The Hungover Games

The debut memoir from a brilliant new voice in non-fiction - gloriously funny, bitingly well-observed and emotionally raw.

Deftly explores expectations of modern womanhood... Full of adventure and awe - Dolly Alderton

People always said I'd find love where I least expected it. I always said they were idiots.

I had no idea how to commit to another human being. I could barely commit to reading a magazine, and I wrote for magazines for a living. My specialist subject was celebrities, and my own relationships made their marriages look eternal.

I'd never paid a household bill that didn't mention bailiffs, and my idea of exercise was to go and stand outside a famous person's house and stare until I'd convinced myself that I lived in it.

But my life in LA was happy; free of care and consequence. That was, until I came down to earth - with a bump.

So this is the story of how I staggered from partying in Hollywood to bringing up a baby in Piss Alley, Dalston; how I never did find a copy of What To Expect When You Weren't Even Fucking Expecting To Be Expecting, and why paternity testing is not a good topic for a first-date conversation.

AN EVENING STANDARD AND COSMOPOLITAN BEST BOOK OF 2020
AN OBSERVER NON-FICTION BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2020

Praise for The Hungover Games:

'Funny, dark and true' - Caitlin Moran

'A deeper, funnier, realer, more poignant Bridget Jones' - Philippa Perry

'Sharply observed and funny' - Guardian

'Frank and fearless' - Red

'Outrageously entertaining' - David Nicholls

'This is the first time I've read anything about motherhood that didn't bore me' - Sara Pascoe