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What to expect

The funny, moving, life-affirming memoir from much-loved comedian and star of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice and The Apprentice: You're Fired!

'An extraordinary portrait of a son navigating his way through grief and loss in real time. Funny, candid, and measured' GRAHAM NORTON

'This book isn't too much, in the words of Goldilocks, its 'just right'. I both laughed and cried, sometimes at the same time.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Happily settled in a new relationship and with a dream house of his own, Tom Allen could finally call himself an adult. But when his beloved dad died suddenly, Tom's life was rocked by a fresh set of challenges, and he started to find comfort in his friends, his past and his newly dug vegetable patch.

With his hallmark honesty and wit, Tom writes beautifully about those days, weeks and months following loss, and about how bewildering the practicalities of life can be in the wake of an upheaval - those moments, really, when everything can start to feel a bit too much . . .

'Hilarious and poignant' JO BRAND
'Heartfelt, vulnerable and touchingly sincere' GUARDIAN
'Life-affirming' ATTITUDE

Critics Review

An extraordinary portrait of a son navigating his way through grief and loss in real time. Funny, candid, and measured
Graham Norton
Hilarious and poignant
Jo Brand
Hilarious and at times heart-breaking
Independent
Tom Allen paints a moving portrait of his father and their relationship . . . Heartfelt, vulnerable and touchingly sincere
Guardian
Explores the complexity of grief and charts a belated independence
The i
Life-affirming
Attitude
Author Tom Allen
Narrator Tom Allen
Duration 5 hours and 36 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781529397468
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Container gardening, Coping with death and bereavement, Film, television, radio genres: Comedy and humour, Humour, Memoirs, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Suburban communities / suburban life
Collections In Their Own Words, Laugh Out Loud
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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