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A review by bianca89279
Life In Pieces by Dawn O'Porter
4.0
I had no idea who Dawn O'Porter was, I saw her latest book advertised in the publisher's newsletter and on the socials, so I downloaded it when it became available on Overdrive.
O'Porter is a British writer and TV presenter. She happens to be married to Chris O'Dowd, the Irish actor, or O'Dowd is married to her. They have two young children and live in LA.
This book is made up of diary entries and additional thoughts from February until the middle of the this year. Of course, at the core of everything is the plague, I mean Corona and what that enticed for her - the anxiety, doom scrolling, being always at home with her under five boys, a lot of cooking, drinking and getting high, lots of Facetime, Zoom and a shit lot of cleaning of, well, shit and other excrements from the kids and her pets. O'Porter is also grief-stricken as one of her best friends committed suicide. This is about the ups and downs of daily life, of trying to hold it together, dealing with grief, while also appreciating one's privilege and some of the unexpected benefits of the lockdown, such as the opportunity to truly slow down.
I liked O'Porter's writing style and she's a terrific narrator. Listening to her talk so much about food and drinking did make me hungry and almost made me want to take up drinking. Other than that, this felt like a conversation between girlfriends where you waffle on about kids, partners, appointments, chores, cooking and a million of other things, both small and big.
O'Porter is a British writer and TV presenter. She happens to be married to Chris O'Dowd, the Irish actor, or O'Dowd is married to her. They have two young children and live in LA.
This book is made up of diary entries and additional thoughts from February until the middle of the this year. Of course, at the core of everything is the plague, I mean Corona and what that enticed for her - the anxiety, doom scrolling, being always at home with her under five boys, a lot of cooking, drinking and getting high, lots of Facetime, Zoom and a shit lot of cleaning of, well, shit and other excrements from the kids and her pets. O'Porter is also grief-stricken as one of her best friends committed suicide. This is about the ups and downs of daily life, of trying to hold it together, dealing with grief, while also appreciating one's privilege and some of the unexpected benefits of the lockdown, such as the opportunity to truly slow down.
I liked O'Porter's writing style and she's a terrific narrator. Listening to her talk so much about food and drinking did make me hungry and almost made me want to take up drinking. Other than that, this felt like a conversation between girlfriends where you waffle on about kids, partners, appointments, chores, cooking and a million of other things, both small and big.