"As someone who is constantly looking for guidance in twenties, I am here to tell you to look no further than this book. Dolly Alderton starts her memoir with a sort of litmus test of what she believed about love as a teenager and interrupts the story with chronological updates on this specific list as we age along with her. Although she chronicles the ups and downs of her love life, it is the invisible string-like love affair with her best friend Farly that is the lifeline of this memoir. She reminds us that while boys and romantic love come and go, it just be the love born out of our close friendships that truly matters most."
Publisher Harper Perennial
Publication Date 2021-02-09
Section Biography / All Staff Suggestions / Nonfiction Suggestions / Emily A.
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780062968791
International Bestseller
Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”
“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When you date from thirty onwards, get ready to meet someone absolutely brimming with history, complications and demands.”
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, 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.
