Something to Live For

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'If you loved Eleanor Oliphant, try this brilliant new read. We completely fell in love with this funny, uplifting debut' Fabulous Magazine

'A magnificent read. Tender, funny, compelling' Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party

Sometimes you have to risk everything to find your something...

All Andrew wants is…

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1 author picked Something to Live For as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Jinwoo Chong

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I read this novel a few years ago, back before I had any kind of writing career to speak of.

Personally, books about the life cycle of a lie have always fascinated me, which is why Something to Live For—a book about a man who must finally come to terms with the fact that the adoring wife and children he talks about at work every day do not actually exist—captured my heart.

The novel deals with that liminal space between home life and work life, the different people we become when we cross that border, and the obligation of…

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