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A Shondalands' Best Books for June 2022 -- With her trademark deadpan, trenchant wit, and a deeply soulful mindfulness, Abi Morgan takes a breathtaking hike on the cliff edge of a life upended by illness. By turns harrowing, cracking sharp and heartbreaking, it is...comforting to accompany someone with her sense of humor and the absurd on this trip- (this) book is a gift to anyone who has been similarly unmoored by fate and the furies. -- Meryl Streep The kind of book you will find yourself saying urgently, over and over, to friends. Have you read it? Have you read it? -- Caitlin Moran Morgan doesn't, to put it mildly, go in for self-pity. Her book, even when things are at their most bleak, is both very funny and as propulsive as a thriller, ticking along in an adrenalised real time, impossible to put down. -- The Guardian Gripping, funny and always honest. -- David Nicholls In This Is Not a Pity Memoir, the talented screenwriter welcomes readers into her world. With authenticity, she writes with a refreshing sense of honestly, frustration, and hope. -- Shondaland From the very first line I couldn't stop reading. Abi invites you in to what feels almost like a thriller, then quickly a heart bursting romantic comedy and a devastating drama. Even if this was fiction it would be impossible to stop thinking about this book long after reading. The fact that this is Abi's real life experience brought forth as this astonishing piece of writing is truly breathtaking. It's arrestingly honest, funny, profound and exquisitely written. I could not have loved it more. -- Carey Mulligan There are no words. I was stunned, in every sense, by this heart-breaking, profound and deeply human memoir. Like CS Lewis on grief, Morgan finds truth and beauty in the darkest places. I feel changed by this book. I will never forget it. -- Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss A profound look at the complexities of love, even at its most mundane. Equal parts savage and sublime, this obliterates notions of memory and intimacy with grace and precision....[A] raw and incandescent debut. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A candid, intimate memoir of a harrowing time. -- Kirkus Reviews Abi Morgan (Tiny Dynamite), an Emmy-winning British writer for film (The Iron Lady) and television (The Hour), knows good copy when she sees it. She also knows better than to reach for cliches. This Is Not a Pity Memoir is a tragedy chronicle whose success lies in the author's resolutely bromide-free treatment of the harrowing circumstances she lived through. -- Shelf Awareness (Starred Review) A mash-up of all the things I love in a book - honesty, comedy, pathos and what- happens-next. It's brutal - in a good way - but above all else it's a testament to kindness, stickability and enduring love. -- Kit de Waal A powerful, fragmented journey through brain injury. -- Library Journal One of Britain's finest screenwriters, Morgan writes a very moving story about tragedy without ever becoming sentimental. A gripping read. -- Bloomberg News (This Is Not A Pity Memoir) is a brutally honest autobiography of the catastrophic last few years of her life, when her husband, Jacob, suffered a brain seizure and went into a coma and she simultaneously was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. What does this have to do with history, you might ask. Everything, as it happens. -- Andrew Keen for Literary Hub In this emotional memoir, Morgan poetically writes about her husband's long illness, her own battle with breast cancer, and how she learned to hang on to what matters most. Beautifully weaving the past with the present, she reveals the deep truths and challenging moments of caring for a partner that at times doesn't recognize her, raising two children, saving her troubled relationship, and navigating a successful career, all while living with her own illness and enduring the global pandemic. -- Booklist An extraordinary tale told extraordinarily well. -- Marina Hyde I wept. I dared to hope. I felt my heart crack. Exceptional. -- Sam Baker

A Shondalands' Best Books for June 2022 -- With her trademark deadpan, trenchant wit, and a deeply soulful mindfulness, Abi Morgan takes a breathtaking hike on the cliff edge of a life upended by illness. By turns harrowing, cracking sharp and heartbreaking, it is...comforting to accompany someone with her sense of humor and the absurd on this trip- (this) book is a gift to anyone who has been similarly unmoored by fate and the furies. -- Meryl Streep The kind of book you will find yourself saying urgently, over and over, to friends. Have you read it? Have you read it? -- Caitlin Moran Morgan doesn't, to put it mildly, go in for self-pity. Her book, even when things are at their most bleak, is both very funny and as propulsive as a thriller, ticking along in an adrenalised real time, impossible to put down. -- The Guardian Gripping, funny and always honest. -- David Nicholls In This Is Not a Pity Memoir, the talented screenwriter welcomes readers into her world. With authenticity, she writes with a refreshing sense of honestly, frustration, and hope. -- Shondaland From the very first line I couldn't stop reading. Abi invites you in to what feels almost like a thriller, then quickly a heart bursting romantic comedy and a devastating drama. Even if this was fiction it would be impossible to stop thinking about this book long after reading. The fact that this is Abi's real life experience brought forth as this astonishing piece of writing is truly breathtaking. It's arrestingly honest, funny, profound and exquisitely written. I could not have loved it more. -- Carey Mulligan There are no words. I was stunned, in every sense, by this heart-breaking, profound and deeply human memoir. Like CS Lewis on grief, Morgan finds truth and beauty in the darkest places. I feel changed by this book. I will never forget it. -- Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss A profound look at the complexities of love, even at its most mundane. Equal parts savage and sublime, this obliterates notions of memory and intimacy with grace and precision....[A] raw and incandescent debut. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A candid, intimate memoir of a harrowing time. -- Kirkus Reviews Abi Morgan (Tiny Dynamite), an Emmy-winning British writer for film (The Iron Lady) and television (The Hour), knows good copy when she sees it. She also knows better than to reach for cliches. This Is Not a Pity Memoir is a tragedy chronicle whose success lies in the author's resolutely bromide-free treatment of the harrowing circumstances she lived through. -- Shelf Awareness (Starred Review) A mash-up of all the things I love in a book - honesty, comedy, pathos and what- happens-next. It's brutal - in a good way - but above all else it's a testament to kindness, stickability and enduring love. -- Kit de Waal A powerful, fragmented journey through brain injury. -- Library Journal One of Britain's finest screenwriters, Morgan writes a very moving story about tragedy without ever becoming sentimental. A gripping read. -- Bloomberg News (This Is Not A Pity Memoir) is a brutally honest autobiography of the catastrophic last few years of her life, when her husband, Jacob, suffered a brain seizure and went into a coma and she simultaneously was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. What does this have to do with history, you might ask. Everything, as it happens. -- Andrew Keen for Literary Hub In this emotional memoir, Morgan poetically writes about her husband's long illness, her own battle with breast cancer, and how she learned to hang on to what matters most. Beautifully weaving the past with the present, she reveals the deep truths and challenging moments of caring for a partner that at times doesn't recognize her, raising two children, saving her troubled relationship, and navigating a successful career, all while living with her own illness and enduring the global pandemic. -- Booklist An extraordinary tale told extraordinarily well. -- Marina Hyde I wept. I dared to hope. I felt my heart crack. Exceptional. -- Sam Baker

