| Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers | |
| Author: | Lara Cardella |
| Title Orig: | Volevo i pantaloni |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Mondadori |
| Publisher2: | Arcade Publishing |
| Pub Date: | 1989 |
| English Pub Date: | 1994 |
| Media Type: | |
| Pages: | 118 pages |
| Isbn: | 155970263X |
Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers (Italian: Volevo i pantaloni) is an autobiographical novel by Lara Cardella. It was published by Mondadori in 1989, when the author was only 19.
The novel, which tells the plight of a teenager forced into the mental and cultural restrictions of Sicily in the 1980s, achieved unexpected success. It became a social phenomenon and was translated into several languages.[1] [2]
In 1990, the book was adapted into a film with the same name directed by Maurizio Ponzi.[3] [4] In 1995, Cardella wrote a sequel to the book, entitled Volevo i pantaloni 2.[5]
On the twentieth anniversary of the first publication in 2009, Mondadori published a new edition of the book which included a previously unpublished interview with the author.