Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up (Confessions, 1)

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Nell is clearly struggling with how different her life is to the one that she imagined and things get very deep and dark during a trip to Spain with Cricket. Alongside the love story is the wonderful unlikely friendship that sparks between Nell and Cricket, an elderly lady who is just a marvelous character! An international bestseller, this is 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. oh i was so happy to get this as a ARC i loved the first book, the author is a favourite of mine, this book did not disappoint, i sometimes feel a second book is not always good but this oh so good just like the first one, it had me laughing, crying and shouting, my kids thought i had lost the plot which i nearly did with this book, fantastic read, its a must read. From feeling like a failure to her trying to fit in and find her place in her family and her friend's lives to her self-pity to her resilience and picking up the pieces and trying to get back on track rather a new track.

We see a possible love interest develop through friendship and support, we cringe as Nell is taken for a ride with a poor love match and our hearts break as she works to understand what went wrong with fiance. I'm not sure if I ever would have picked up Alexandra Potter's new book, Confessions of a Forty-Something, if I hadn't been offered it for review. I was thrilled when I heard a second Confessions book was written and delighted to be approved by NetGalley to read and review! Everyone no matter what age you are needs to read this because it's true and we don't always feel like we have our shot together.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*ck up. Nell’s journey to mid-life happiness is hilarious, moving and filled with clear-eyed wisdom about what it means to be a woman of any age, proving that the best happy ever afters come when you fall in love with life. Potentially a few triggers so worth looking in to but really enjoyable follow up and would highly recommend. Mi-a plăcut ideea că viața nu este niciodată perfectă așa cum pare de pe rețelele de socializare, indiferent că ești single, căsătorită, cu copii, stay at home mom, cu o carieră de succes sau muncind te miri ce pentru a-ți plăti chiria.

Now, I wrote something about the horrors of dating in your late thirties which I doubt will ever see the light of day. Confessions of a Forty-Something Fck Up is perfect comfort reading for anyone who thinks life isn’t working out as they want it to, whether they’re forty, fourteen or eighty-four. Bits of this also reminded me of the movie, Bridesmaids but I didn't care because I love that movie. As someone who usually relishes a crime thriller, I thoroughly enjoyed the pace and style of Confessions of a forty-something f*** up! I feel like this book could have been so well done because there were some really good moments and i like the message that we're all told we're fuck ups and we're not, I just wish it came across more in the whole book.

Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're twenty, forty or eighty - Heat You may also be interested in. Nell reaches out to her great friend Cricket as well as her eclectic group of narried friends, all offering their own thoughts.

I thought this was going to be a story about her finding herself and I was hoping the ending would follow suit but then it just felt like such a let-down for me. First of all, to be fair to the author, she doesn’t go down the whole probably won’t have children, but might just save it at the last minute (! What we get instead is an intensely interior look at the friends’ psyches and relationships, and it’s utterly enthralling. New yummy mummy Annabel has entered the group since Nell has been in America and she seems to be asserting her dominance over Nell’s best friend Fiona, who is completely enamoured with her.I graduated from the University of Gloucestershire in 2019 with a First Class (Hons) degree in BA English Literature and Creative Writing. In a complete spur of the moment, Nell decides to start a podcast talking about her life and feelings.

A 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. Confessions of a Forty-Something Fk Up is perfect comfort reading for anyone who thinks life isn’t working out as they want it to, whether they’re forty, fourteen or eighty-four - Chrissie Manby You may also be interested in. This is the first day I am going to look at my live as adventure and to think whatever I do I will get there in life, there is no correct way to do it .When Jude, as an adult, is adopted by his favorite Harvard law professor, his friends join him for Thanksgiving in Cambridge every year. There are also other characters that I loved reading about but I’m not going to mention everyone and their roles.