Same Old Girl: Staying alive, staying sane, staying myself
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Same Old Girl: Staying alive, staying sane, staying myself
By (Author) Sylvia Patterson
Little, Brown Book Group
Fleet
12th September 2023
27th April 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Womens health
Coping with / advice about cancer
Music industry
781.64092
Physical Properties
Hardback
304
Width 162mm, Height 236mm, Spine 34mm
580g
Description
'There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson' Sunday Times
'One of the finest writers in the world' David QuantickHow does the big stuff in life truly change usIn late 2019, Sylvia Patterson was a celebrated pop journalist, still merrily writing about the musical greats. But with the diagnosis of a life-threatening disease, a global pandemic and the collapse of her industry, life was about to take a drastic turn.It was a misadventure that would teach her many things. The power of friendship, the shock of mortality and what happens when love is tested. How a walk in the park, a spontaneous dance and a TV hero can save your life. How your perspective can shift on everything, from work, family and music, to what truly makes you happy. And what really happens when your body, never mind your kitchen, falls apart.The follow-up to the Costa-shortlisted I'm Not with the Band, this is Sylvia's unflinching, poignant and gallows-funny odyssey through the mid-life trials we all face, as she tries to answer the big question: would it all change her, or would she stay that same old girlReviews
There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson * Sunday Times *
One of the finest writers in the world * David Quantick *
One of my favourite music writers ever -- Jude Rogers
Author Bio
Sylvia Patterson is one of pop journalism's best-known voices. Born in Perth, Scotland, she moved to London in 1986, aged twenty, to join Smash Hits as Staff Writer, going on to freelance for NME, The Face, Glamour, Q, Sunday Times and many other publications across the UK and US. Her first memoir, I'm Not With the Band (2016), was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, the Penderyn Music Book Prize, the NME Awards Book of the Year and won BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale's Book of the Year. SAME OLD GIRL is her second memoir.
