This Really Isn't About You (Paperback)

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