Новинки Александры Поттер

The funniest WTF AM I DOING?! novel of the year, now in paperback

"The new Bridget Jones for our Covid-ridden times" - Telegraph

Nell Stevens’ life is a mess.

When her business goes bust and her fiancé with it, Nell’s happy ever after in California falls apart and she moves back to London to start over. But a lot has changed since she’s been gone. All her single friends are now married with children, sky-high rents force her to rent a room in a stranger’s house, and in a world of perfect Instagram lives, she feels like a f*ck up. Even worse, a forty-something f*ck-up.

But when she lands a job writing obituaries, Nell meets the fabulous Cricket, an eighty-something widow with challenges of her own, and they strike up an unlikely friendship. Together they begin to help each other heal their aching hearts, cope with the loss of the lives they had planned, and push each other into new adventures and unexpected joys.

Because Nell is determined. Next year things are going to be very different. It's time to turn her life around.

A book for anyone who’s ever worried life isn’t going to plan, Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter will make you laugh and it might even make you cry. But most importantly, it will remind you that you're not alone, because we’re all in this together.

Time to fall in love with your life.

"In a way, I'm a bit of a love detective. Because what's a greater mystery than love?" Meet Ruby Miller. A writer who makes happy-ever-afters happen. Until she discovers her fiance is a lying cheat and loses her faith in love. So when her sister invites her on a beach holiday to Goa to forget about him, Ruby jumps on a plane ...and into an extraordinary adventure. Stolen bags, a runaway sister and a handsome American stranger sweep Ruby into a magical mystery tour across India. Amid fortresses and fortune tellers, and a whirlwind of weddings, she uncovers fascinating stories of love, lost and found. But as the mysteries deepen, secrets are revealed that turn Ruby's life upside down. And what started as a journey to find her sister, becomes a journey to find herself - and love - again.

But what if one of those wishes came true?
Tess is heartbroken when Seb breaks up with her and can't help blaming herself. If only she'd done things differently. If only she could make right all her regrets... But she can't. It's over. She has to forget about him. Drunk and upset on New Year's Eve. she wishes she'd never met him.
But when she wakes up to discover this dream has come true, she realises she has a chance. To do it all over again. And, this time, to get it right...
From the best selling author of Me and Mr Darcy this funny, magical love story is for every girl who has loved, lost and dreamt of getting her man back.

Александра Поттер родилась в Брэдфорде, графство Йоркшир. Изучала английскую литературу и киноискусство в Ливерпульском университете. После окончания университета переехала в Лондон и начала сотрудничать с журналами ELLE, Company, She, Red, More!, Here и Cosmopolitan. Потом последовал переезд в Австралию и работа в Vogue и Cleo. В настоящий момент она полностью увлечена ли- тературным творчеством в самом подходящем для этого занятия районе Лондона – Ноттинг-Хилл. Роман Александры Поттер созвучен комедиям Софи Кинселлы, он такой же легкий и остроумный, а героиня – словно родная сестричка знаменитой шопоголички Бекки Блумвуд. Цыганка…

How do you know he's The One?
Are you getting butterflies just thinking about him?
Have you dreamt of marrying him?
Do you just know?

When Lucy meets Nate in Venice, she knows instantly he's The One. And, caught up in the whirlwind of first love, they kiss under the Bridge of Sighs at sunset. Which - according to legend - will tie them together forever.
But ten years later, they've completely lost contact. That is, until Lucy moves to New York and the legend brings them back together. Again. And again. And again.
But what if Nate isn't The One? How is she going to get rid of him? Because forever could be a very long time...

A funny, magical romantic comedy about how finding The One doesn't always have to mean happily ever after.

