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The To-Do List and Other Debacles

  • The To-Do List and Other Debacles

  • 'Thrillingly honest, funny, incisive and hopeful, this is the perfect gateway into a discussion on mental health' Marian Keyes

    'Truly one of the most powerful books about mental health that I’ve ever read.' Daisy Buchanan

    One of the Independent's top ten millennial memoirs of 2019

    How not to be good? Let me list the ways…

    Are you a woman? Do you make to-do lists to stop you losing your mind? Have you ever cried in the toilets at work, had a meltdown in the supermarket, or gone off the rails at a hen party?

    And have you ever been saved from any of the above by your truly brilliant friends?

    If you’ve answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then this is the book for you. A moving, funny and brutally honest memoir of one woman’s millennial misadventures, The To-Do List and Other Debacles follows Amy Jones on her journeys through friendship, marriage and mental health disasters in a story that’s as relatable as it is riotous.

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Extracts

The To-Do List and Other Debacles – Amy Jones on coping with anxiety and depression

In The To-Do List and Other Debacles, Amy Jones reflects on her millennial misadventures through friendship, marriage and mental health disasters. While struggling with anxiety and depression, Amy copes by writing to-do lists to keep her sane. But is she really coping? And how do you navigate your life when you feel like the rug has been pulled from under you?

AMY JONES is a writer and AV producer. She is also the co-presenter of the storytelling podcast And Then What?, and has written for the Telegraph and the Independent. She also wrote for The Pool about everything from the tyranny of diets and misadventures in self-care to the number of slang terms for the vagina. She was born in Wales and now lives with her husband and their adorable cat Flick.

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