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The F**k It! List

The F**k It! List

Summary

Discover the irresistible laugh-out loud comedy of a woman forced to re-evaluate her life at 40, the perfect Christmas holiday read for fans of Bella Mackie and Helen Fielding!

'Fresh, funny and impossible to put down’' SARAH TURNER, bestselling author of The Unmumsy Mum

'Hilarious, subversive and heartwarming' JESSICA BIEL

‘Fabulous. A wonderful, uplifting shot in the arm.’ AMANDA PROWSE, bestselling author of Very Very Lucky………………………………………………………

For Daisy, life isn’t going…quite to plan.

She’s just caught her boyfriend shagging someone else at her fortieth birthday party.
She’s camped out in her childhood bedroom.
And it looks as if her dream to have a baby has gone down the pan…
Time for a F**k It! list?

Join Daisy as she attempts to tick off each item on the list and take back control of her life, one ‘f**k it’ at a time, and ask yourself the question: what would be on your f**k it list?

Don’t miss the triumphant comedy about a woman taking on the world on her own terms, perfect for fans of Bridget Jones’s Diary!

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Readers LOVE The F**k! It List:

‘An empowering read that we devoured in one sitting.’ Closer

'Daisy is unique and refreshing. I went through every high and low with her - I wept and I laughed...a lot. A ten out of ten read.' Josie Lloyd

Fun and empowering. We loved this book!’ Bella

‘A novel of immense charm, warmth, humour and quiet subversion. A triumph of ‘feel-good’ without the cliches.’ Elizabeth Fremantle, author of Disobedient and Queen’s Gambit

‘An authoritative, heart-warming, unique comedy.’ Platinum Magazine

Reviews

  • An authoritative, heart-warming, unique comedy. Daisy is a fresh tremendous character that you will want as a real-life friend. You'll experience her humiliations and her triumphs alongside her and be left with a wonderful uplifting sense that it is possible to take the world on in your own terms.
    Adele Parks, Platinum Magazine

About the author

Melanie Cantor

Melanie Cantor worked for many years in PR and as a celebrity talent agent. She also dabbled in interior renovations, which led to her hosting the Channel 4 series Making Space, in which she tidied up people’s messy houses. She has since concentrated on writing. Her first novel, Life
and Other Happy Endings, was published in 2019. She has two grown-up sons and lives in Dorset and London with her dog, Mabel.
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