MANAGING EXPECTATIONS (AIR/EXP)

US: Bonnier Books Ltd, 2022. Paperback. Good. 'A beautiful book: funny, honest, revealing, heartfelt and moving' - Adam K ay, bestselling author of This is Going to Hurt' 'Vital, heartfelt and surprising, these tales from a life are told with hum our, style and intelligence.' - Graham Norton 'A wonderful memoir by a glorious writer: funny, poignant, profound. I gobb led it up in one joyous sitting.' - Elizabeth Day 'An absolute jewel of a book. Gloriously readable, hilarious, painful, acut e, sharply recalled and vividly brought to life' - Stephen Fry A dazzling 'tell-most' memoir: poignant and laugh-out-loud funny scenes fro m the life of actor Minnie Driver. I love stories. I have mostly told other people's but now, in telling my ow n, I realize how all our stories are connected by that great leveller of ac claim, loss, fortitude, and fortune: being human. When I look at my life from the alleged halfway point, some patterns are re vealed: one, that the story does not necessarily begin or end where it shou ld; two, happy endings are overrated. And three, happy endings are almost n ever 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 - work ed out in the end. How reaching for the dream is easily more interesting, e xpansive, sad and funny than the dream itself coming true. I really hope you enjoy it. Love, Minnie x.