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Went To London, Took The Dog

The Diary of a 60-Year-Old Runaway

by Nina Stibbe

Ten years after the publication of the prize-winning Love, Nina comes the author's diary of her return to London in her sixty-first year.

Twenty years after leaving London, Nina Stibbe is back in town with her dog, Peggy. Together they take up lodging in the house of writer Deborah (Debby) Moggach in Camden for "a year-long sabbatical." It's a break from married life back in Cornwall, or even perhaps a fresh start altogether.

Debby does not have many demands--only to water the garden, watch for toads, and defrost the odd pie--so Nina is free to explore the city she once called home. Between scrutinizing her son's online dating developments, navigating the politics of the local pool, and taking detergent advice at the laundrette, this diary of a sixty-year-old runaway reunites us with the inimitable voice of Love, Nina, as the writer becomes, as she puts it, "a proper adult" at last.
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Pages:

352

Published:

7 Jan 2025

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Imprint

Picador

ISBN:

9781035025312

Ten years after the publication of the prize-winning Love, Nina comes the author's diary of her return to London in her sixty-first year.

Twenty years after leaving London, Nina Stibbe is back in town with her dog, Peggy. Together they take up lodging in the house of writer Deborah (Debby) Moggach in Camden for "a year-long sabbatical." It's a break from married life back in Cornwall, or even perhaps a fresh start altogether.

Debby does not have many demands--only to water the garden, watch for toads, and defrost the odd pie--so Nina is free to explore the city she once called home. Between scrutinizing her son's online dating developments, navigating the politics of the local pool, and taking detergent advice at the laundrette, this diary of a sixty-year-old runaway reunites us with the inimitable voice of Love, Nina, as the writer becomes, as she puts it, "a proper adult" at last.
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