Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

By Alexandra Potter,

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The funniest WTF AM I DOING?! novel of the year.

'The new Bridget Jones for our Covid-ridden times' - Celia Walden, Telegraph

'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…

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Why read it?

1 author picked Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I suppose this is technically chick-lit, and I'm a big hairy man, but I loved it just the same.

Our heroine Nell returns to London after living in New York for several years. She's just been through a bad break up and needs to start over. She needs a place to live, a job, and needs to reconnect with her old friends and family. That's the sort of thing you have the energy and endurance for in your twenties, but in your forties it isn't so easy.

This is such an easy read. And despite me not being a woman…

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