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A Pocketful of Happiness

By: Richard E. Grant
Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
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 'A gorgeously candid account of acting and show business. And an intimate and heartfelt story of love, loss and a life spent together. It is an honour to be invited in on these diaries. I cannot remember being so moved by a book' Dolly Alderton

'Fascinating, funny and heart wrenching' Dame Julie Walters

'An emotional rollercoaster - profoundly moving and wonderfully entertaining. A brilliant memoir about living, loving and losing' Bernardine Evaristo

‘One of the bravest, strongest, funniest memoirs I’ve ever read’ Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry

An intimate and uplifting memoir by Richard E. Grant.

Born in Swaziland in 1957, Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career, and has been a fixture on our screens since his breakout role in Withnail and I in 1987. When his beloved wife Joan died in 2021 after almost forty years together, she set him a challenge: to find a pocketful of happiness in every day.

The result is this book.

Set between the present day and flashbacks to delightfully indiscreet diary entries recalling landmarks from his remarkable life and glittering career, this is an immensely personal and profound memoir that celebrates and cherishes life’s unexpected joys.

Funny, moving and perceptive, A Pocketful of Happiness is an insight into the life of a much loved British actor.
©2022 Richard E. Grant. All rights reserved. (P)2022 Simon & Schuster, UK. All Rights Reserved. Entertainment & Celebrities Celebrity Funny Feel-Good Career Heartfelt Witty Inspiring Happiness
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Such a beautiful heartfelt tribute from Richard to his very gorgeous, highly talented, down to earth love of his life wife, Jone.
It made me laugh and cry and helped me to understand what some of my dearest friends had to deal with when they to lost the love of their lives to cancer.
I feel anyone would enjoy this book and be inspired to find A Pocketful of Happiness each and every day afterwards 💗🌟

Heart felt

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What a wonderful book. The love between Richard and his wife Jean is so beautiful shown through his wonderful writing. So sad to lose someone you love. Such a touching story of grief. Jean strength through her cancer diagnosis is evident. I feel I have learnt something about true love, loss and grief.

Bittersweet

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This story that mostly covers the last 9 months of Richards wife Joans cancer journey is poignant & beautiful, it helped me come to terms with a lot of grief from my loss of a close family member to this horrible disease in 2020, made me cry & laugh & appreciate my life more, I highly recommend this book but there will be tears.

Sad & joyful at the same time

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Really didn't know a lot about Richard E Grant - a loving story beautifully told

Pleasantly surprised!

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Throughly enjoyed this beautiful love story.
Highly recommend ❤️
Won’t disappoint ❤️
Hope REG is still finding his pocketful of Happiness every day ❤️

Loved this book

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A luminous, beautiful and heart wrenching memoir. I was moved to tears throughout the story.

An Emotional Triumph.

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I’ve always enjoyed seeing Robert E Grant interviewed and was curious to know more. Knowing the exceptionally sad ending delayed me starting, but the love and joy tempers the overwhelming g sadness beautifully

Sweet and surprising

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A love story writ large. Wonderful writing, performance and sentiment. Brings across the sense of the person, in time and place.

Outstanding, insightful, beautiful

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beautifully narrated perfect description of process and impact of dying and death of a beloved spouse ...

excellent and useful

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Positive yet seemingly oddly short and brief despite it being about so profound a subject

Réflection of a Loving family life

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