See the happy bride-to-be!
Grace Fairley lives in South West London with her fiancé, Spencer, a divorce lawyer. They've been engaged for two years and still haven't set a date, a fact that has started to irk Grace no end. In fact, things just haven't been feeling right at all lately, and aren't they supposed to when you're with Mr. Right? Then Spencer goes and makes a fool of himself -- yet again -- on Grace's birthday, and she ends up walking to a taxi company to get a lift home. Alone.
See the guy who dumped her thirteen years ago!
Jimi Malik, a half-Indian, half-Irish writer and ladies man who lives in North West London, has surprised everyone -- himself included -- by deciding to settle down with Kylie, a twenty-one-year-old model from Canada. But when he bows out of his own stag night and goes to catch a cab home, he bumps into Grace Fairley and the past comes rushing back. Like the way they couldn't stand each other. And how their high school hair-pulling routine eventually turned into friendship, then something more. And how he never called again. She's still furious at him and he's still hot for her. But what's the harm in sharing a cab? After all, they're both getting married...Right?

Роман Александры Поттер сродни комедиям Софи Кинселлы, он такой же легкий, остроумный и уютный, а героиня - словно родная сестричка знаменитой шопоголички Бекки Блумвуд. У каждого человека есть заветные желания, вот только сбываются они гораздо реже, чем хотелось бы. Но что если в один прекрасный день все твои желания, даже самые незначительные, начнут вдруг исполняться? Именно это и случилось с героиней романа Александры Поттер: цыганка одаривает Хизер волшебной веточкой вереска, и жизнь девушки тут же меняется. Отныне стоит ей только пожелать что-то и - бац! - желание тотчас становится реальностью. С ветерком промчаться по шоссе,…

She'd rather curl up with Pride and Prejudice and step into a time where men were honourable and strode across fields in breeches, their damp shirts clinging to their chests. The men she meets are more into pleated trousers, two-timing and internet porn.
So when her best friend invites her to Mexico for a week of margaritas and manhunting, Emily books a guided tour of Jane Austen country instead.
There are no dream men here. The coach is full of pensioners, apart from one Spike Hargreaves, a foul-tempered journalist writing a piece on why most women would love to date Mr Darcy.
But then she walks into a room and finds herself face-to-face with Darcy himself. And every woman's fantasy suddenly becomes one womans reality…

Heather Hamilton is always wishing for things. Not just big stuff- like world peace, or that Brad Pitt wants her as his next leading lady - but little, everyday wishes made without thinking. With her luck, she knows they'll never come true...
Until one day she buys some heather from a gypsy Suddenly the bad hair days stop. A handsome American answers her ad for a housemate. She starts seeing James - The Perfect Man who sends her flowers, excels in the bedroom, and isn't afraid to say 'I love you.
But are these wishes-come-true a blessing or a curse? Does getting what you want make you happy? And is there such a thing as too much foreplay?

Формат: 13 см x 19,5 см.

Главная героиня романа Фрэнки менее чем за неделю теряет все: хорошую работу, милую квартирку в престижном районе Лондона и обожаемого жениха, с которым надеялась вскоре пойти под венец. Из любимой, преуспевающей женщины она внезапно превращается в рядовую неудачницу почти без гроша в кармане. От отчаяния Фрэнки решается на нетривиальный поступок: собирает вещички и улетает к своей приятельнице в Лос-Анджелес. Это история о том, какие подарки преподносит жизнь, если ее не бояться и ей доверять, - одним словом, если жить экспромтом.

Если бы не случайное знакомство с неотразимым столичным красавцем Чарли Мендесом, жизнь Дилайлы Холдсворт, скучная и однообразная, так и текла бы дальше. Но встреча с Прекрасным Принцем так потрясла молодую провинциалку, что она в один момент собрала свои нехитрые пожитки и распрощалась с прежней жизнью. С визитной карточкой Чарли в сумочке и любимой собакой под мышкой она двинулась покорять Лондон... или Чарли. Мечты сбылись, но совсем не так, как загадывала Дилайла.

If only you knew then what you know now... Imagine if you could meet your 21-year-old self - would you recognise her? And what advice would you give? Wear sunscreen! Back away from those PVC trousers? DON'T give that idiot your phone number? Lemon juice won't bleach your hair - it just attracts wasps... For Charlotte Merryweather, there's no need to imagine. She's about to find out for real. With surprising consequences... Alexandra Potter's deliciously funny and enchanting tale looks at life, love and what might happen if you could turn back time. Sharply written, pacey and funny...pure self-indulgence' The…