Why did Lisa love this book?
Richard E. Grant’s memoir is heartfelt, sincere, and memorable. When his beloved wife Joan Washington died of cancer in 2021 after almost forty years together, she set Richard a challenge: to find a pocketful of happiness in every day. The result is this book.
Set between the present day and flashbacks, this is an immensely personal and profound memoir that celebrates and cherishes life’s unexpected joys. (Okay, the endless name-dropping, whilst entertaining, was a bit jarring.)
Hilarious, tragic and profoundly sad. This one will stay with me. I’m taking Joan’s advice to find a pocketful of happiness every day. A beautiful tribute to a loving partner.
2 authors picked A Pocketful of Happiness as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
'A gorgeously candid account of acting and show business. And an intimate and heartfelt story of love, loss and a life spent together. It is an honour to be invited in on these diaries. I cannot remember being so moved by a book' Dolly Alderton
'Fascinating, funny and heart wrenching' Dame Julie Walters
'An emotional rollercoaster - profoundly moving and wonderfully entertaining. A brilliant memoir about living, loving and losing' Bernardine Evaristo
Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor, when he unexpectedly met and fell in love with renowned…