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Confessions of a Forty-Something F--k Up

The New Bridget Jones for Our Times

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Confessions of a Forty-Something F--k Up

By: Alexandra Potter
Narrated by: Sally Phillips
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Meet Nell. She’s like the thousands of women who’ve fallen in love with her story. Because most of us wonder why life isn’t turning out quite as we imagined. From bedside to poolside, this book is the perfect summer listen. It will make you laugh and it may make you cry. But above all, it will remind you that you’re not on your own. If you enjoy Bridget Jones, Dolly Alderton, Ruth Jones and Marian Keyes – you’ll love Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up.

'The new Bridget Jones' – Telegraph

'Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're 20, 40 or 80' – Heat


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. And who is desperately trying to figure it all out when everyone around them is making gluten-free brownies.

Meet Nell. Her life is a mess.

In a world of perfect Instagram lives, she feels like a disaster. But when she starts a secret podcast and forms an unlikely friendship with Cricket, an eighty-something widow, things begin to change. Because Nell is determined. This time next year things will be very different. But first, she has a confession . . .

'Brilliant! Laughing out loud' – Emma Gannon, podcaster (Ctrl Alt Delete) and author of Olive

'Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep' – Red

As recommended on Davina McCall's Making the Cut podcast.

City Life Contemporary Friendship Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Urban Women's Fiction Funny Witty Heartfelt Feel-Good

Critic Reviews

A funny, feisty tale about the highs and the oh-so-lows of having to start over in your forties with a smart, sassy character at its heart who you'll be cheering on from start to finish. (Mike Gayle, author of All The Lonely People)
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. (Lucy Dillon, author of After the Rain and A Hundred Pieces of Me)
I loved this book so much. It’s very funny and painfully true. Confessions of a Forty-Something F*ck 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, author of Three Days in Florence and A Proper Family Holiday)
Say hello to a book that will have you laughing with every page, whether you're twenty, forty or eighty
The new Bridget Jones for our times
Brilliant! Laughing out loud (Emma Gannon, podcaster Ctrl Alt Delete and author of Olive)
Funny but layered, light-hearted but surprisingly deep
All stars
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Very long book, but at times laugh out loud funny. Couldn't help but draw similarities between Bridget Jones and even pictured Edward played by Colin Firth.

For a modern day Bridget Jones, it's up there with a good funny love story, where the girl gets the guy in the end.

Enjoyable rom-com

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Although predictable, I did find the characters were well written so I cared about them enough to keep listening. An enjoyable, light read.

Nice light story

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this author is amazing!! laughed and related to the characters so much, HIGHLY recommend 👌 I will be purchasing more of her work in the future 😄

love it!!

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I really enjoyed it. a good book to unwind to at night. especially when you feel like your life is a little rocky, this will definitely give you a few laughs. it did fall off at the end a bit but that could have been me!

pretty light hearted ✨️

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Great story but audio volume was not consistent - very annoying at times when trying to listen quietly in bed and had to keep adjusting the volume.

Very entertaining but volume inconsistent

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