The To-Do List and Other Debacles
Published on 4. July 2019
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-5291-0342-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Thrillingly honest, funny, incisive and hopeful, this is the perfect gateway into a discussion on mental health' Marian Keyes
'Truly one of the most powerful books about mental health that I've ever read.' Daisy Buchanan
One of the Independent's top ten millennial memoirs of 2019
How not to be good? Let me list the ways...
Are you a woman? Do you make to-do lists to stop you losing your mind? Have you ever cried in the toilets at work, had a meltdown in the supermarket, or gone off the rails at a hen party?
And have you ever been saved from any of the above by your truly brilliant friends?
If you've answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then this is the book for you. A moving, funny and brutally honest memoir of one woman's millennial misadventures, The To-Do List and Other Debacles follows Amy Jones on her journeys through friendship, marriage and mental health disasters in a story that's as relatable as it is riotous.
'Truly one of the most powerful books about mental health that I've ever read.' Daisy Buchanan
One of the Independent's top ten millennial memoirs of 2019
How not to be good? Let me list the ways...
Are you a woman? Do you make to-do lists to stop you losing your mind? Have you ever cried in the toilets at work, had a meltdown in the supermarket, or gone off the rails at a hen party?
And have you ever been saved from any of the above by your truly brilliant friends?
If you've answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then this is the book for you. A moving, funny and brutally honest memoir of one woman's millennial misadventures, The To-Do List and Other Debacles follows Amy Jones on her journeys through friendship, marriage and mental health disasters in a story that's as relatable as it is riotous.
Reviews / Votes
Thrillingly honest, funny, incisive and hopeful, this is the perfect gateway into a discussion on mental health. * Marian Keyes * Searingly honest about some of the realities of a long-term relationship as well as what it's like to be restless at work. * The Independent * Part memoir, part fiction, The To-Do List And Other Debacles is for anyone who's a woman, or a millennial or has cried in the loos at work, or all of the above. With painful, poignant and also lolz honesty, Amy Jones writes about friendship, marriage and her mental health in a way that makes me want to give her a massive hug. -- Sarra Manning * Red Magazine * Truly one of the most powerful books about mental health that I've ever read. There are lines so funny and beautiful that I'll remember them until my dying day - and then parts so truthful and vulnerable that they winded me. * Daisy Buchanan * This is an incredible, captivating, charming, funny and heartwarming read * Angela Clarke *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5291-0342-7 (9781529103427)
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Additional editions
Amy Jones
The To-Do List and Other Debacles
E-Book
07/2019
1st Edition
Ebury Digital
€9.49
Available for download
Person
Amy Jones is video producer and writer at The Pool, where her pieces (on topics as diverse as the tyranny of diets, misadventures in self-care and the number of slang terms for the vagina) are frequently among the platform's most-read. She is also the co-presenter of the storytelling podcast And Then What?. Born in Wales, she now lives in London with her husband and their adorable cat Flick.