Staunch

‘A fun and uplifting memoir’ CosmopolitanEleanor finds herself in her late 30s on a beach in India with three old ladies, trying to ‘find herself’ and ‘discover her family history’ like some sad middle-class crisis cliché. How did she get here?Truthfully, it could be for any one of the below reasons, if not all combined:• Stepmum dying/Stepdad leaving – family falling apart, subsequent psychotic break; both parents now on third marriage • Breaking up with K after 12 years – breaking up a whole life, a whole fucking universe – for reasons that may have been… misguided? • New boyfriend moving in immediately, me insisting ‘it’s not a rebound!’ even after everyone has stopped…