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Academy Awardnominated actor Richard E. Grant's ';genuine and compelling' (The New York Times), ';moving and entertaining' (Publishers Weekly, starred review) memoir about finding happiness in even the darkest of days.

Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor. Unexpectedly, he met and fell in love with a renowned dialect coach Joan Washington. Their relationship and marriage, navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood, parenthood, and loss, lasted almost forty years. When Joan died in 2021, her final challenge to him was to find a ';pocketful of happiness in every day.'

This honest and frequently hilarious memoir is written in honor of that challengeRichard has faithfully kept a diary since childhood, and in these entries, he shares raw details of everything he has experienced: both the pain of losing his beloved wife and the excitement of their life together, from the role that transformed his

A Pocketful of Happiness

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    Publisher: Simon & Schuster
    Publication Date: 8/13/2024
    ISBN13: 9781668030844, 978-1668030844
    ISBN10: 1668030845

    Non Fiction , Biography

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    Academy Awardnominated actor Richard E. Grant's ';genuine and compelling' (The New York Times), ';moving and entertaining' (Publishers Weekly, starred review) memoir about finding happiness in even the darkest of days.

    Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor. Unexpectedly, he met and fell in love with a renowned dialect coach Joan Washington. Their relationship and marriage, navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood, parenthood, and loss, lasted almost forty years. When Joan died in 2021, her final challenge to him was to find a ';pocketful of happiness in every day.'

    This honest and frequently hilarious memoir is written in honor of that challengeRichard has faithfully kept a diary since childhood, and in these entries, he shares raw details of everything he has experienced: both the pain of losing his beloved wife and the excitement of their life together, from the role that transformed his

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