Dolly Alderton

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both. Andy's story wasn't meant to turn out this way. Living out of a suitcase in his best friends' spare room, waiting for his career as a stand-up comedian to finally take off, he struggles to process the life-ruining end of his relationship with the only woman he's ever truly loved. As he tries to solve the seemingly unsolvable mystery of his broken relationship, he contends with career catastrophe, social media paranoia, a rapidly dwindling friendship group and the growing suspicion that, at 35, he really should have figured this all out by now. Andy has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story. Warm, wise, funny and achingly relatable, Dolly Alderton's highly-anticipated second novel is about the mystery of what draws us together - and what pulls us apart - the pain of really growing up, and the stories we tell about our lives.

'What I learnt from sharing my most private pain with a semi-professional problem-solver was that the mere act of asking for help was, in itself, healing. It was as if I had crept down to the docks under cover of darkness and floated a message out in a bottle, imagining how it might be received. By writing it, I was acknowledging that someone might care about me; that they'd be able to say the right thing without knowing me. Because I was feeling something that other people had felt and therefore I wasn't, as I suspected, the loneliest and strangest woman in the world.' Since early 2020, Dolly Alderton has been sharing her wisdom, warmth and wit with the countless people who have written in to her Dear Dolly agony aunt column in The Sunday Times Style. Their questions range from the painfully - and sometimes hilariously - relatable to the occasionally bizarre. They include breakups and body issues, families, friendships, dating, divorce, the pleasures and pitfalls of social media, sex, loneliness, longing, love and everything in between. Without judgement, and with deep empathy informed by her own, much-chronicled adventures in love, friendship and dating, Dolly leads us by the hand through the various labyrinths of life, proving that a problem shared is truly a problem halved.

Die erfolgreiche Food-Autorin Nina George Dean trägt ihren zweiten Vornamen, weil ein Hit von Wham! an ihrem Geburtstag vor zweiunddreißig Jahren auf Platz eins der Charts stand. Das beeindruckt Max, den sie von einer Dating-App kennt und der auf rasante Weise ihr Herz erobert. Doch genauso schnell, wie er Nina an der Nachtbushaltestelle das ewige Glück versprochen hat, verschwindet er plötzlich wieder aus ihrem Leben – ohne eine Spur zu hinterlassen. Gleichzeitig plant Ninas Exfreund seine Hochzeit, und ihre beste Freundin erwartet ihr zweites Baby. Und dann erkrankt ihr geliebter Vater an Demenz. Als Nina alles zu entgleiten droht, wünscht sie sich nur noch sehnlichst in ihre Jugendtage zurück – bis sie erkennt, dass das Leben immer in dem Moment zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft spielt. Der große Roman über Beziehungen in all ihren Formen – hinreißend, lustig und tief berührend erzählt.

Uma comédia romântica sobre os homens que desaparecem assim que dizem que te amam... Nina Dean não está especialmente incomodada por estar solteira aos trinta. Tem o seu apartamento, é uma escritora de culinária bem-sucedida e tem suficientes amigos para manter a agenda social cheia. Ao instalar uma aplicação de encontros, conhece o homem certo logo na primeira saída. Têm conversas espirituosas e irónicas, partilham um ódio por desporto, dançam juntos como dois loucos, criam um universo inteiro de piadas particulares e têm uma química inigualável. Mas, quando Max deixa de lhe responder, Nina é forçada a lidar com tudo o que tem tentado esquecer... Engraçado e dolorosamente relacionável, o romance de estreia de Dolly Alderton está repleto de observações inteligentes sobre relacionamentos, família, memória e a vida moderna.

The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, growing older, and learning to navigate friendships, jobs, loss, and love along the ride When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough. Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age—making you want to pick up the phone and tell your best friends all about it. Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true, Everything I Know About Love is about the struggles of early adulthood in all its terrifying and hopeful uncertainty.

Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan. A new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. There's no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who's caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia. Dolly Alderton's debut novel is funny and tender, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships, family, memory, and how we live now.

'Dolly Alderton at her wise, warm and witty best' Red Since early 2020, Dolly Alderton has been sharing her wisdom, warmth and wit with the countless people who have written in to her Dear Dolly agony aunt column in The Sunday Times Style . Their questions range from the painfully - and sometimes hilariously - relatable to the occasionally bizarre. They include breakups and body issues, families, friendships, dating, divorce, the pleasures and pitfalls of social media, sex, loneliness, longing, love and everything in between. Without judgement, and with deep empathy informed by her own, much-chronicled adventures in love, friendship and dating, Dolly leads us by the hand through the various labyrinths of life, proving that a problem shared is truly a problem halved. 'Alderton is so gifted at making people care' Marian Keyes

The wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking internationally bestselling memoir about growing up, growing older, and learning to navigate friendships, jobs, loss, and love along the ride When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, journalist and former Sunday Times columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, realizing that Ivan from the corner shop might just be the only reliable man in her life, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough. Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age—making you want to pick up the phone and tell your best friends all about it. Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true, Everything I Know About Love is about the struggles of early adulthood in all its terrifying and hopeful uncertainty.

