Enough of that....anyways a good read glad I bought it!

Don't normally write reviews, but I laughed out loud throughout this whole book. Light, heartwarming and genuinely funny. Also loved that it was a true story - you couldn't make some of this stuff up!

About the author

CHARLIE MCDOWELL is a filmmaker and comedy writer. He made his directorial debut in 2014 with The One I Love, starring Mark Duplass and Elizabeth Moss. He studied directing at the American Film Institute and owns his own production company, Cloudbreak Productions.
@charliemcdowell
www.deargirlsaboveme.com