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Meet Nell. She's like the thousands of women who've fallen in love with her story. Because most of us wonder why life isn't turning out quite as we imagined. From bedside to poolside, this book is the perfect summer read. It will make you laugh and it may make you cry. But above all, it will remind you that you're not on your own. If you enjoy Bridget Jones, Sophie Kinsella, Ruth Jones and Marian Keyes - you'll love Confessions of a Fortysomething F##k Up.
'The new Bridget Jones' - Telegraph'Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're 20, 40 or 80' - Heat
A novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here, and why life isn't quite how she imagined it was going to be. And who is desperately trying to figure it all out when everyone around them is making gluten-free brownies.
Meet Nell. Her life is a mess.
In a world of perfect Instagram lives, she feels like a disaster. But when she starts a secret podcast and forms an unlikely friendship with Cricket, an eighty-something widow, things begin to change. Because Nell is determined. This time next year things will be very different. But first, she has a confession . . .
'Brilliant! Laughing out loud' - Emma Gannon, podcaster (Ctrl Alt Delete) and author of Olive
'Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep' - Red
About the author
Alexandra Potter is the bestselling author of numerous romantic comedy fiction novels in the UK, including One Good Thing and Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up, one of the bestselling books of 2022 and 2023 and the basis of a major TV series. These titles have sold in twenty-eight territories and achieved worldwide sales of more than one million copies, making the bestseller charts across the world.
Yorkshire born and raised, Alexandra lived for several years in LA before settling in London with her Californian husband and their Bosnian rescue dog. When she’s not writing or travelling, she’s getting out into nature, trying not to look at her phone and navigating this thing called mid-life.
Summary
Hilarious, poignant, utterly relatable – Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up is a must-read for anyone whose life isn't working out quite how they'd planned.
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Hilarious, poignant, utterly relatable - Confessions of a Forty-Something F*** Up is a must-read for anyone whose life isn't working out quite how they'd planned.
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I loved this book so much. It’s very funny and painfully true. Confessions of a Forty-Something F*ck Up is perfect comfort reading for anyone who thinks life isn’t working out as they want it too, whether they’re forty, fourteen or eighty-four.
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A funny, feisty tale about the highs and the oh-so-lows of having to start over in your forties with a smart, sassy character at its heart who you'll be cheering on from start to finish. Mike Gayle, author of All The Lonely People
