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'Is there some adventure out there that we are not having, some vividness, some wild pleasure, that we are not experiencing in our responsible, productive days?...We are bequeathed on earth one very short life, and it might be good, one of these days, to make sure that we are living it.' In this powerful, unified and vital work Katie Roiphe touches on everything from the romantic ambivalence of Jane Austen to the cast of Mad Men whilst delivering a collection of autobiographical pieces that are by turns, deeply moving, self-critical, razor-sharp, entertaining and unapologetic in their defence of 'messy lives'. "Brilliant and unflinching, on everything from divorce to Mad Men to sex to the food we eat. Every sentence is an eye-opener". (India Knight).

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Prose: non-fiction Literary essays

• Full title: In Praise of Messy Lives
• Author: Katie Roiphe
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781782112082
• ISBN: 1782112081
• ID: 01353824
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Weight: 210 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 136 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. June 2013

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