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Author:
Richard E. Grant
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Date:
August 1, 2023
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 memoir is written in honor of that challenge.
What The Reviewers Say
The Hollywood sections take away from the intensity of the book.
The book is not so much a memoir as it is the anatomy of a love story and partnership.
A brutal read.
Grant pulls off a feat here. The title is twee but the content isn’t.
