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How to Survive Losing It All*
- Author
- Lindsay Nicholson
- Narrator
- Leda Hodgson
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 18 July 2024
- Run Time
- 9 hours 19 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Memoirs, Autobiography: writers, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Advice on careers and achieving success, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Coping with / advice about PTSD and other psychological traumas, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement
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What to expect
‘Truly compelling.’ Cathy Rentzenbrink
‘Breathtaking … I loved it.’ Fern Britton
‘Courageous. Inspiring. Hopeful.’ Alastair Campbell
'Gripping’ Observer
‘Brave and raw’ Daily Mail
'An amazing story, powerfully told' Mail on Sunday
An unforgettable memoir and manifesto for living, from the woman who redefined magazines for the 21st century
Having suffered the unimaginable loss of her first husband and child, Lindsay Nicholson rewrites her story to become Britain’s most successful lifestyle magazine editor. But when a would-be suicide runs in front of her car, the pages of her picture-perfect life fall apart once more.
In just one year, Lindsay loses her marriage, job and home, and is even arrested. Suicidal and suffering from profound PTSD, she tries medication, therapy and New Age courses – until she finds the answer in the pages of her former magazines. Life isn’t about being perfect; it’s friendship and laughter, stitched together with the little things that truly matter.
Deeply moving, inspiring and sharply funny, How to Survive Losing it All is an unforgettable story about resilience, recovery and what really makes life worth living.
Published in hardback as Perfect Bound
Critics Review
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'This breathtaking book is an open love letter to all women who know what it is to suffer. How Lindsay survives is testament to her strength of character, emerging triumphant after the tumult of devastating loss to find calm. I loved it and I love her.' Fern Britton
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'Lindsay Nicholson has had way more than her fair share of tragedy and heartbreak and yet somehow comes through it all with courage, resilience, a smile on her face – and, above all, hope.' Alastair Campbell
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'Lindsay Nicholson is a beautiful writer with a talent for capturing the triumphs and disasters of life. Her story is truly compelling.' Cathy Rentzenbrink
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'A story about raw loss, heartbreak, extraordinary courage and, above all, love. The author’s voice as she narrates her journey out of the void is without self-pity or even anger. She writes with candour, insight and great tenderness. Riveting, heartbreaking, heartlifting and fine.' Nicci French
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'I powered through this utterly compulsive and unforgettable memoir in three days straight. Perfect Bound is extraordinary, devastating, brutally honest, heartbreaking and full of love. Five stars from me.' Jill Mansell
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'Clear your diary before you start reading this. A haunting, beautifully crafted story of a woman's courage, faced with impossible odds, which will cause you to look at life through new eyes. Unputdownable.' Orlando Murrin
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‘I devoured this memoir in two days. Utterly compelling, searingly honest in a way that is so freeing and ultimately bursting with hope and humanity.’ Jennie Godfrey
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'Brilliant – one of the best memoirs I’ve read in a long time because she’s as brave in the telling as she is in her life. Perfect inspiration.' Anita Chaudhuri
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'Misery memoir of the year, with one key caveat: those in search of misery will have to look elsewhere. Because for all this jackpot of terrible misfortune, there is not a trace of self-pity.' Strong Words
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Details
- Author
- Lindsay Nicholson
- Narrator
- Leda Hodgson
- Duration
- 9 hours 19 minutes
- Release Date
- 18 July 2024
- ISBN
- 9780008685294
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Memoirs, Autobiography: writers, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Advice on careers and achieving success, Mind, body, spirit: thought and practice, Assertiveness, motivation, self-esteem and positive mental attitude, Coping with / advice about PTSD and other psychological traumas, Coping with / advice about death and bereavement
Synopsis
‘Truly compelling.’ Cathy Rentzenbrink ‘Breathtaking … I loved it.’ Fern Britton ‘Courageous. Inspiring. Hopeful.’ Alastair Campbell 'Gripping’ Observer ‘Brave and raw’ Daily Mail 'An amazing story, powerfully told' Mail on Sunday An unforgettable memoir and manifesto for living, from the woman who redefined magazines for the 21st century Having suffered the unimaginable loss of her first husband and child, Lindsay Nicholson rewrites her story to become Britain’s most successful lifestyle magazine editor. But when a would-be suicide runs in front of her car, the pages of her picture-perfect life fall apart once more. In just one year, Lindsay loses her marriage, job and home, and is even arrested. Suicidal and suffering from profound PTSD, she tries medication, therapy and New Age courses – until she finds the answer in the pages of her former magazines. Life isn’t about being perfect; it’s friendship and laughter, stitched together with the little things that truly matter. Deeply moving, inspiring and sharply funny, How to Survive Losing it All is an unforgettable story about resilience, recovery and what really makes life worth living. Published in hardback as Perfect Bound
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