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THIS IS NOT A PITY MEMOIR (PAPERBACK)

Abi Morgan (author)
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Synopsis

Poignant and heartbreaking but resolutely unwilling to rely on sentimental
platitudes, Morgan's memoir about a tragic change in her family circustances is
a profoundly powerful and perceptive read on love, grief and the eternal promise
of hope.

An ordinary day. The end of ordinary life.

One morning in June, Abi had her to-do list - drop the kids to school, get
coffee and go to work. Jacob had a bad headache so she added 'pick up steroids'.
She returned home and found the man she loved and fought and laughed with for
twenty years lying on the bathroom floor. And nothing would ever be the same
again.

But this is not a pity memoir. It's about meeting your person. And crazed late
night Google trawls. It's about the things you wished you'd said to the person
that matters then wildly over-sharing with the barista who doesn't know you at
all. It's about sushi and the wrong shoes and the moments you want to shout
'cut'. It's about the silence when you are lost in space and the importance of
family and parties and noise.

It's the difference between surviving and living. It's a reminder that, even in
the worst times, there is light ahead. It's a love story.

Publisher: John Murray Press
ISBN: 9781529388350
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 252 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm

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MEDIA REVIEWS

'Very moving but never sentimental, tough but never cynical... gripping, funny
and always honest' - David Nicholls

'I wept. I laughed. I dared to hope. I felt my heart crack. This book is life.
It is exceptional' - Sam Baker

'An extraordinary story told extraordinarily well. I don't know how Abi Morgan
has managed to live through all this, let alone write such a fascinating,
heartbreaking yet frequently funny book about it. It is so gripping I honestly
couldn't put it down' - Marina Hyde

'Funny and brutally honest... an absolute insight for those of us lucky enough
to never know life like this' - Pandora Sykes

'Incredibly powerful, moving, funny, honest & brave. I LOVED it' - Edith Bowman

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ABI MORGAN IN CONVERSATION WITH GEORGIA PRITCHETT AT WATERSTONES PICCADILLY

London - Piccadilly
Monday 27th March 18:30

We’re very excited to be joined by Abi Morgan to celebrate the paperback
publication of her heart-breaking and life-affirming bestseller This is Not a
Pity Memoir.



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Poignant and heartbreaking but resolutely unwilling to rely on sentimental
platitudes, Morgan's memoir about a tragic change in her family circustances is
a profoundly powerful and perceptive read on love, grief and the eternal promise
of hope.

An ordinary day. The end of ordinary life.

One morning in June, Abi had her to-do list - drop the kids to school, get
coffee and go to work. Jacob had a bad headache so she added 'pick up steroids'.
She returned home and found the man she loved and fought and laughed with for
twenty years lying on the bathroom floor. And nothing would ever be the same
again.

But this is not a pity memoir. It's about meeting your person. And crazed late
night Google trawls. It's about the things you wished you'd said to the person
that matters then wildly over-sharing with the barista who doesn't know you at
all. It's about sushi and the wrong shoes and the moments you want to shout
'cut'. It's about the silence when you are lost in space and the importance of
family and parties and noise.

It's the difference between surviving and living. It's a reminder that, even in
the worst times, there is light ahead. It's a love story.

Publisher: John Murray Press
ISBN: 9781529388350
Number of pages: 304
Weight: 252 g
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm

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MEDIA REVIEWS

'Very moving but never sentimental, tough but never cynical... gripping, funny
and always honest' - David Nicholls

'I wept. I laughed. I dared to hope. I felt my heart crack. This book is life.
It is exceptional' - Sam Baker

'An extraordinary story told extraordinarily well. I don't know how Abi Morgan
has managed to live through all this, let alone write such a fascinating,
heartbreaking yet frequently funny book about it. It is so gripping I honestly
couldn't put it down' - Marina Hyde

'Funny and brutally honest... an absolute insight for those of us lucky enough
to never know life like this' - Pandora Sykes

'Incredibly powerful, moving, funny, honest & brave. I LOVED it' - Edith Bowman

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ABI MORGAN IN CONVERSATION WITH GEORGIA PRITCHETT AT WATERSTONES PICCADILLY

London - Piccadilly
Monday 27th March 18:30

We’re very excited to be joined by Abi Morgan to celebrate the paperback
publication of her heart-breaking and life-affirming bestseller This is Not a
Pity Memoir.



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“FULL OF ‘FIREFLIES’”

I was putting off reading this for some time. Not because I wasn’t interested, I
was really keen to be honest. But because I assumed it would ‘difficult’ to read
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“INCREDIBLE WRITING”

I have just finished the final page of this extremely thought-provoking and
moving book by Abi Morgan and I just think it’s an incredibly brilliant piece of
writing. I was keen to read it as I loved the movie ‘Shame’... More

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“A POWERFUL READ”

I am struggling to find the words to describe this book. The words “memoir” or
“autobiography” or “non-fiction” don’t go anywhere close to covering what is a
truly powerful work.

Abi Morgan is a playwright and... More

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