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  • Confessions of a Forty-Something F--k Up

  • By: Alexandra Potter
  • Narrated by: Sally Phillips
  • Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (782 ratings)

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Confessions of a Forty-Something F--k Up

By: Alexandra Potter
Narrated by: Sally Phillips
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Publisher's summary

As recommended on Davina McCall's podcast!

Hilariously read by Sally Phillips, star of
Smack the Pony, Bridget Jones Diary and Miranda - Confessions of a Forty-Something F--k Up is a must-listen for anyone whose life isn’t working out quite how they’d planned.

Now a major TV series:
Not Dead Yet, starring Gina Rogriguez (Jane the Virgin), Hannah Simone (New Girl) and Lauren Ash (Superstore).

Nell Stevens’ life is a mess. When her business goes bust and her fiancé with it, Nell’s happy ever after in California falls apart and she moves back to London to start over. But a lot has changed since she’s been gone. All her single friends are now married with children, sky-high rents force her to rent a room in a stranger’s house and in a world of perfect Instagram lives, she feels like a f--k up. Even worse, a forty-something f--k up.

But when she lands a job writing obituaries, Nell meets the fabulous Cricket, an eighty-something widow with challenges of her own, and they strike up an unlikely friendship. Together they begin to help each other heal their aching hearts, cope with the loss of the lives they had planned, and push each other into new adventures and unexpected joys.

Because Nell is determined. Next year things are going to be very different. It’s time to turn her life around.

A book for anyone who’s ever worried life isn’t going to plan, Confessions of a Forty-Something F--k Up by Alexandra Potter will make you laugh and it might even make you cry. But most importantly, it will remind you that you’re not alone, because we’re all in this together.

"It made me laugh, cry, cheer - I loved it" – Hermione Norris, star of Cold Feet

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

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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!

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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!

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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...

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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.

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Different

The style of the book was very different than I’m use to but it came together for me towards the end. Very enjoyable.

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Just what I needed right now!

Don’t pass up this book! Great narration. A narrator can make or break a book and this was a great match. The story is uplifting and laugh out loud or sometimes just a little giggle. Either way I’ll take anything that can make me smile right now.
if you’re wondering wtf am I doing with my life. I think this book will especially hit home for you, Even if you’re not feeling like that right now, I bet you have at one time or another. This book will strike a chord with you.
Fun and light, but also real, and perfect for us f--k ups ;)

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Just what I needed!

This book has literally given me back my hope! I am a self confessed 30 something fk up - a starving artist about to be divorced & moving back to Ireland after living in California for the last 7 years! I felt like such a failure but after reading this book I feel like there is hope.. & some beauty & inspiration even in my life & my story! I am so grateful I came across this book & I even cried when it was over!!! Thank you for this! Lucy xox

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Loved it!!

Enjoyed the way the two women interacted and learned from each other
Would recommend this book to anyone who needed a feel good story
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Better than expected

I wanted to read something light and found the good reviews of this book, so thought I would give it a shot. Well… I really loved it! I just finished and am sad that I won’t be able to listen any longer. The story was well written and much deeper than I expected. Although I’m married I also related tremendously with being a 40 something f*** up. The story was brilliant and had lots of hidden gems I wasn’t expecting. The narration was also spot on. So glad I chose this book!!!

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