Dear Dolly

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The Sunday Times bestselling collection from the undisputed queen of contemporary essay and memoir writing! From Dolly Alderton, the sensationally witty author of Everything I Know About Love and Good Material, comes Dear Dolly: On Love, Life and Friendship. Bringing together her most insightful, heartwarming, and brilliant agony aunt columns, this book is a beautifully comforting, laugh-out-loud sanctuary for anyone trying to navigate the beautiful chaos of modern relationships.

Since early 2020, Dolly Alderton has been sharing her signature wisdom, warmth, and unmistakable wit with the countless readers who have trusted her with their deepest secrets in her wildly popular Dear Dolly column for The Sunday Times Style. The questions collected within these pages range from the painfully—and sometimes hilariously—relatable, to the occasionally bizarre and unexpected. No topic is too big or too small, covering messy breakups, body dysmorphia, complex family dynamics, fractured friendships, the anxieties of modern dating, navigating divorce, the addictive pleasures and toxic pitfalls of social media, sex, loneliness, deep longing, and everything else in between.

Writing entirely without judgment and with a deep, visceral empathy informed by her own much-chronicled, public adventures in love and adulthood, Dolly expertly leads readers by the hand through the various confusing labyrinths of life. Whether she is advising a reader on how to get over an ex, deal with an overbearing parent, or cope with feeling left behind by peers, her responses shine with emotional intelligence, practical sense, and kindness—proving beyond a doubt that a problem shared is truly a problem halved.

Masterfully navigating the self-help, essays & anthologies, personal growth, and contemporary lifestyle genres, Dear Dolly delivers an incredibly comforting, atmospheric, and therapeutic reading experience. It is the ultimate bedside companion and a perfect guide to high-performance self-care for women everywhere.