{"product_id":"this-is-not-a-pity-memoir-the-heartbreaking-and-lifeaffirming-bestseller-from-the-writer-of-the-split-9781529388350","title":"This is Not a Pity Memoir: The heartbreaking and life-affirming bestseller from the writer of The Split","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eA Man Called Ove is a funny and thrilling novel about meeting your person and living life to the fullest. It follows Abi, who finds her husband lying on the bathroom floor one morning, and is not a pity memoir. It is about surviving and living, and the difference between the two. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 16 March 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: John Murray Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Both very funny and as propulsive as a thriller. . . . impossible to put down\" RACHEL COOKE, Observer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe kind of book you will find yourself saying urgently, over and over, to friends: \"Have you read it?\" CAITLIN MORAN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eG- \"ripping, funny and always honest\" DAVID NICHOLLS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Extraordinary. . . . utterly compelling and so honestly told\" NIGELLA LAWSON.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Truly breathtaking. I could not have loved it more\" CAREY MULLIGAN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e________________________.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn ordinary day. The end of ordinary life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne morning in June, Abi had her to-do list - drop the kids to school, get coffee and go to work. Jacob had a bad headache, so she added \"pick up steroids.\" She returned home and found the man she loved and fought and laughed with for twenty years lying on the bathroom floor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd nothing would ever be the same again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this is not a pity memoir. It's about meeting your person. And crazed late-night Google trawls. It's about the things you wished you'd said to the person that matters, then wildly over-sharing with the barista who doesn't know you at all. It's about sushi and the wrong shoes and the moments you want to shout \"cut.\" It's about the silence when you are lost in space and the importance of family, parties, and noise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's the difference between surviving and living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a reminder that, even in the worst times, there is light ahead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a love story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 254g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 210 x 528 x 25 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529388350\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abi Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44115538477306,"sku":"9781529388350","price":9.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1679472296822_book_19be2f26-fea3-4c07-a703-b0f365b7b585.jpg?v=1679898475","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/this-is-not-a-pity-memoir-the-heartbreaking-and-lifeaffirming-bestseller-from-the-writer-of-the-split-9781529388350","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}