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This is Not a Pity Memoir: The heartbreaking and life-affirming bestseller from the writer of The Split
Abi Morgan
Memoirs, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Dating, relationships, living together & marriage
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John Murray
- Paperback May 30, 2023 | 9781529388350 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback May 17, 2022 | 9781529388343 | RRP $32.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 12, 2022 | 9781529388374 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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John Murray
- Paperback May 30, 2023 | 9781529388350 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback May 17, 2022 | 9781529388343 | RRP $32.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 12, 2022 | 9781529388374 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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John Murray
- Paperback May 30, 2023 | 9781529388350 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Trade Paperback May 17, 2022 | 9781529388343 | RRP $32.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 12, 2022 | 9781529388374 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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The instant SUNDAY TIMES bestseller: 'Breathtaking . . . this book is a gift' MERYL STREEP
Both very funny and as propulsive as a thriller . . . impossible to put down' RACHEL COOKE, Observer
'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
'Extraordinary . . . utterly compelling and so honestly told' NIGELLA LAWSON
'Truly breathtaking. I could not have loved it more' CAREY MULLIGAN
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An 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.
Praise for This is Not a Pity Memoir: The heartbreaking and life-affirming bestseller from the writer of The Split
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Both very funny and as propulsive as a thriller...impossible to put down. - Observer
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Very moving but never sentimental, tough but never cynical . . . gripping, funny and always honest
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I wept. I laughed. I dared to hope. I felt my heart crack. This book is life. It is exceptional
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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
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Funny and brutally honest . . . an absolute insight for those of us lucky enough to never know life like this
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Incredibly powerful, moving, funny, honest & brave. I LOVED it
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The kind of book you will find yourself saying urgently, over and over, to friends: 'Have you read it? Have you read it?'
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A very moving and utterly absorbing story told with the surgical skill of the brilliant scriptwriter she is. - Alexandra Shulman
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