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Hot on the hilarious, wobbly heels of Confessions of a Forty Something F##k Up, the basis for hit TV series Not Dead Yet, this satisfying sequel from Alexandra Potter delivers another blast of Bridget Jones-esque escapades for the 21st-century.
With the story opening just as COVID Freedom Day rears its happy head, Nell Stevens is still struggling to navigate her messy way through life as a forty-something f*ck up (her words). But then, BINGO! True love might be on the cards…until it isn’t. Thank f*ck for Nell’s dear friend Cricket, an octogenarian lifeforce who brims with kindness and wisdom. For example, when Nell is wracked by perimenopausal angst, Cricket counsels that her own menopause “was liberating… like a new beginning” i.e. the start of her not giving a damn about what others think.
Ticking body clock aside, serendipitous “are the stars aligned?” possibilities and unexpected connections come courtesy of Nell’s job as an obituary writer, and from her completing the play Cricket’s deceased husband hadn’t finished.
Funny and light-hearted, More Confessions of a Forty Something F##k Up is sprinkled with Carrie Bradshaw-esque “and just like that” musings, and the promise of happy ever afters and rainbows after storms.
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More Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up Synopsis
More Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up: the laugh-out-loud sequel to the hilarious, WTF AM I DOING NOW?! runaway bestseller!
'The new Bridget Jones for our times' - Celia Walden, The Telegraph
'The story of Nell Stevens' struggle through her imperfect, messy life doesn't just make brilliant fiction, it's turning into a cultural revolution!' - Matt Cain, author of The Madonna of Bolton
There is no magical land you finally arrive at where everything is figured out, fixed and sorted. Life, like us, is a sum of moving parts, and if we're lucky, we get to keep f**king up, figuring it out and laughing in the face of it all.
Nell's back. Her life still isn't going to plan. And she's still asking the big questions and getting none of the answers. Like, for example:
1. Why is falling in love so easy, but staying in love so hard?
2. What do you do when your friendships are put to the ultimate test?
3. Can we ever really live in the moment and leave the past behind?
4. When everything goes tits up, do you fall apart or jump on a plane to LA with Cricket (an eighty-something widow and your BFF)?
5. And when all else fails, will celebrity-scented candles, smashed avocados and Instagram filters save us?*
In this hilarious, un-put-downable follow-up to the bestselling Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up, now the basis for the major TV series, Not Dead Yet, there are laugh-out-loud lessons to be learned, truths to be told, adventures to go on and joys to discover.
But first, Nell has some more confessions . . .
*#onlyjoking #sortof #LOL
Praise for Alexandra Potter:
'Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're 20, 40 or 80' - Heat
'Brilliant! Laughing out loud' - Emma Gannon, author of Olive
'Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep, this is a perfect and inspiring new year read' - Red
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781529098839 |
| Publication date: |
11th April 2024 |
| Author: |
Alexandra Potter |
| Publisher: |
Pan Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
496 pages |
| Series: |
Confessions |
| Primary Genre |
Humorous Fiction
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