A trentadue anni, Nina Dean è la donna che avrebbe voluto essere quando ne aveva venti. È un'affermata food writer, ha da poco comprato un piccolo appartamento in un vivace quartiere londinese, adora i suoi amici e può contare su una coppia di genitori fantastici. Quando tramite un'app di incontri conosce Max, inaspettata anima gemella, sembra proprio che tutti i pianeti si siano allineati. In fondo, una relazione stabile e matura è quello che le manca, e la vita da single comincia a starle stretta: il mutuo è un salasso, e pare che tutti si siano messi d'accordo per trasferirsi fuori città abbandonandola lì, alle prese con un padre che mostra i primi segni di demenza senile e una madre da poco caduta in una ridicola crisi esistenziale a base di infinite sedute di pilates. Ma quando Max le farà ghosting, smettendo di rispondere alle sue chiamate e ai suoi messaggi, le sue certezze andranno in pezzi. Tra improbabili addii al nubilato, ex che si accasano e vicini invadenti, un passo alla volta Nina dovrà imparare a vivere la sua vita adulta, affrontando quanto di reale e doloroso può nascondersi dietro lo schermo luminoso di uno smartphone.

Descrito como um “Sex and the City para millennials”, primeiro livro de autora britânica traz relatos divertidíssimos sobre o drama e a comédia da vida adulta Dolly Alderton sabe bem do que está falando. Ela sobreviveu aos seus vinte anos com dignidade (mais ou menos), e todo mundo que já passou (ou está passando) por essa década decisiva da vida sabe que chegar inteiro aos trinta é um feito e tanto. São muitas descobertas, experimentações, romances intensos, roubadas, porres homéricos, empregos estranhos, autossabotagem, foras destruidores, mágoas, humilhações e, o mais importante, amigos imprescindíveis que estão sempre ali para te ajudar a passar por todas essas coisas sem grandes traumas (ou quase isso). Estreia da autora na literatura, Tudo o que eu sei sobre o amor acompanha a trajetória de Dolly da juventude à vida adulta. Uma espécie de O Diário de Bridget Jones da vida real, o livro traz um misto de sessão de terapia e muita fofoca. Dolly sabe navegar como poucos entre o trágico e o incrivelmente cômico de suas memórias sem dar chance para a nossa indiferença, com histórias impossíveis de não se identificar — por vezes tão insanas que poderiam ser ficção — e que traduzem de forma brilhante o verdadeiro caos que é amadurecer.

Since early 2020, Dolly Alderton has been sharing her wisdom, warmth and wit with the countless people who have written in to her Dear Dolly agony aunt column in The Sunday Times Style. Their questions range from the painfully - and sometimes hilariously - relatable to the occasionally bizarre. They include breakups and body issues, families, friendships, dating, divorce, the pleasures and pitfalls of social media, sex, loneliness, longing, love and everything in between. Without judgement, and with deep empathy informed by her own, much-chronicled adventures in love, friendship and dating, Dolly leads us by the hand through the various labyrinths of life, proving that a problem shared is truly a problem halved.

Toda relación tiene un comienzo. Ésta tiene dos finales. Andy está enamorado de Jen. Jen estaba enamorada de Andy. Y él no entiende por qué ella ha dejado de quererlo. Andy, un monologuista de 35 años, intenta procesar su ruptura con Jen, con quien llevaba cuatro años de relación. Está destrozado emocionalmente y su vida a los treinta está muy lejos de ser como su carrera no termina de despegar, se ve obligado a compartir piso con un anciano paranoico, se da cuenta de que los rollos de una noche no están hechos para él y, por si fuera poco, su grupo de amigos cada vez resulta más difícil de convocar porque están todos felizmente casados. En un momento en el que todo lo que creía saber sobre el amor y la amistad se ha vuelto irreconocible, Andy se aferra a la idea de resolver el rompecabezas de su relación rota. Porque si puede encontrar las respuestas, tal vez Jen pueda regresar a él. Pero Andy todavía tiene mucho que aprender, sobre todo, la versión de los hechos de su exnovia, quien parece tenerlo todo bastante más claro.

