
One Good Thing - Alexandra Potter
Alexandra Potter
- Pages · 480 pages
- Publication Date · 25/05/2023
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Heart-warming, uplifting and heartbreakingly honest, One Good Thing is an alternative love story about finding happiness and showing that sometimes you only need one good thing to turn your life around. From the million copy bestselling author of Confessions of a Forty-Something F##k Up, the perfect summer read for all those who enjoy Ruth Jones, Marian Keyes and Sophie Kinsella. In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything . . . Liv Brooks is still in shock. Newly-divorced and facing an uncertain future, she impulsively swaps her London Life for the sweeping hills of the Yorkshire Dales, determined to make a fresh start. But fresh starts are harder than they look and, feeling lost and lonely, she decides to adopt Harry, an old dog from the local shelter, to keep her company. But Liv soon discovers she isn't the only one in need of a new beginning. On their daily walks around the village, they meet Valentine, an old man who suffers from loneliness who sits by the window. And Stanley, a little boy who is scared of everyone, who hides behind the garden gate. And Maya, a teenager who is angry at everyone and everything. But slowly things start to change . . . Praise for Alexandra Potter:'The new Bridget Jones' - Celia Walden, The Telegraph'A funny, feisty tale' - Mike Gayle, author of Half a World Away
'Pacy, absorbing, witty and tender' - Karen Swan, author of The Last SummerPraise for So, I Met This Guy - your next favourite novel, coming January 2026:'THE mega hit of 2026!' - Matt Cain'A thrilling, witty, twisty, turny wonderful adventure with a grand splosh of self-discovery' - Milly Johnson`A rollercoaster ride of riotous humour, self-discovery, twists, turns' - Alex Brown'A moving tribute to the transformative power of female friendship' - Freya North'I could not love this book more' - Lindsey Kelk
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