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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 runaway bestseller of 2022 and funniest WTF AM I DOING NOW novel of the year.
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
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781529098815 |
| Publication date: |
17th August 2023 |
| Author: |
Alexandra Potter |
| Publisher: |
Macmillan an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
496 pages |
| Series: |
Confessions |
| Primary Genre |
Humorous Fiction
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Alexandra Potter Press Reviews
The new Bridget Jones for our Covid-ridden 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
Filled with wit, wisdom and hilarity, the further adventures of Nell and Cricket are sheer summer-reading joy -- Kate Eberlen
A dream of a book - warm, insightful and absolutely hilarious . . . I laughed, I cried, I texted all my forty-something friends -- Lindsey Kelk
A novel which takes the reader on such a satisfying ride. Perfectly paced, insightful, funny and moving - I love these characters and I love this book!
Alexandra Potter is a master storyteller - I
would read her shopping lists! -- Freya North
More Confessions is a treat: honest, funny, warm and even better than the first instalment -- Lucy Dillon
As a fan of the first book, I couldn't wait for this fabulous follow up. I devoured every page over one blissful, laugh-out-loud weekend -- Catherine Isaac
Brilliant! Laughing out loud -- Emma Gannon, bestselling author of Olive on Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up
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, bestselling author of All the Lonely People on Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up
I loved this book so much. It's very funny and painfully true. Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up is perfect comfort reading for anyone who thinks life isn't working out as they want it to, whether they're forty, fourteen or eighty-four -- Chrissie Manby, author of Once in a Lifetime
It made me laugh, cry, cheer - I loved it! -- Hermione Norris, star of Cold Feet, on Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up
A warm, very funny read -- Bella on Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up
Feistily funny . . . and so relatable -- Fabulous magazine, The Sun on Sunday on Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up
Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're twenty, forty or eighty -- Heat on Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up
