Life in Pieces
Published on 1. October 2020
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-00-843187-7 (ISBN)
Description
*The Sunday Times bestseller*
'Funny, intimate and honest' Louis Theroux
'Moving and funny. I absolutely loved it' Claudia Winkleman
'Heartbreaking, hilarious, comforting' Marie Claire
Dear 2020 - can we just start over?
Love Dawn x
LIFE IN PIECES is a book for anyone who's been thrown into a life they didn't plan, or who just wants to stick it to 2020. When it looks like everything's falling apart, we'll piece it back together.
From reflections on grief and identity, bad hair and parenting, sleep and spirituality, to the things we can control and the things we cannot, Dawn has been doing a lot of thinking about life in lockdown. Mostly from a cupboard. Discover the daily diaries that track the journey - for a hilarious, heartbreaking and highly entertaining glimpse into the new normal.
'There's been a lot of well-meaning but mad advice on how to contend with the strangest period of human history any of us has ever lived through. Dawn O'Porter redresses the balance by telling it as it really has been: holding out for 5pm to crack open the tequila' Mark Watson
'Funny, intimate and honest' Louis Theroux
'Moving and funny. I absolutely loved it' Claudia Winkleman
'Heartbreaking, hilarious, comforting' Marie Claire
Dear 2020 - can we just start over?
Love Dawn x
LIFE IN PIECES is a book for anyone who's been thrown into a life they didn't plan, or who just wants to stick it to 2020. When it looks like everything's falling apart, we'll piece it back together.
From reflections on grief and identity, bad hair and parenting, sleep and spirituality, to the things we can control and the things we cannot, Dawn has been doing a lot of thinking about life in lockdown. Mostly from a cupboard. Discover the daily diaries that track the journey - for a hilarious, heartbreaking and highly entertaining glimpse into the new normal.
'There's been a lot of well-meaning but mad advice on how to contend with the strangest period of human history any of us has ever lived through. Dawn O'Porter redresses the balance by telling it as it really has been: holding out for 5pm to crack open the tequila' Mark Watson
Reviews / Votes
'Moving and funny. I absolutely loved it' Claudia Winkleman'An intimate, honest account of the first three months of isolation . . . Her book is a paean to what is truly important' Telegraph
'It is very funny but also intimate and honest' Louis Theroux
'Poignant and funny' Red
'I've rattled through it . . . There's been a lot of well-meaning but mad advice on how to contend with the strangest period of human history any of us has ever lived through. Dawn O'Porter redresses the balance by telling it as it really has been, for many of us: holding out for 5pm to crack open the tequila' Mark Watson
'Funny and heart-rending in equal measure' Sunday Express
Praise for Dawn O'Porter:
'Fierce and funny' Bryony Gordon, Daily Telegraph
'Smart and insightful' Red
'A total joy . . . Compulsively funny' Matt Haig
'Straight-talking . . . tackles a host of topical issues' Sunday Express
'Dawn's writing is addictive - fearless, beyond feisty and seriously funny' Mel Giedroyc
'Dawn O' Porter has the ability to make everyone want to be her best friend' OK
'Funny and very honest' Davina McCall
'Entertaining and thought-provoking' Irish Times
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-843187-7 (9780008431877)
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DAWN O'PORTER lives in Los Angeles with her husband Chris, her two boys Art and Valentine, her dog Potato, cats Myrtle and Boo, and fish Potamus.
Dawn is also the author of the novels The Cows and the Richard and Judy Book Club pick So Lucky.
Dawn started out in TV production but quickly landed in front of the camera, making numerous documentaries that included immersive investigations of Polygamy, Size Zero, Childbirth, Free Love, Breast Cancer and the movie Dirty Dancing. Further TV work included This Old Thing, a prime-time Channel 4 show celebrating the wonders of vintage clothing.
Dawn's journalism has appeared in multiple publications and she was the monthly columnist for Glamour magazine. She is now a full-time writer of seven books - although she would probably have written seventeen if it weren't for her addiction to Instagram Stories.
www.dawnoporter.co.uk
@hotpatooties
/DawnOPorter
Dawn is also the author of the novels The Cows and the Richard and Judy Book Club pick So Lucky.
Dawn started out in TV production but quickly landed in front of the camera, making numerous documentaries that included immersive investigations of Polygamy, Size Zero, Childbirth, Free Love, Breast Cancer and the movie Dirty Dancing. Further TV work included This Old Thing, a prime-time Channel 4 show celebrating the wonders of vintage clothing.
Dawn's journalism has appeared in multiple publications and she was the monthly columnist for Glamour magazine. She is now a full-time writer of seven books - although she would probably have written seventeen if it weren't for her addiction to Instagram Stories.
www.dawnoporter.co.uk
@hotpatooties
/DawnOPorter