Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up

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Instantly relatable in an Instagram-perfect world, Confessions of a Forty Something F*** Up by bestselling author Alex Potter is a book for every woman of any age who wonders why life isn't working out quite how she imagined.Nell Stevens' life is a mess. Until recently she's been living in America with Ethan, her fiancé, but when her bookshop cum café goes bust, along with her relationship and all her savings, she moves back to London to start over. But a lot has changed since she's been gone. All her single friends are happily married with children and with rents sky high she's forced to rent a room while she looks for a job. Left out of the mummy club, Nell feels left behind, she misses her friends. When an old work contact gets her a job writing obituaries, she meets Cricket, an 80-something widow who never had kids and they strike up an unlikely friendship. Whereas Nell's friends are all busy with their families, all Cricket's friends are dying off. They help each other cope with the loss of their old lives and navigate towards new ones with optimism, poignancy and humour.Everyone has a path to their perfect life. It's knowing when to take the right turn.