Confessions of a FortySomething Fk..., Alexandra Potter
Confessions of a FortySomething Fk..., Alexandra Potter
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Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up
A Novel

Author: Alexandra Potter

Narrator: Sally Phillips

Unabridged: 11 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2023


Synopsis

The inspiration for NOT DEAD YET, ABC’s “Most Watched Comedy Debut in More Than Four Years” (Deadline)“The new Bridget Jones for our time.”—Telegraph“Will have you laughing whether you’re twenty, forty, or eighty.”—Heat (UK)A Zibby Magazine Top 10 Book of the YearA funny and heartfelt 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. Meet Nell. Her 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, a sky-high real estate market forces her to rent a room in a stranger’s house, and everyone has seemingly perfect Instagram-ready lives. Starting from scratch she feels like a f**k up . . . a forty-something f**k up.     Landing a job writing obituaries, Nell meets the fabulous Cricket, an 80-something widow with challenges of her own. 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 joy. With Cricket’s help, Nell is determined to turn her life around. First, though, she has a confession . . .Laugh-out-loud funny and painfully relatable, Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up is a celebration of friendship and a reminder that while life doesn’t always go according to plan, it doesn’t mean you can’t find happiness.

About Alexandra Potter

Yorkshire born and raised, Alexandra Potter lived for several years in Los Angeles before settling in London. As a bestselling author of romantic comedies, she has won a Best New Fiction Award at the Jane Austen Regency World Awards and been shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Awards. When she’s not writing or travelling, she’s getting into nature, trying not to look at her phone, and navigating this thing called mid-life. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Colleen on December 28, 2022

Actual Stars 4.5 Rounded Up Told with laugh out loud humor and the perfect wit Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up is the perfect book for any woman (or man) whether young or old that feels like she isn’t enough or in the right place in her life. Nell thought she’d had her whole life together an......more

Goodreads review by Trish at Between My Lines on April 13, 2020

Ohhh guys, do you want to read a book that’s a TONIC for the times we are living in? Then you need to read Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up by Alexandra Potter because it sizzles with life. And made me laugh at least once a page. Thanks to Pan Macmillan for giving me for giving me a copy of t......more

Goodreads review by Suz on March 22, 2022

Another rewarding and light enjoyable offering. An excellent quality audio; it's always refreshing to pick up the book and look forward to the voice, as well as the story as it continues. I had not heard of this author, and it was a 'stumble across' as I browsed an interstate catalogue (the perks of......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on March 24, 2020

Nell is at rock bottom, she has split up with her fiancé after their business went bust and has moved into a shared house with Edward, who has a long list of rules .. but on the positive side he won’t be home at the weekends!! When Nell celebrates her 40th birthday it makes her realise this is not th......more

Goodreads review by Adele Shea on July 24, 2020

This book is in my top five books that I have read this year. It has everything, love, loss, friendship and enemies. You can’t help but love Nell and want her to have her happy ever after. Laugh out loud funny in some places but also heart wrenching in others......more