Product Description
How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?
Author: Pandora Sykes
Format: Paperback
And Other Thoughts On Modern Life
The Sunday Times Bestseller
Stop searching for the answers - and start delighting in the questions with Pandora Sykes, co-host of The High Low podcast.
'Deliciously fascinating' — Marian Keyes
'Refreshing ... thoughtful, considered' — Stylist
'Brilliant' — Evening Standard
'Timely and fulsome' — Candice Carty-Williams
'Joyful and wise' — Lisa Taddeo
Modern life is full of choices - but how do we know we're making the right ones? Why, in our attempts to make life easier, do we often make it harder?
With a light touch and plenty of humour, Pandora Sykes delves into the myths we've been sold and the stories we tell ourselves, in a timely bid to encourage us to consider the lives we once led, and how they might better serve us. It's time to stop looking for the answers - and start delighting in the questions.
'Thoughtful and funny' — Dolly Alderton
'Like a very clever, lucid, charming friend unpacking all the messy anxieties of modern existence with tremendous intelligence and elan. Read this book. It will help your life' — India Knight
'Had me cackling. So smart but so well-researched' — Candice Brathwaite
'Energetic and compelling' — Olivia Sudjic
'Navigates complicated issues with great humanity, humour and humility ... [it] left me wanting more' — Sathnam Sanghera
'Self-aware, self-deprecating, relatable, funny, and brilliantly curious' — Stacey Dooley
'Witty and zeitgeisty ... strikes a fresh, honest note' — Vanity Fair
Readers love Pandora's first book:
'A truly marvellous debut'
'Insightful and beautifully written'
'Totally brilliant ... I devoured this masterpiece in one sitting'
'A bright book in a gloomy year'
'Feeling a lot better about life after finishing this!'
'I adored Pandora's book and will be thinking about it for a long time.'
'So clever and thought-provoking'
'Pandora is a wonderful writer and I found myself unexpectedly in tears by the end' — Includes a New Prologue
About the Author
Pandora Sykes is a journalist and broadcaster. She has written for the Sunday Times, Vogue, ELLE and the Telegraph amongst other publications, and was the co-host of The High Low, the UK's No.1 podcast for women. She lives in London. This is her first book.
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