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As recommended on Davina McCall's podcast! Hilariously read by Sally Phillips, star of Smack the Pony, Bridget Jones Diary and Miranda - Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up is a must-listen for anyone whose life isn’t working out quite how they’d planned. Now a major TV series: Not Dead...

Because love is the greatest mystery of all.... 'In a way, I'm a bit of a love detective. Because what's a greater mystery than love?' Meet Ruby Miller. A writer who makes happy-ever-afters happen. Until she discovers her fiancé is a lying cheat and loses her faith in love. So when her sister invites her on a beach holiday to Goa to forget about him, Ruby jumps on a plane...and into an extraordinary adventure.

After a string of nightmare relationships, Emily's had it with modern-day men. She'd rather pour herself a glass of wine and curl up with Pride and Prejudice and her beloved Mr Darcy. So what if he’s a fictional hero? Faced with spending New Year’s at yet another singles party, she books herself on a coach tour of Jane Austen country, but quickly realises she won't find her dream man here - just a coach full of pensioners and one particularly aggravating (if handsome) journalist, Spike.

How far would you go for love? When new boyfriend Jack stands her up at the airport, Ruby Miller dries her tears, jumps on the Eurostar and heads to Paris. She thinks she's going there to visit an old friend and have a total break from romance. But the City of Love has other ideas. A locked apartment where time has stood still, a bundle of long-lost love letters and a flirtatious French lawyer sweep Ruby into a mystery that spans over 70 years.

One Good Thing is the heartwarming, hilarious alternative love story, from the internationally bestselling author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, Alexandra Potter 'The new Bridget Jones' Celia Walden, Telegraph 'A funny, feisty tale' Mike Gayle 'Assured and accomplished. Pacy...

Tess is heartbroken when Seb breaks up with her and can't help blaming herself. If only she'd done things differently. If only she could make right all her regrets...But she can't. It's over. She has to forget about him. Drunk and upset on New Year's Eve, she wishes she'd never met him. But when she wakes up to discover this dream has come true, she realises she has a chance. To do it all over again. And to get it right this time....

From the author of the mega bestseller Confessions of a Fortysomething F##k Up comes another laugh out loud novel full of wit, wisdom .. . and women who have had ENOUGH. It’s a sun-kissed quest for justice fuelled by friendship, laughter and finding that inner steel. The perfect summer read...

Der neue Roman von Bestseller-Autorin Alexandra Potter übers Älterwerden und Jungbleiben. Ein Hoch auf die grandiose Mitte des Lebens! In dieser wunderbar witzigen Fortsetzung des Bestsellers Je größer der Dachschaden, desto besser die Aussicht dürfen unsere Lieblingsheldinnen Nell und Cricket wieder viel übers Leben lernen, Abenteuer erleben und Spaß haben – egal, wie alt sie sind! Eigentlich war gerade alles gut. Aber Nell wäre nicht Nell, wenn das Leben ihr nicht ganz schnell wieder ein paar Striche durch die Rechnung machen würde.

This audio edition is brilliantly and hilariously read by Sally Phillips, known for her performances in Bridget Jones's Diary and Smack the Pony. More Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up: the laugh-out-loud sequel to the hilarious, WTF AM I DOING NOW?! runaway bestseller! 'The new Bridget...

Ein herzerwärmender Roman über Freundschaft, Hoffnung und Liebe. Nach ihrer Scheidung braucht Liv dringend einen Tapetenwechsel und zieht in ein verschlafenes Dörfchen in Yorkshire. Gegen ihre Einsamkeit will sie im Tierheim einen Welpen adoptieren. Doch ihr Blick fällt auf einen betagten Hund mit angegrauter Schnauze: Er sieht so verlassen aus, wie sie sich fühlt – sie sind füreinander bestimmt.

Das Leben läuft, wohin es will - ein herrlich amüsanter Roman von Alexandra Potter. Irgendwie hatte Nell sich das anders vorgestellt mit dem Leben. Anfang 40 klang nach liebevollem Ehemann, wunderbaren Kindern und einem fantastischen Zuhause. Stattdessen ist der Verlobte weg, das Geschäft ist pleite und die Ersparnisse sind dahin, während all ihre Freunde die perfekte Hochglanzexistenz führen. Als ein alter Arbeitskollege ihr einen Job als Nachrufschreiberin verschafft, lernt sie die unkonventionelle und lebenslustige Witwe Cricket kennen.