Turning thirty is like playing musical chairs. The music stops, and everyone just marries whoever they happen to be sitting on.
Who the f*ck is Tori Bailey?
Theres no doubt that Tori is winning the game of life. A straight-talking, bestselling author, shes inspired millions of women around the world with her self-help memoir. And she has the perfect relationship to boot.
But Tori Bailey has been living a lie.
Everyone around her is getting engaged and having babies - but her long-term boyfriend wont even talk about marriage. And when her best friend Dee - her plus one, the only person who understands the madness - falls in love, suddenly Toris in terrifying danger of being left behind.
When the world tells you to be one thing and turning thirty brings with it a loud ticking clock, it takes courage to walk your own path.
Its time for Tori to practice what shes preached, but the question is: is she brave enough?
The debut adult novel by bestselling author Holly Bourne is a blisteringly funny, honest and moving exploration of love, friendship and navigating the emotional rollercoaster of your thirties.
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I f***king love this book. Its raw [and] unapologetically honest...I was not expecting to feel so understood. I had to stop every page to fire off a quote to my best friend. - Netgalley, 5 stars
This book. Its given me so many feelings I dont even know where to start. A resounding YES from me, and one Ill be recommending to all my friends - Netgalley, 5 stars
A very important book. It has been proposed that often books might come along when we need them. This was Authentic, Raw and Validating. Its also very contemporary and real. During reading there were times that I felt Holly had climbed into my mind and splurged my thoughts and feelings on the page. - Netgalley, 5 stars
Observant, honest, funny, feminist and clever - Netgalley, 5 stars
Loved, loved this book! Clever, current, humorous, irreverent take on life in your 20s and 30s. - Netgalley, 5 stars
Holly Bourne tells is like it really is. - Netgalley, 5 stars
I loved this book so much. It was honest and refreshing and brilliant, just truly, truly brilliant. - Netgalley, 5 stars
Breaks the mould of what weve come to expect from womens fiction - Netgalley
I loved this book so much such that I ended up reading it in two days... relatable and funny - Netgalley