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Something to Live For

A page-turning comfort read that will make you laugh and cry

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Something to Live For

By: Richard Roper
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Summary

 'A perfect, quirky summer page-turner. A life-affirming debut' The Sunday Times
'Funny, moving and thought-provoking - I loved this' Clare Mackintosh
'If you loved Eleanor Oliphant, try this brilliant new read' Fabulous

The most uplifting story of the summer - about Andrew, who has forgotten how to live, and Peggy, who helps him remember...

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MEET ANDREW.

Everybody likes Andrew. But they don't really know him.

They know what he's told them - that he's happily married with two kids. Living the kind of life that's either so boring it's true, or so perfect it's a lie . . .

ENTER PEGGY.

Peggy arrives in Andrew's life in a burst of kindness and possibility. For the first time in ages, Andrew feels alive again. So now that he has everything to lose, can he risk it all and tell Peggy the truth?

A big-hearted story about love, loneliness, and the importance of taking a chance when we feel we have the most to lose.

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See what everyone is saying about this summer's most uplifting bestseller!

'A magnificent read. Tender, funny, compelling' Lucy Foley

'Funny, moving and thought-provoking - I loved this' Clare Mackintosh

'I adored this! It warmed my heart, broke it a little, then put it back together' Beth O'Leary

'Funny, moving and uplifting...I loved it' Libby Page

'Heart-breaking. Hilarious. Life-affirming' Holly Bourne

'A life-affirming novel that simultaneously tweaks your funny-bone and tugs at your heartstrings. Brilliant!' Matt Dunn

'It pulls you in, makes you laugh and breaks your heart' Gill Hornby

'Endearing, funny and life-affirming, with a perfect dose of loneliness and human kindness' Caroline Smailes

'Wryly funny and quirkily charming - perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine' Eleanor Brown

'A beautiful, heart-warming laugh out loud story' Dinah Jefferies City Life Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Romance Urban Heartfelt Feel-Good
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Critic reviews

The story Roper tells is a charming, humorous and life-affirming tale about human kindness that strikes a chord in a world where loneliness is a growing problem. (Rebecca Thomas)
If you loved Eleanor Oliphant, try this brilliant new read... We completely fell in love with this funny, uplifting debut. (Claire Frost)
I loved this novel with my whole heart.
Endearing and delightful. (Nina Pottell)
This perfect, quirky summer page-turner... a life-affirming debut. (Sharmaine Lovegrove)
This is a story that gets under your skin - and a must read. (Natasha Harding)
A wonderful debut that's heartbreaking, uplifting and laugh-out-loud funny... an inspiring, life-affirming read. (Zoe West)
Something To Live For is a heart-warming, funny yet poignant debut novel. Exploring loneliness and family breakdown, Richard Roper has created a cast of colourful and weirdly wonderful characters. An uplifting and life-affirming read. (Anne Cater)
Eleanor Oliphant for men (David Sexton)
This could almost be the tie-in novel for a Richard Curtis romcom... Something To Live For benefits from the same earnest charm. (Thomas Barrie)
Richard Roper's debut is heart-breaking, uplifting, funny and brimming with human kindness.
It's no surprise that TV rights to this funny, tender and all-the-feels book have already been snapped up. (Sarra Manning)
A wonderful debut that's heartbreaking, uplifting and laugh-out-loud funny all at once.
A sweetly poignant debut. (Eithne Farry)
A poignant but uplifting novel that's related with great compassion and humour. (Fanny Blake)
Endearing. (Patricia Nicol)
A poignant, superbly funny debut novel about love, loneliness and the many ways life doesn't always go to plan.
Funny, moving and thought-provoking - I loved this.
Tender, funny, compelling - this wonderful book deserves to be huge! (Lucy Foley, author of THE HUNTING PARTY)
Like everyone else, I completely fell under its spell. It pulls you in, makes you laugh and breaks your heart - in short, does everything that you want a novel to do. Every character is round and real - from dear old Andrew, through the wonderful Peggy - oh, Peggy! - to the anonymous woman in the cloud of perfume who lives downstairs. While it is very much in the David Nicholls' tradition of sympathetic quirk and comedy, it is, at the same time, so fresh and different. I loved the voice, the people, the world..... Who couldn't? What an extraordinary debut.
Just finished Something To Live For with tears running down my cheeks. Heart-breaking. Hilarious. Life-affirming. Some descriptions of loneliness took my breath away. This book deserves to be HUGE.
Warmed my heart, broke it a little, then put it back together (Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of the THE FLATSHARE)
Nick Hornby and David Nicholls' quirky love child would write like Richard Roper. Something to Live For is endearing, funny and life-affirming, with a perfect dose of loneliness and human kindness (Caroline Smailes)
Funny, moving and uplifting... I loved it.
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Love this book from beginning to end. There is moments when Andree talks and feels, the sort if feelings you only share with your closest friend.

The haunting honesty is when it's tough.

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This book was funny, thought provoking, romantic, gentle and quirky. I loved it and can’t wait to read some more of his work.

Just lovely

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I loved this book, it was excellent.
The characters are fantastic, the story grabs you from the get go and keeps you until the end.
Best book I’ve read for a while

Brilliant Read

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Loved everything about this book from the characters to the storyline to the narrator. Throughly recommend!

Heart warming

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Just what I needed after subjecting myself to some heavy reading from my list during lockdown. This may sound like a derogatory term but the phrase chicklit for men comes to mind. I don’t even know if that is a thing but it’s what it felt like. Not to say that’s it’s all fluff. There are some genuinely emotional moments and important themes in this book. But I also found myself laughing out loud and wanting to get back to these characters. Highly recommended.

A joyously emotional read that’s full of fun

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