{"product_id":"busy-being-free-starting-again-on-your-own-paperback","title":"Busy Being Free: Starting Again on Your Own - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEmma Forrest\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A staggering piece of writing' Nigella Lawson \u003cbr\u003e 'It's woken me up' Minnie Driver, author of \u003ci\u003eManaging Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'The most delicious memoir that kept me in bed all day' Sophie Heawood, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Hungover Games\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What happens when your story doesn't end the way you thought it would? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When the dream life you have been working towards becomes something you must walk away from? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When you swap a Hollywood marriage and a LA mansion with waterside views, for a little attic flat shared only with your daughter, beneath the star-filled sky of deepest North London? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When you find yourself not lonely, but \u003ci\u003eelated\u003c\/i\u003e - elated to be alone with yourself, who you genuinely thought you might never get to see again? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When, after a life guided by romantic obsession, you decide to turn your back not only on marriage, but all romantic and sexual attachments?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in London, Emma Forrest began her writing career as a teenage columnist on the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, going on to have columns in The \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e. By thirty, she had published three novels and exited journalism to work in Hollywood as a screenwriter. Her memoir \u003ci\u003eYour Voice In My Head\u003c\/i\u003e is beloved by Nick Hornby, Dolly Alderton, Bryony Gordon, Emma Gannon, Florence Welch and Elizbeth Gilbert. Emma wrote and directed her first feature \u003ci\u003eUntogether\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered at the Tribeca Film festival. Her most recent novel was the Radio 2 Book Club pick, \u003ci\u003eRoyals\u003c\/i\u003e, praised by Marian Keyes, David Nicholls and Emma Jane Unsworth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764983759136,"sku":"9781474620642","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5bd44d36b1e9e2faaf032c6915ffa42a.webp?v=1780259477","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/busy-being-free-starting-again-on-your-own-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}