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Now a major TV series. Read the hilarious rom-com that inspired the hit sitcom Not Dead Yet starring Gina Rogriguez. As recommended on Davina McCall's Making the Cut podcast, and perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Ruth Jones and Marian Keyes. 'The new Bridget Jones' – Celia Walden, Telegraph 'Funny but layered . . . this is a perfect and inspiring new year read' – Red A novel for any woman who wonders how the hell she got here, and why life isn't quite how she imagined it was going to be. And who is desperately trying to figure it all out when everyone around them is making gluten-free brownies. Meet Nell. Her life is a mess. In a world of perfect Instagram lives, she feels like a disaster. But when she starts a secret podcast and forms an unlikely friendship with Cricket, an eighty-something widow, things begin to change. Because Nell is determined. This time next year things will be very different. But first, she has a confession . . . Confessions of a Forty-Something by Alexandra Potter will make you laugh, and it might even make you cry. Above all, it will remind you that you're not on your own – we're all in this together. 'Brilliant! Laughing out loud' – Emma Gannon, podcaster (Ctrl Alt Delete) and author of Olive 'Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're 20, 40 or 80' – Heat

Paul Slippery er 49 år og 5 måneder, og op til 50-årsdagen fører han dagbog over sit liv med alle krisesymptomerne, med den karrierebevidste kone og de 3 vanskelige teenagedrenge.

So what are the forties all about? Will your hair fall out? Will sex be important? Will your memory fade? Will you fall into the vice of Midlife Crisis? Will your marriage survive? What is the meaning of life and for that matter death? How will you compare when it’s time to go to the twenty-fifth reunion? Explore these and many other relevant questions as they relate to middle-age. It is very rare that we are offered a glimpse into the future course our lives. Now you can experience the universal phenomenon of aging before it happens. Forty Something is truly a guide and a handbook for the inevitable journey through middle-age. Ignore the warnings, or embrace them for a happier, healthier, and better quality of life. Let insight be your guide. Join the small but smarter more diligent group of folks who are going to change their lives for the better by following the advice in Forty Something. Observations, interviews and extensive research are employed to give the reader an unusual insight into the process of passing through the forties. You can go it alone, or you can take a guide with you. You can keep Forty Something on your night table and look up the things that are important to you as they are encountered, or you can go to sleep in the dark about your very existence. You decide. Because the second half of life really can be better than the first half. Forty Something has answers.

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More Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up: the laugh-out-loud sequel to the hilarious, WTF AM I DOING NOW?! runaway bestseller! 'The new Bridget Jones for our 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, author of The Madonna of Bolton 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 Praise for Alexandra Potter: '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, author of Olive 'Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep, this is a perfect and inspiring new year read' - Red