This book should be required reading for every woman--and every man who knows a woman. It's a fascinating examination of human frailty, relationship dynamics, expectations set upon us from others and ourselves, all while feeling like a deliciously indulgent fantasy.
Read it with caution, it may cause you to change your whole life.
The New York Times bestselling author returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious and surprising novel about a woman upending her life
“A frank novel about a midlife awakening, which is funnier and more boldly human than you ever quite expect….the bravery of All Fours is nothing short of riveting.”—Vogue
“A novel that presses into that tender bruise about the anxiety of aging, of what it means to have a female body that is aging, and wanting the freedom to live a fuller life…Deeply funny and achingly true.” —LA Times
While I feel like I've never read a book like this, I also feel like I can easily see what it could have been--and what it managed to steer clear of. I feel like the story of an unexpected, young pregnancy, money troubles, sex work, a troubled father has never been done more lovingly; plots with these ingredients too often going into a world I want no part of. A cold, bitter, nihilistic world of grief and pain. But this book reminds you that people who are struggling are PEOPLE. With friendships, and jokes, and wants, and desires. Everyone is so likable. It's so easy to hear about a person with a drug problem and dismiss them as different from you, but this book challenges you to see yourself and friendships and family in these characters and reconsider how you'd feel in Margo's shoes.
'Enormously entertaining and lovable' Nick Hornby, New York Times
'Nonjudgmental, original and very funny; the book is warm and generous too. I loved it' India Knight, Sunday Times STYLE
** Big Little Lies creator David E. Kelley is to adapt for A24 - a TV show starring Nicole Kidman and Elle & Dakota Fanning **
Margo Millet's got money troubles. As the child of a Hooter's waitress and an ex-Pro-Wrestler, she's always known she'd have to make it on her own. When she finds herself pregnant by her college professor - who is very keen not to be involved -…
I'm a huge anglophile, and I love Dolly's writing, so I knew I'd love this book. But if you'd told me I was going to read a story about a failing, male standup comic who just got dumped and can't let it go--I wouldn't think it was my thing. But I loved this character. I understood him, I wanted him to win, I loved walking the streets with him, I loved hanging out in his world, even though it wasn't his happiest time. Endearingly melodramatic like a funny friend who just got dumped.
'Funny - of course it's funny - but also smart, insightful and sincere about heartbreak' David Nicholls, author of One Day
'A novel to be devoured, adored, underlined ... if only more books made you laugh as much as this' The i
'The author of Everything I Know About Love nails the zeitgeist with a witty, relatable and acutely insightful page-turner about the trials and tribulations of the lovelorn' Daily Express
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Every relationship has one beginning. This one has two endings.
Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped.
A restless LA actress books an Airbnb in a small Irish village, only to arrive and find herself in the life she would have lived if she'd made a different choice--and in this life, her best friend is alive.
