My Pear-Shaped Life · the Most Gripping and Heartfelt Page-Turner of 2020!

‘This book has given me life’ Trish Hannon, reader review

**This is a joyful, uplifting book to remind us how strong we are…no matter how pear-shaped life gets!**

‘Original, funny, moving and brutally honest… **perfect for fans of Ruth Jones** ’ Debbie Johnson

‘ **So many women will find this book speaks to them**.  It makes you laugh and cry but it is **truly inspiring** ’ **Katie Fforde**

‘Sweet, sad, insightful and joyful – this book **pressed all the emotion buttons** and I’m so glad it did’ **Milly Johnson**

‘Uplifting and powerful…I LOVED it’ **Cathy Kelly**

‘Warm, moving and life-affirming…Greta is **a gorgeous character** that you will fall in love with’ **Sinead Moriarty**

‘ **Be more Greta** ’ *Woman’s Way*

Meet Greta.

**She’s funny.**

**She’s flawed.**

**She’s hiding so much behind her big smile she’s forgotten who she is.**

**But Greta is about to discover that the key to being happy is…being *yourself*.**

Greta Gale has played the part of the funny fat one her entire life, hiding her insecurities behind a big smile. But size doesn’t matter when you can laugh at yourself, right?

Until Greta realises she’s the only one *not* laughing. And deep down, she’s not sure if she’ll ever laugh again.

But Greta is about to discover that sometimes the best moments in life come when it’s all gone a bit pear-shaped…

Everyone loves Greta:

‘Poignant and profound, warm and witty, Carmel’s brilliant writing invites us to look beyond the smiley face to the complex tangle of emotions inside us all. **I absolutely adored it** ’ 

*Sunday Times* bestseller Cathy Bramley

‘Warm, engrossing storytelling **at its best** ’

*Irish Times* bestseller Sheila O’Flanagan

‘I **bloody loved it**. Funnny, heart-wrenching and uplifting all in one’

Beth Reekles, author *The Kissing Booth*