{"product_id":"9781786581518-managing-expectations-as-recommended-on-bbc-radio-4-vital","title":"Managing Expectations: AS RECOMMENDED ON BBC RADIO 4. 'Vital,","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A beautiful book: funny, honest, revealing, heartfelt and moving' - Adam Kay, bestselling author of  This is Going to Hurt' 'Vital, heartfelt and surprising, these tales from a life are told with humour, style and intelligence.' - Graham Norton 'A wonderful memoir by a glorious writer: funny, poignant, profound. I gobbled it up in one joyous sitting.' - Elizabeth Day 'An absolute  jewel  of a book. Gloriously readable, hilarious, painful, acute, sharply recalled and vividly brought to life' - Stephen Fry A dazzling 'tell-most' memoir: poignant and laugh-out-loud funny scenes from the life of actor Minnie Driver. I love stories. I have mostly told other people's but now, in telling my own, I realize how all our stories are connected by that great leveller of acclaim, loss, fortitude, and fortune: being human. When I look at my life from the alleged halfway point, some patterns are revealed: one, that the story does not necessarily begin or end where it should; two, happy endings are overrated. And three, happy endings are almost never the end. This book is memoir-ish. A tell-most. Largely because there's a lot I don't remember, and a lot that's not worth talking about. So, this is a collection of stories about how things not working out - worked out in the end. How reaching for the dream is easily more interesting, expansive, sad and funny than the dream itself coming true. I really hope you enjoy it. Love, Minnie x\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49047321510107,"sku":"9781786581518","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/e0f904d9-8b88-4338-8e18-be8234ca118f.jpg?v=1785418271","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781786581518-managing-expectations-as-recommended-on-bbc-radio-4-vital","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}