About the Author:
Christina Patterson is a journalist and broadcaster. A former columnist at the Independent and Director of the Poetry Society, she now writes for the Sunday Times and Guardian about society, culture, politics, books, and the arts and is a regular commentator on radio and TV news programs. She was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2013 for her campaigning work to raise standards in nursing and has contributed to books on poetry, literature, and health.
Review:
"A beautifully written and uplifting memoir about love and loss—and finding the resolve to carry on." —Times
"If you're 50 and feeling a failure, you must read The Art of Not Falling Apart, by Christina Patterson." —Mail on Sunday
"A very different kind of self-help book: witty, wise and wonderfully relatable." —the i
"A wonderful, gutsy writer." —Clive James
"Brilliant, poignant and also very funny." —Bookseller
"One of the best columnists around." —Andrew Motion
"A page turner! Insightful, sad, funny and so well written." —Kirsty Wark
"A tender, beautiful exploration of how we survive pressure, from a tender, beautiful writer." —Johann Hari, author, Chasing The Scream
"I thoroughly enjoyed it—a kind of war reporter's dispatches from the barricades of modern life." —Robert Harris
"A clear and important voice in British journalism." —Carol Ann Duffy
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