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Alexandra Potter

One Good Thing: From the Author of Runaway Bestseller Confessions of a Fortysomething F Up

One Good Thing: From the Author of Runaway Bestseller Confessions of a Fortysomething F Up

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One Good Thing is a heartwarming, hilarious alternative love story by Alexandra Potter, about a newly-divorced woman who swaps her London life for the Yorkshire Dales and adopts an old dog. She meets Valentine, Stanley, and Maya, who all need a new beginning. The novel is about friendship, finding happiness, and living the life unexpected.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 25 May 2023
Publisher: Pan Macmillan


One Good Thing is a heartwarming and hilarious alternative love story by the internationally bestselling author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up, Alexandra Potter. In this novel, Liv Brooks, newly divorced and facing an uncertain future, impulsively swaps her London life for the sweeping hills of the Yorkshire Dales, determined to make a fresh start. However, Liv soon discovers that fresh starts are harder than they seem, and she feels lost and lonely. To keep her company, she adopts Harry, an old dog from the local shelter.

But Liv soon realizes that she isn't the only one in need of a new beginning. On their daily walks around the village, they meet Valentine, an old man who suffers from loneliness and sits by the window, Stanley, a little boy who is scared of everyone and hides behind the garden gate, and Maya, a teenager who is angry at everyone and everything. As they spend more time together, things start to change.

Utterly relatable, hilarious, and heart-breakingly honest, One Good Thing is a novel about friendship, finding happiness, and living the life unexpected. It explores how, when everything falls apart, all you need is one good thing to turn your life around and make it worth living again.

Praise for Alexandra Potter:

"The new Bridget Jones." - Celia Walden, Telegraph

"A funny, feisty tale." - Mike Gayle, author of Half a World Away

"Pacy, absorbing, witty, and tender." - Karen Swan, author of The Last Summer

Weight: 336g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529022889

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