Deft, witty and profound . . . Jean Hannah Edelstein's writing glows with a peerless clarity that had me turning the pages all night. A stunning book. -- Jessie Burton
One of the most brilliant writers of her generation, as witty, wry and unsentimental as Nora Ephron . . . a magnificent book, about families, mortality, love and the hard, necessary work of becoming an adult. -- Olivia Laing
Never sentimental, this memoir is by turns extremely funny and extremely sad; Edelstein is a wonderful writer, and this is a stunning book. * Stylist *
A most magnificent, beautifully written memoir. Unsentimental but heartbreaking, the voice - true and clear. Brilliant. -- Nina Stibbe
A very funny and charming and bittersweet book. -- Jami Attenberg, author of All Grown Up
One of Red's favourite essayists, Jean Hannah Edelstein's memoir is a work of deceptive simplicity and heart-crushing truths . . . by the end, you'll never want to let her go. -- Sarra Manning * Red *
Jean Hannah Edelstein is an exceptional writer, simultaneously wry and heartbreaking. -- Nikesh Shukla
It hits you with the truth, it reads as enthrallingly as fiction can, and it leaves you changed * Elle *
This Really Isn't About You is wry and poignant and true, and I loved it. -- Julie Cohen
The book to read if you're a Nora Ephron fangirl . . . Jean Hannah tells her story of returning to the U.S after years living abroad, upon hearing the news of her Father's terminal illness diagnosis. Sometimes sad, sometimes funny; always thought-provoking * The Anna Edit *
Insightful and charming, this is a breathtaking exploration of grief and becoming -- Laura Jane Williams, author of ICE CREAM FOR BREAKFAST
It's a wonderful, warm and funny dissection of grief and life that left me feeling like Jean was a friend I never made, and wishing I had. -- David Whitehouse, The Long Forgotten
This Really Isn't About You really isn't about me, but it resonated in all sorts of ways: as a woman, as a writer, as a daughter. It is funny and serious, moving yet entirely unsentimental, and bracingly truthful. Jean Hannah Edelstein considers life in all its complexity with great clarity, grace and wit. -- Lisa Owens, author of Not Working
A bold and unusual meditation on loss, instability, freedom and home. Engrossing, funny and brave. -- Kate Murray-Browne, author of The Upstairs Room
A powerful debut about a woman who is diagnosed with a genetic cancer syndrome shortly after her father's death from cancer. Read if you're into: memoirs, powerful tales written by Jewish women, and heartbreakingly funny writing. * Alma magazine *
Jean Hannah Edelstein has written an elegant, beautiful book about a time in her life that was messy and ugly. It's strange to say such a sad story was "a joy", but her gift as a writer is that it was. -- Emma Forrest, author of Your Voice in My Head
She writes about the biggest and most recognisably tiny aspects of humanity with such detail - and she's darkly hilarious. -- Daisy Buchanan * Sheer Luxe *
[A]n emotional, rich memoir, and ultimately a story of strength, acceptance, and hope * Publishers Weekly *