"A Shondalands' ""Best Books for June 2022"" -- ""With her trademark deadpan, trenchant wit, and a deeply soulful mindfulness, Abi Morgan takes a breathtaking hike on the cliff edge of a life upended by illness. By turns harrowing, cracking sharp and heartbreaking, it is...comforting to accompany someone with her sense of humor and the absurd on this trip- (this) book is a gift to anyone who has been similarly unmoored by fate and the furies."" -- Meryl Streep ""The kind of book you will find yourself saying urgently, over and over, to friends. ""Have you read it? Have you read it?"" -- Caitlin Moran ""Morgan doesn't, to put it mildly, go in for self-pity. Her book, even when things are at their most bleak, is both very funny and as propulsive as a thriller, ticking along in an adrenalised real time, impossible to put down."" -- The Guardian ""Gripping, funny and always honest."" -- David Nicholls ""In This Is Not a Pity Memoir, the talented screenwriter welcomes readers into her world. With authenticity, she writes with a refreshing sense of honestly, frustration, and hope."" -- Shondaland ""From the very first line I couldn't stop reading. Abi invites you in to what feels almost like a thriller, then quickly a heart bursting romantic comedy and a devastating drama. Even if this was fiction it would be impossible to stop thinking about this book long after reading. The fact that this is Abi's real life experience brought forth as this astonishing piece of writing is truly breathtaking. It's arrestingly honest, funny, profound and exquisitely written. I could not have loved it more."" -- Carey Mulligan ""There are no words. I was stunned, in every sense, by this heart-breaking, profound and deeply human memoir. Like CS Lewis on grief, Morgan finds truth and beauty in the darkest places. I feel changed by this book. I will never forget it."" -- Meg Mason, author of Sorrow & Bliss ""A profound look at the complexities of love, even at its most mundane. Equal parts savage and sublime, this obliterates notions of memory and intimacy with grace and precision....[A] raw and incandescent debut."" -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""A candid, intimate memoir of a harrowing time."" -- Kirkus Reviews ""Abi Morgan (Tiny Dynamite), an Emmy-winning British writer for film (The Iron Lady) and television (The Hour), knows good copy when she sees it. She also knows better than to reach for clich�s. This Is Not a Pity Memoir is a tragedy chronicle whose success lies in the author's resolutely bromide-free treatment of the harrowing circumstances she lived through."" -- Shelf Awareness (Starred Review) ""A mash-up of all the things I love in a book - honesty, comedy, pathos and what- happens-next. It's brutal - in a good way - but above all else it's a testament to kindness, stickability and enduring love."" -- Kit de Waal ""A powerful, fragmented journey through brain injury."" -- Library Journal ""One of Britain's finest screenwriters, Morgan writes a very moving story about tragedy without ever becoming sentimental. A gripping read."" -- Bloomberg News ""(This Is Not A Pity Memoir) is a brutally honest autobiography of the catastrophic last few years of her life, when her husband, Jacob, suffered a brain seizure and went into a coma and she simultaneously was diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. What does this have to do with history, you might ask. Everything, as it happens."" -- Andrew Keen for Literary Hub ""In this emotional memoir, Morgan poetically writes about her husband's long illness, her own battle with breast cancer, and how she learned to hang on to what matters most. Beautifully weaving the past with the present, she reveals the deep truths and challenging moments of caring for a partner that at times doesn't recognize her, raising two children, saving her troubled relationship, and navigating a successful career, all while living with her own illness and enduring the global pandemic."" -- Booklist ""An extraordinary tale told extraordinarily well."" -- Marina Hyde ""I wept. I dared to hope. I felt my heart crack. Exceptional."" -- Sam Baker"

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ABI MORGAN is a playwright and screenwriter. Her plays include Skinned, Sleeping Around, Splendour (Paines Plough), Tiny Dynamite (Traverse), Tender (Hampstead Theatre), Fugee (National Theatre), 27 (National Theatre of Scotland), Love Song (Frantic Assembly), and The Mistress Contract (Royal Court Theatre). Her television work includes My Fragile Heart, Murder, Sex Traffic, Tsunami - The Aftermath, White Girl, Royal Wedding, Birdsong, The Hour, River, and The Split. Her film writing credits include Brick Lane, Iron Lady, Shame, The Invisible Woman, and Suffragette. She has a number of films currently in development. Morgan has won a number of awards including Baftas and an Emmy for her film and TV work.

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