How to Stay Sane in a House Share, Alice Wilkinson
How to Stay Sane in a House Share, Alice Wilkinson
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How to Stay Sane in a House Share

Author: Alice Wilkinson

Narrator: Alice Wilkinson

Unabridged: 5 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/18/2025


Synopsis

‘An essential guide to modern living, and hugely comforting too’ – Daisy Buchanan

‘A love letter to home and friendship’ – Kieran Yates

‘Much-needed practical advice with a vital sense of optimism’ – Yomi Adegoke

How do you keep it together when you're living together?

If you’ve found yourself asking this question (returning home from a day of winning in the workplace only to realise you've lost the fight for your own living room — again) then it’s likely that you're one of the millions of people living in a house share in the UK, US and beyond.

Between marriage rates dwindling and the cost-of-living soaring, house sharing is becoming more and more common – but that doesn’t stop it being one of the most complex living set-ups of the 21st century. Thankfully, journalist and serial house sharer, Alice Wilkinson is here to help you stay sane when you're feeling stuck.

This is the ultimate handbook for house sharers. From how to choose the right housemate to navigating conflict when it (inevitably) arises, Alice draws on interviews with experts and case studies to explore the anxieties that run the lives of young professionals living in house shares and how to navigate them to create a more harmonious homelife.

Alice Wilkinson is a writer, editor and journalist at The Telegraph. A previous editor of Waitrose Heath, she has featured in many national newspapers and magazines. In 2019 Alice was shortlisted for the Professional Publishers Award (PPA) for Writer of the Year. The following year, she was selected as one of the PPA's 30 Under 30. In 2021 she was awarded Bronze in the Rising Star category at the Content Marketing Awards (CMA)and in 2022, she was shortlisted for the British Society of Magazine Editor's New Editor of The Year. Today, Alice writes a weekly Substack newsletter titled 'What's the alternative?' where she takes a counterintuitive look at what matters most to millennials.

©2025 Alice Wilkinson (P)2025 DK Audio

Reviews

Goodreads review by Claire on March 11, 2025

A timely read that anyone who is or has been in a flat share can relate to. It makes you realizes some of your flaws and is cathartic for highlighting the flaws of others.......more

Goodreads review by Emilia on March 08, 2025

I truly believe this book has the potential to improve the quality of people's lives in flatshares - I wish I could go back 10 years in time and gift this to my younger self, what a change it could have made! My flatshare days are hopefully behind me, but I find this a great book for processing thos......more