This is Not a Pity Memoir

This is Not a Pity Memoir
Abi Morgan
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Paperback
h216 x 135mm - 304pg
12 May 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781529388343
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' The kind of book you will find yourself saying urgently, over and over, to friends: ' Have you read it? ' CAITLIN MORAN' Gripping, funny and always honest' DAVID NICHOLLS' I honestly couldn' t put it down' MARINA HYDEAn ordinary day. The end of ordinary life. One morning in June, Abi had her to-do list - drop the kids to school, get coffee and go to work. Jacob had a bad headache so she added ' pick up steroids' . She returned home and found the man she loved and fought and laughed with for twenty years lying on the bathroom floor. And nothing would ever be the same again. But this is not a pity memoir. It' s about meeting your person. And crazed late night Google trawls. It' s about the things you wished you' d said to the person that matters then wildly over-sharing with the barista who doesn' t know you at all. It' s about sushi and the wrong shoes and the moments you want to shout ' cut' . It' s about the silence when you are lost in space and the importance of family and parties and noise. It' s the difference between surviving and living. It' s a reminder that, even in the worst times, there is light ahead. It' s a love story.
Very moving but never sentimental, tough but never cynical . . . gripping, funny and always honest -- DAVID NICHOLLS I wept. I laughed. I dared to hope. I felt my heart crack. This book is life. It is exceptional -- SAM BAKER An extraordinary story told extraordinarily well. I don' t know how Abi Morgan has managed to live through all this, let alone write such a fascinating, heartbreaking yet frequently funny book about it. It is so gripping I honestly couldn' t put it down -- MARINA HYDE Funny and brutally honest . . . an absolute insight for those of us lucky enough to never know life like this -- PANDORA SYKES Incredibly powerful, moving, funny, honest & brave. I LOVED it -- EDITH BOWMAN The kind of book you will find yourself saying urgently, over and over, to friends: ' Have you read it? ' -- CAITLIN MORAN A mash-up of all the things I love in a book - honesty, comedy, pathos and what-happens-next. It' s brutal - in a good way - but above all else it' s a testament to kindness, stickability and enduring love -- Kit de Waal
Abi Morgan is a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning screenwriter whose credits include Sex Traffic, The Hour, Brick Lane, The Iron Lady, Shame and Suffragette. She is the creator and writer of BBC drama, The Split. This is her first book.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781529388343
Published: 12 May 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: John Murray Publishers
Publisher: John Murray Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 304

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