An uplifting story set in Los Angeles about one man's effort to bring himself back to life. Richard is a modern day everyman who has done such a good job getting his life under control that he needs no one. His life has slowed almost to a standstill, until two incidents - one painful and one bizarre - conspire to hurl him back into the world, showing that you can never quite be sure what's around the corner. Suddenly his lone, monochrome, predictable life is sent packing as he encounters a motley bunch of delicious characters and events. A vivid novel about compassion and transformation, able to raise a range of smiles and laughter from the wry and sympathetic, to the thoroughly raucous, This Book Will Save Your Life reveals what can happen when you emerge from your cocoon - whether willingly or forced by twists of fate - let go and open up to the world around you.

'I loved this straight away - it's quirky, improbable, and yet so real, like people-watching in paperback.' Sarah
380pp, 128mm x 197mm, softback, 2007