Product Details
- Publisher: Watkins Publishing (2021-03-09)
- Language: English
- Paperback: 224 pages
- ISBN-13: 9781786785220
- Item Weight: 260.82 grams
- Dimensions: 7.75 x 5.13 x 0.8 cm
Over 1.3m engaged followers on social media love to hear Tova Leigh's frank, funny, outrageous and often moving views on life. This updated paperback is filled with all that and more, with the addition of a new chapter on life in lockdown.
“I was bored, angry, tired and sad. I felt all alone, yet I had nothing to complain about. I had a good job, a husband who wasn't shagging his assistant, three children who apart from being occasional a**holes were pretty good kids; a house, a dog and everything else we are told as little girls we should aspire to. But inside, I was restless. I didn't want to be seen as ‘just a mom’. I wanted to be desired, to make someone's hair stand on end and go crazy for me. I panicked, and wondered how many years I had left of being ‘f**ckable’ before everything starts going downhill?”
F*cked at 40 is a funny, raw and empowering mid-life crisis. Tova Leigh takes the reader along on her journey of rediscovering her identity after motherhood, encouraging women to break free from society’s expectations. When you find authenticity it's like opening a door to the truth – it's hard to go back. This is what prompted Tova to write this book for herself and for women like her, to say: HERE I AM.
This paperback edition of Tova's bestselling memoir includes a brand-new, hilarious chapter on her life, revealing how vibrators didn't just add a zing to life but also provided an income that put food on the table.
About the Author
Former lawyer turned internationally successful content creator Tova Leigh moved from Israel to the UK in 2006 to pursue a career in acting. Tova wrote, acted and produced several films, before starting a family in 2011 with her husband Mike.
Needing an outlet for her creative spirit while being mum to three girls Tova started a blog - My Thoughts About Stuff - in 2015 which, in less than three years, turned her into an internet sensation, spawning a hugely successful facebook page, instragram account, and a one-woman live show all filled with her blunt rants about motherhood, sex and all things taboo. She also co-hosts a weekly podcast #nailedit with her husband. She is a mother of three girls and lives together with her family in London.
