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

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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. I adore that film and that pettiness and suspicion of newcomers is something that is relatable to anyone who has ever been friends with a group of women and I liked how this subplot was resolved. Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter will make you laugh, and it might even make you cry.

Nell was broke and house hunting, ending up renting in a shared situation with Edward, who rented in the city during the week, and went home to the suburbs to his family on the weekend.

Nell lands up writing obituaries, she meets Cricket an 80 year old widow and they soon make friends and become close. First of all, to be fair to the author, she doesn’t go down the whole probably won’t have children, but might just save it at the last minute (! Worse still, all Nell’s friends seem to have moved on and settled down into marriage and motherhood.

But when an old work contact lands her a job writing obituaries, Nell meets the fabulous Cricket, an eighty-something widow, who is also adjusting to her new life and they strike up an unlikely friendship. Laugh-out-loud funny and painfully relatable, Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up is a celebration of friendship and a reminder that while life doesn’t always go according to plan, it doesn’t mean you can’t find happiness. I was thrilled when I heard a second Confessions book was written and delighted to be approved by NetGalley to read and review! Michaelides seems also to be dipping into the world of Edgar Allan Poe, offering an unreliable narrator who feels more like a literary exercise.Yes, it glosses over certain issues, yes, it might be very 'middle class' in places but it's a good story with enough depth to have kept me engaged throughout.

Bits of this also reminded me of the movie, Bridesmaids but I didn't care because I love that movie. Friends that I used to have but don't have anymore and didn't even think about them for years until today and all I remember is all the fun that we used to have and nothing else. I'm not sure if I ever would have picked up Alexandra Potter's new book, Confessions of a Forty-Something, if I hadn't been offered it for review.

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use.

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