Am I Normal Yet? (The Spinster Club, #1)

by Holly Bourne

“Being a spinster means you value your female relationships as much as your male ones.” I thought of Jane. “Being a spinster means not altering who you are, what you believe in, and what you want just because it makes a boy’s life easier.” They both smiled wider and Lottie took over. “Being a spinster means you’re not afraid to look at society and say loudly, ‘I don’t agree with this, this is wrong.’ Being a spinster means not worrying that boys won’t find you cute or sexy for saying those things.” I smiled as Amber finished up. “Being a spinster means looking after your girlfriends and supporting them through whatever they need.” I grabbed their hands – one each – and raised them to Lottie’s ceiling. “I formally announce us…SPINSTERS through and through.” And we clapped and cheered and whistled ourselves and, for the first time ever in my life, I felt strong.

“No, I don’t agree. You should become fabulous for you, because you want to be fabulous, not because you want some idiot to kick himself for rejecting you in a year’s time.”