Full Marks for Trying: An unlikely journey from the Raj to the Rag Trade - Hardcover

"The author's gossipy, lighthearted narrative offers a peek into the lives of a certain slice of British society . . . [Keenan] skillfully captures the zeitgeist of the youth rebellion in London during the 1960s. Her world did include a solid cast of well-known characters, including Nora Ephron, Jean Shrimpton, Terence Conran, Mary Quant, Diana Vreeland, and Vidal Sassoon. Keenan understands how much the world has changed and hopes her story will resonate with reflective readers who will appreciate her brief but warm glance back in time." - Kirkus

"To understand Keenan’s life as a fashion journalist, just change the setting of The Devil Wears Prada to 1960s London . . . Endearingly naive, amusingly candid, Keenan deserves full marks for her work." - Booklist

"A new comic genius--the sort that can make you laugh out loud three or four times a page." - William Dalrymple

"Brigid Keenan is as skittish as a kitten with needle claws . . . and as smart as a cage of monkeys. Brava!" - The Times

"Keenan, I suspect, was quite possibly put on this planet with the express purpose of writing." - Katie Hickman, Sunday Times

"So funny and frank and moving." - Deborah Moggach

"Enchanting . . . [Keenan was] the most influential fashion editor of the decade, largely because her pages had an intellectual and humorous approach. Her ability to put voice and image on paper served her then as it does in this book: the whacky trips, the encounters with the famous and infamous, the frights, the disasters, the fun, and all the merry burbling rest--and the rest is her story." - Spectator

"Charming . . . There’s more than a touch of Bridget Jones, particularly when Keenan turns up to report on the Vietnamese War in a mini-skirt. New readers will be smitten." - The Times

"Keenan’s keen sense of humour and a personality that is ‘a weird mixture of recklessness and extreme timidity’ makes her hugely entertaining company . . . A breezy, wistfully self-aware account of her childhood in India, finishing school in France and her career as a renowned young fashion journalist." - Sunday Express