Confessions of a Forty-Something F--k Up

By: Alexandra Potter

Narrated by: Sally Phillips

Read by Sally Phillips

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'The new Bridget Jones' – Celia Walden, Telegraph

'Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're 20, 40 or 80' – Heat

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 F**k Up 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

'Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep' – Red

©2020 Alexandra Potter (P)2020 Macmillan Publishers International Ltd

Loved it!

This incredibly entertaining novel made me laugh, cry and see myself in so many instances even though I’m now well past my forties!! I look forward to having even more fun and f’ups as I continue to age on my terms!

Worth the read! Embraces you!

This book is a hoot! It’s real, raw, sexy and heartwarming. You won’t be able to put it down! Read it!

I really didn't want it to end!

I've never related to a book so much IN MY LIFE!!! I feel so heard and liberated bc I often feel just like everything she talked about in this book. We are all just muddling through this thing called life and need to enjoy where we're at for what it is. one day at a time...

F*** Up

I loved this. I laughed & cried & binge read it in 2 days at work.

It gave me hope & encouragement just when I needed it.

Love this author’s writing. Will read all her books.

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Loved this!

Super interesting and fun account of Nell’s return to London after a sojourn and failed engagement in California, when she tries to figure out where she made the wrong turn and ended up single, barely employed, and living as a lodger while all her friends are married parents with lovely houses. Funny, touching, but never soppy — delightful.