Same Old Girl: Staying myself when the Big Stuff barged in - Hardcover

Patterson, Sylvia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0349727457 ISBN 13: 9780349727455

Publisher: Fleet, 2023

Synopsis

'There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson' Sunday Times

How does the big stuff in life truly change us?

In 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 girl?

About this title

About the Author

Sylvia Patterson is one of pop journalism's best-known voices. Born in Scotland, she moved to London 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fleet
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349727457
• ISBN 13: 9780349727455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 289