Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up (Confessions, 1)

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Having read and thoroughly enjoyed the first book in this series , I have to say this was an even better and funnier read. When her business goes bust and her relationship with it, Nell’s happy ever after in California falls apart and she moves back to London to start over.

I absolutely loved their friendship and it shows that you can make new friends when you get older and also friends don't really have to be the same age. In a complete spur of the moment, Nell decides to start a podcast talking about her life and feelings. I love the fact that this features a slightly older woman than characters we’re often presented with in other books in the ‘women’s fiction’ / ‘chick-lit’ (both annoying classifications, let’s face it) genres, and one who has a real zest for life. I can't imagine how hard it would be to have your dream little business and a great relationship and then *wham* everything blows up.Confessions of a Forty-Something F*ck Up is perfect comfort reading for anyone who thinks life isn't working out as they want it too, whether they're forty, fourteen or eighty-four.

It was the perfect way to have Nell reevaluate herself after finding peace with her life in the first novel.The main changes she suggested were to make my protagonist more likeable (she should use her time as a single woman to help her mum friends) and to make it a book that explores what is it to be a woman. Că trăim într-o cultură în care a fi ocupat e un modus vivendi, suntem mereu așa de ocupați ca nu mai avem timp de prieteni, de întâlniri, de comunicat real cu oamenii, comunicare înlocuită cu mesajele pe whatsapp (la un moment dat Nell își sună o prietenă sa refuze o invitație pentru că i s-a părut aiurea sa refuze prin mesaj și prietena o întreabă dacă a sunat din greșeală). Că în ciuda faptului că în jurul tău se petrec tragedii, care te emoționează, tot e ok sa te văicărești și să fii nemulțumit de neplăcerile mărunte din viața ta, pentru că așa e firea umană.