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Dear Dolly
- On Love, Life and Friendship
- Narrated by: Dolly Alderton
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
'What I learnt from sharing my most private pain with a semi-professional problem-solver was that the mere act of asking for help was, in itself, healing. It was as if I had crept down to the docks under cover of darkness and floated a message out in a bottle, imagining how it might be received. By writing it, I was acknowledging that someone might care about me; that they'd be able to say the right thing without knowing me. Because I was feeling something that other people had felt and therefore I wasn't, as I suspected, the loneliest and strangest woman in the world'
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- Michaela Kennedy
- 23-11-2023
Didn’t love as much as her other work
I love Dolly, she’s so wise and articulate but this didn’t grab me as much as her other books.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-07-2023
Thoroughly enjoyable for my long card ride
It was interesting and enjoyable however I tended to already have the same opinion as Dolly so it wasn’t like i was learning anything groundbreaking. She is extremely measured and weighs up both side of each problem.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-06-2023
I love Dolly Alderton
Reading her books is like having a very wise older sister you can ask anything. All her books are easy and enjoyable reads.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-03-2023
Disappointed
I enjoyed her fiction for a fun and light read, I feel bad saying it but these columns are not it. There is just SO MUCH reference to how ‘love should feel’ and what love ‘should look like’ - just a lot of sweeping statements steeped entirely in fantasy, didn’t feel very modern or at all reflective of the genuine experience of love. Ended up giving me the ick.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-2023
Thoroughly life affirming
Just gorgeous, so many helpful thoughts and words of wisdom for common dilemmas. Thanks Dolly ❤️
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- Anonymous User
- 31-12-2022
Dolly does it again!
Dolly takes her big sisterly role to another level as an agony aunt in ‘Dear Dolly’. This book allows the reader to connect to both the original writer of the question and Dolly herself as she answers various questions on exes, friends, family, and all things body and soul. It made me realise I’ve never had an original thought, and that I’m not alone in feeling the way of the original contributor, but that Dolly seemingly was able to answer every question in the most succint way without casting judgement or placing blame. Her words were reassuring and kind, and sometimes the harsh truth, but always true and inspiring. We all need a Dolly Alderton in our lives - my only complaint about this book is that it wasnt longer!
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- Karri Pledger
- 12-12-2022
Incredibly funny & relatable
Another piece that is shocking relatable, incredibly funny and naturally well written by Dolly. Every scenario had a degree of relatability and the advice was more unbiased than I would have expected.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-12-2022
Wonderful as always
Another great listen from Dolly, full of inspiring advice and wisdom to all ages. Recommend.
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