{"product_id":"misadventures-9781786893987","title":"Misadventures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisadventures\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique ensemble of mishaps and anecdotes revealing the ups and downs of one woman's life in twentieth-century London. Sylvia Smith's deadpan patter belies the startling complexities, humour and darkness at the heart of this remarkable memoir.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the nicest, wisest and funniest book I have read for ages. I sat up till 1.30am and read it all the way through, giggling happily -- HELEN FIELDING, author of Bridget Jones' Diary\u003cbr\u003eOutlandishly banal . . . Strangely gripping . . .  Smith wins you over' *  * The Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eWhat was banal becomes weirdly compelling - a life of utter normality (whatever that means) drawn in the way literature seldom, if ever, describes it: funny, poignant, tragic and, in the end, curiously hopeful *  * Daily Telegraph *  *\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Nobody\u003c\/i\u003e for the twenty-first century *  * Guardian *  *\u003cbr\u003eA strange, unsettling and oddly moving read . . . it gives a voice to one ordinary woman's life, of the kind rarely commemorated in autobiographical writing *  * Guardian *  *\u003cbr\u003eit's a curiously refreshing twist on the memoir *  * Time Out *  *\u003cbr\u003eSometimes sad, often funny, sometimes merely staggering in its banality - moreover, unquestionably well-written - the one think this book never feels is \"ordinary\" *  * New Statesman *  *\u003cbr\u003eI could not put down her unusual, deflated, hilarious book. It deserves to be a bestseller *  * Observer *  *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eMisadventures\u003c\/i\u003e is] fast becoming cult reading. The unvarnished story of life as lived by silent millions, there's something unusually genuine about it *  * Daily Mail *  *\u003cbr\u003eFrank, funny and often farcical, Sylvia Smith's first book has been hailed as a middle-aged answer to \u003ci\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/i\u003e. This book is so deadpan, and the scenes she describes so extraordinarily ordinary, this is one of the most unusual you are likely to come across *  * Sunday Express *  *","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49412370432343,"sku":"9781786893987","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/misadventures-9781786893987","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}