Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

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.

*Read the hilarious rom-com that inspired the hit new sitcom *Not Dead Yet starring Gina Rogriguez (Jane the Virgin), Hannah Simone (New Girl) and Lauren Ash (Superstore). As recommended on Davina McCall's Making the Cut podcast, and perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Ruth Jones and Marian Keyes.

'The new Bridget Jones' - Celia Walden, 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 . . .

*Confessions of a Forty-Something Fk Up* by Alexandra Potter will make you laugh, and it might even make you cry. Above all, it will remind you that you're not on your own - we're all in this together.

'Brilliant! Laughing out loud' - Emma Gannon, podcaster (Ctrl Alt Delete) and author of Olive

'Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep' - Red

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.

Vorwort
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.

Autorentext

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 the basis of a major TV series. These titles have sold in twenty-five 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.

Klappentext

Nell Stevens' life is a mess.

When her business goes bust and her fiancé with it, Nell's happy ever after in California falls apart and she moves back to London to start over. But a lot has changed since she's been gone. All her single friends are now married with children, sky-high rents force her to rent a room in a stranger's house and in a world of perfect instagram lives, she feels like a f*ck up. Even worse, a forty-something f*ck-up.

But when she lands a job writing obituaries, Nell meets the fabulous Cricket, an eighty-something widow with challenges of her own, and they strike up an unlikely friendship. Together they begin to help each other heal their aching hearts, cope with the loss of the lives they had planned, and push each other into new adventures and unexpected joys.

Because Nell is determined. Next year things are going to be very different. It's time to turn her life around.

A book for anyone who's ever worried life isn't going to plan, Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up by Alexandra Potter will make you laugh and it might even make you cry. But most importantly, it will remind you that you're not alone, because we're all in this together.

Time to fall in love with your life.

Zusammenfassung

*Read the hilarious rom-com that inspired the hit new sitcom *Not Dead Yet starring Gina Rogriguez (Jane the Virgin), Hannah Simone (New Girl) and Lauren Ash (Superstore). As recommended on Davina McCall's Making the Cut podcast, and perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Ruth Jones and Marian Keyes.

'The new Bridget Jones' Celia Walden, 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 . . .

*Confessions of a Forty-Something Fk Up* by Alexandra Potter will make you laugh, and it might even make you cry. Above all, it will remind you that you're not on your own we're all in this together.

'Brilliant! Laughing out loud' Emma Gannon, podcaster (Ctrl Alt Delete) and author of Olive

'Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep' Red