Everything is Washable and Other Life..., Sali Hughes
Everything is Washable and Other Life..., Sali Hughes
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Everything is Washable and Other Life Lessons

Author: Sali Hughes

Narrator: Sali Hughes

Unabridged: 16 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Published: 09/15/2022


Synopsis

‘Every home should have a copy' MARIAN KEYES How to buy jeans that fit Thirty-seven things to have in your kitchen cupboard Tiny acts for mental health How to support a friend going through IVF Why bad boys are an absolute waste of your time How to cope with working mum guilt This smart guide will help you navigate modern life, enabling you to save money and time. Sali Hughes offers striking good sense on: home; food and drink, fashion; health and beauty; life and finances; friends, relationships and family. From useful, everyday tips such as how to cut your own fringe and how to buy great second-hand clothing, to the less talked about, agonising questions like how to split finances with your partner and how to grieve, beauty editor Sali Hughes has advice on the big and the small, and everything in between.

About Sali Hughes

Sali Hughes is a leading journalist, presenter and broadcaster with over 24 years’ experience. A former magazine editor, she is the beauty editor on the Guardian. In 2018, she co-founded the non-profit collective Beauty Banks and in 2022 she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from Cardiff University for services to journalism and charity. Sali has a large social media presence and can be found on Twitter and Instagram @salihughes. She lives in Brighton.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marianne on January 01, 2023

It’s like printing out the nicer/sensible bits of the internet and flipping through it.......more

Goodreads review by Katy on October 30, 2022

Sali Hughes is a wise woman. If there is anyone's advice I'm going to follow with regard to skincare and beauty purchases, it is hers. Here she expands the brief and gives you tips on everything from how to get divorced without going to prison to how to hang a pair of curtains. This is a hefty tome.......more

Goodreads review by Gemma on January 01, 2023

I'm an organised, practical middle-aged woman. Do I need Life Lessons? Probably, not. However, this was a very enjoyable read, I like Sali's style and all her Pool Columns, some of which are repeated here. I did skip bits, equally, there are sections that I have mentally noted and will return to for......more

Goodreads review by Kay on April 03, 2024

I read this cover to cover, a couple of pages most nights before going to sleep. A great book for exactly that as it's written in a comfortingly reassuring way & helps you to feel calm and rested. The information within is largely practical, sometimes subjective but always interesting. I did get con......more

Goodreads review by Louise on March 28, 2023

I loved this. Advice on myriad subjects. I don’t always agree with everything, but have gained several top new tips. I also just enjoy reading her prose, and this is fabulous comfort content. It reminds me of various ‘Girls’ Handbook’ type books I had when I was young, but much less prescriptive.......more


Quotes

‘One of the best things about reading Nora Ephron is the life advice she arms you with: a go-to salad dressing, the pros and cons of red coats . . . Writer Sali Hughes is her spiritual successor with this new book – a compendium of wisdom for everything life can throw at you’ STYLIST 'So much common sense and wisdom. Every home should have a copy' Marian Keyes 'Invaluable . . . packed with advice on he not-so-simple art of living' Jojo Moyes 'Reliable, reassuring, wise and kind. It’s all the good advice you'll ever need' Sophie Ellis-Bextor ‘Sali Hughes is a respected voice we all listen to . . . this book has a little something for every moment, occasion and life event. I loved it’ Giovanna Fletcher Praise for ‘Sali's new book is a wonderful mix of beauty nerdery, know-how, nostalgia and memoir’ Lauren Laverne ‘Beauty writing of the highest order’ India Knight