Dolly Alderton Books

When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, wrestling with self-sabotage, finding a job, throwing a socially disastrous Rod-Stewart themed house party, getting drunk, getting dumped, realising that Ivan from the corner shop is the only man you've ever been able to rely on, and finding that that your mates are always there at the end of every messy night out. Glittering, with wit and insight, heart and humour, this is a book about the struggles of early adulthood in all its grubby, hopeful uncertainty.

32-year-old Nina Dean is a successful food writer with a loyal online following, but a life that is falling apart. When she uses dating apps for the first time, she becomes a victim of ghosting, and by the most beguiling of men. Her beloved dad is vanishing in slow motion into dementia, and she's starting to think about ageing and the gendered double-standard of the biological clock. On top of this she has to deal with her mother's desire for a mid-life makeover and the fact that all her friends seem to be slipping away from her . . . Dolly Alderton's debut novel is funny, tender and painfully relatable, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships and the way we live today.

Set against the backdrop of a sweltering heatwave, the story unfolds during a fraught baby shower filled with underlying tensions. As the event progresses, simmering emotions and conflicts among the guests come to a head, leading to unexpected and dramatic outcomes. The narrative explores themes of relationships, expectations, and the pressures of impending parenthood, ultimately culminating in a poignant and tearful conclusion.

'Made me laugh while punching me in the gut. Loved this book' AISLING BEA 'This is the greatest. You'll cry and laugh. I read it though the night. And I never, ever avoid sleep' CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 'I award it 13/10 on my QWJ scale (stands for Queasy With Jealousy that I didn't write it)' MARIAN KEYES --- Every relationship has one beginning. This one has two endings. Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped. Now he is. . . 1. Without a home 2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off 3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him. Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story. From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both.

Dolly Alderton has been sharing her wisdom, warmth and wit with the countless people who have written in to her Dear Dolly agony aunt column in The Sunday Times Style. Their questions include breakups and body issues, families, friendships, dating, divorce, the pleasures and pitfalls of social media, sex, loneliness, longing, love and everything in between

<strong>»Gespräche über die Liebe ist eine Seltenheit: aufrichtig und schonungslos ehrlich, tröstlich und geerdet, gefühlvoll und zugleich pragmatisch.« Dolly Alderton </strong> Natasha Lunn hat zwei Jahre lang Menschen zu ihren Beziehungen und ihrer Liebe befragt und dabei herausgefunden, dass sich alle Fragen, die wir haben, auf drei große zurückführen lassen: <strong>WIE FINDEN WIR DIE LIEBE? WIE KÖNNEN WIR SIE FESTHALTEN? WIE ÜBERLEBEN WIR, WENN WIR SIE VERLOREN HABEN? </strong>Dieses Buch versammelt wunderschöne Geschichten über die Liebe und praktische Ratschläge von Expertinnen und Experten. Mit Beiträgen von <strong>Philippa Perry, Hilary Mantel, Dolly Alderton</strong> und <strong>Alain de Botton</strong>. Die Texte geben Hoffnung – die Liebe zu finden, sie aufrechtzuerhalten, über sie hinwegzukommen. Am Ende geht es nicht nur darum, was wir in der Liebe wollen, sondern auch darum, wer wir selbst sein wollen.