“One of the foremost ‘it’ writers of our time. . . . There is no writer quite like Dolly.”—Lisa Taddeo, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Three Women “Nora Ephron for the millennial generation.”—Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail and The Party Advice and answers to your questions about dating, love, sex, family, friendship and more from the author of Everything I Know About Love and longtime Sunday Times Style columnist For years, New York Times bestselling author Dolly Alderton has been sharing her wisdom, warmth, and wit with the diverse universe of fans who have turned to her “Dear Dolly” column seeking guidance on a host of life problems. Dolly has thoughtfully answered questions ranging from the painfully—and sometimes hilariously—relatable to the occasionally bizarre. They include breakups and body issues, families, relationships platonic and romantic, dating, divorce, the pleasures and pitfalls of social media, sex, loneliness, longing, love and everything in between. Without judgement, and with deep empathy informed by her own, much-chronicled adventures with love, friends, and dating, Dolly helps us navigate the labyrinths of life. In this wonderful collection, she brings together her collected knowledge in one invaluable volume that will make you think, make you laugh, and help you confront any conundrum or crisis.

Tan salvajemente divertido y conmovedor como la vida de cualquier veinteañero que crece navegando entre desengaños amorosos y relaciones desastrosas La periodista Dolly Alderton se propuso dar cuenta de sus locos veinte años en este divertido libro trufado de amores y desamores, relaciones intensas por Messenger que fracasan en el cara a cara, trabajos precarios y amigos que siempre están ahí. Un novio que acaba saliendo del armario, borracheras que te llevan a cruzar el país en taxis que no puedes pagar, chicos sin redes sociales que se creen Sartre…, escenas todas ellas de nuestra lucha por entender que el amor más intenso e importante es el que sentimos por nuestros amigos y nosotros mismos. «Casi todo lo que sé sobre el amor lo he aprendido charlando con mis amigas de toda la vida. He aprendido que el amor es júbilo desenfrenado, bailar borracha sobre el fango de un festival de música, los cruces de miradas en un autobús nocturno, los polvos de una noche. Pero también he aprendido que el amor no son las relaciones tediosas, ni las horas de obsesivo seguimiento en Instagram al chico que te gusta, ni los orgasmos fingidos.»

Il memoir di Dolly Alderton, vincitore del National Book Award, è un bellissimo posto dove stare. Dentro ci sono cose normali come l’amicizia, le delusioni, le sorprese del sesso, gli amori che salvano o ti annientano, la palude dell’ambiente familiare – ma soprattutto c’è lei, una ragazza ferocemente divertente che sa raccontare come si diventa donna, e quali sono le tante forme dell’amore. Diventare grandi è il viaggio della vita, e quello di Dolly Alderton è stato un giro vorticoso sulle montagne russe. Stazione di partenza, uno scialbo sobborgo londinese dove Dolly, nei primi anni del nuovo millennio, è un’adolescente che passa le giornate su Messenger, smaterializzata in uno spazio parallelo di relazioni simulate, o a fantasticare su ragazzi e feste e soprattutto fughe insieme alla sua migliore amica Farly. Il primo, elettrizzante scatto in avanti arriva al momento di trasferirsi a Exeter per l’università e dare sfogo a tutti i sogni di libertà, in quelli che saranno anni di eccentrica sregolatezza, sbronze micidiali, avventure di una notte e incontri destinati a durare. Poi, spinta dal sogno, questa volta, di diventare giornalista, si tufferà nel cuore pulsante di Londra, città spettinata, gaudente, come lei tendente all’autodistruzione, una regina severa che cambierà il suo modo di vedere il mondo.

Alles über schlechte Dates und gute Freundschaften Ein warmes und witziges Memoir über das Erwachsenwerden und alle Lektionen, die man dabei lernt: Dolly Alderton, Shootingstar der englischen Literatur, weiß wirklich alles über desaströse Dates, chaotische Nächte und falsche Entscheidungen. Sie weiß, wie es ist, wenn einem das Herz gebrochen wird – aber auch, wie man es flickt. Denn vor allem erzählt Dolly so brutal ehrlich wie unfassbar komisch vom großen Glück der Freundschaften, die fürs Leben sind und nicht nur Lückenfüller zwischen Liebhabern. Dolly Alderton kennt alle Seiten der Liebe, die guten und die dunklen. Da ist der Guru, der tief in ihr Inneres schauen kann und der sich am Morgen nach der lang ersehnten ersten Nacht doch aus dem Staub macht. Oder ein dubioser Kerl in New York, der sie zu einem Dreier überreden will. Oder der verplante Hippie, für den sie sich die Haare abrasiert. Und dann stellt Dolly plötzlich fest, dass es Liebe auch ganz anders gibt und dass die Freundschaften mit ihren Mädels ihr mehr über die Liebe beigebracht haben als alle Männer. Freundinnen, die für einen da sind, wenn man nicht weiß, wovon man die Miete zahlen soll, wenn eine Beziehung zerbrochen ist oder die Rod-Stewart-Mottoparty nach hinten losgeht. In ihrem eigenen, ehrlichen wie humorvollen Stil verwebt Dolly persönliche Erlebnisse und witzige Anekdoten mit scharfsinnigen Reflexionen darüber, was es heute heißt, eine Frau zu sein. Wie es ist, auch mal alleine, doch nie einsam zu sein. Und sie schreibt eine großartige Liebeserklärung – an das Leben.