Life in Pieces

by Dawn O'Porter

Overview

*The Sunday Times bestseller* *Updated edition including new bonus chapters from Dawn*

‘Funny, intimate and honest’ Louis Theroux
‘Moving and funny. I absolutely loved it’ Claudia Winkleman
‘Heartbreaking, hilarious, comforting’ Marie Claire

Dawn O’Porter has been thinking a lot about life.
Mostly from a cupboard (and she’s definitely not hiding from her children).
 
Fearless, funny and unflinchingly real, Life in Pieces is a diary of a time we’ll all remember forever – laughing through the tears, finding comfort in the chaos and (in Dawn’s case, at least) discovering the life-changing properties of a midday margarita.
 
So if you need a shake-up in your life, here’s the tonic – with a perfect splash of tequila…

‘What should you expect? Tears, belly laughs and to come out the other side wanting Dawn O’Porter to be your best friend’ Marie Claire

‘I've rattled through it . . . Dawn O'Porter redresses the balance by telling it as it really has been: fighting a losing battle against a tide of mess, noise and need, and holding out for 5pm to crack open the tequila’ Mark Watson

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780008431891
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	10/01/2020
Sold by:	HarperCollins Publishers
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	827 KB

About the Author

DAWN O’PORTER lives in Los Angeles with her husband Chris, her two boys Art and Valentine, her dog Potato, cats Myrtle and Boo, and fish Potamus.

Dawn is also the author of the novels The Cows and the Richard and Judy Book Club pick So Lucky.

Dawn started out in TV production but quickly landed in front of the camera, making numerous documentaries that included immersive investigations of Polygamy, Size Zero, Childbirth, Free Love, Breast Cancer and the movie Dirty Dancing. Further TV work included This Old Thing, a prime-time Channel 4 show celebrating the wonders of vintage clothing.

Dawn’s journalism has appeared in multiple publications and she was the monthly columnist for Glamour magazine. She is now a full-time writer of seven books – although she would probably have written seventeen if it weren’t for her addiction to Instagram Stories.

www.dawnoporter.co.uk

@hotpatooties

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Dawn O'Porter is a broadcaster, novelist and print journalist who lives in Los Angeles with her husband Chris, cat Lilu and dog Potato. Dawn is the critically acclaimed author of Paper Aeroplanes and Goose. She is also a highly prolific Tweeter (@hotpatooties) and manages her own website www.dawnoporter.co.uk. Dawn is obsessed with vintage clothing and recently set up her own clothing label, BOB (she also has a bob…)

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction 1

Piece 1 Fun-Time Stay-at-Home Mum 5

Piece 2 My People 27

Piece 3 Food. All of the Food 47

Piece 4 Drink - Hiccup 69

Piece 5 Strong Eye till I Die 91

Piece 6 Raising Boys 111

Piece 7 Grief. It Hurts 139

Piece 8 The High Life 161

Piece 9 Meanwhile, in the Animal World 187

Piece 10 Let's Get Spiritual 227

Piece 11 And Sleep … Or Not 249

Piece 12 A Moment's Silence 275

New Beginnings 289

Epilogue 303

Bonus Piece: Exclusive New Diary Entries 309

Acknowledgements 337

Editorial Reviews

‘Moving and funny. I absolutely loved it’ Claudia Winkleman

‘An intimate, honest account of the first three months of isolation . . . Her book is a paean to what is truly important’ Telegraph

‘It is very funny but also intimate and honest’ Louis Theroux

‘Poignant and funny’ Red

‘I've rattled through it . . . There's been a lot of well-meaning but mad advice on how to contend with the strangest period of human history any of us has ever lived through. Dawn O'Porter redresses the balance by telling it as it really has been, for many of us: holding out for 5pm to crack open the tequila’ Mark Watson

‘Funny and heart-rending in equal measure’ Sunday Express

Praise for Dawn O’Porter:

‘Fierce and funny’ Bryony Gordon, Daily Telegraph

‘Smart and insightful’ Red

‘A total joy . . . Compulsively funny’ Matt Haig

‘Straight-talking . . . tackles a host of topical issues’ Sunday Express

‘Dawn's writing is addictive – fearless, beyond feisty and seriously funny’ Mel Giedroyc

‘Dawn O' Porter has the ability to make everyone want to be her best friend’ OK

‘Funny and very honest’ Davina McCall

‘Entertaining and thought-provoking’ Irish Times

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