Single Bald Female
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By Laura Price (Editorial Director)
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‘I read this in a single night – superb’ – Celia Walden
Frank, funny and poignant, Single Bald Female by Laura Price is a completely unforgettable story of love and friendship.
‘Life-affirming and uplifting’ – Fabulous (The Sun)
Jessica Jackson has hit all her personal milestones for turning thirty – the career, the loving boyfriend and a cosy London flat they share with their cat. But a shock diagnosis of breast cancer turns Jess’s world upside down, and her contented life implodes with it.
Around her, her friends’ lives continue to follow the script, with the big white weddings and the baby scans. With her own future so uncertain, the only thing Jess is sure of is that she’s being left behind.
But then she meets Annabel, an enigmatic twenty-seven year old with incurable cancer. While Annabel may not have long left, she understands much more about living than anyone Jess has ever met. And she’s determined to show Jess how to make every day count . . .
Praise for Single Bald Female:
‘Witty yet devastating’ – ES magazine
‘Moving and beautiful’ – Emma Gannon
‘I laughed and wept. It’s an extraordinary novel and one everyone should read’ – Alexandra Potter
‘Witty and charming characters, twists and turns, and quietly devastating moments’ – Justin Myers, author of The Last Romeo
‘Life affirming’ – Kris Hallenga, Sunday Times bestselling author and founder of CoppaFeel!
‘Whether you’ve experienced cancer, grief, the chaos of the contemporary dating scene or the agony of a modern hen weekend, every word of Single Bald Female rings true’ – Lauren Bravo
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This book was very much a slow burn for me, and it was only seeing the many positive reviews that I continued to read it. I am glad I did, as once I got started again I didn’t want to put it down. It was heartfelt and funny at times. The attention to detail made it feel genuine - you learn at the end of the book that it was the author’s own experiences that informed her writing. A very good read.
A well written book tackling the effects of a cancer diagnosis on Jess the main character and the way this woman's life is turned upside down.
Jess meet another woman who is at the end of her life and she teaches Jess how to live.
We see how friendship, work, family becomes affected by her diagnosis.
Although this sounds a sad depressing book it's actually a uplifting story, sad in places but you find yourself smiling and at times laughing.
Very good read.
