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How Do We Know We're Doing It Right?

Essays on Modern Life

Author: Pandora Sykes  

From the co-host of The High Low comes the essential first book on navigating our contemporary chaos.

Wide-ranging, thoughtful and witty, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right? explores the anxieties and myths that consume our lives and the tools we use to muddle through.So sit back and take a breath.

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From the co-host of The High Low comes the essential first book on navigating our contemporary chaos.

Wide-ranging, thoughtful and witty, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right? explores the anxieties and myths that consume our lives and the tools we use to muddle through.So sit back and take a breath.

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'Pandora is my personal guru on all things relating to the zeitgeist. How lucky you are that she can now be yours too.' Dolly Alderton

Modern life is full of choices. We're told that happiness lies within and we can be whoever we want to be. But with endless possibility comes a feeling of restlessness; like we're somehow failing to live our best life. What does doing it right even look like? And why do so many women feel like they're getting it wrong?

From that Zara dress to millennial burnout, the explosion of wellness to the rise of cancel culture, Pandora Sykes interrogates the stories we've been sold and the ones we tell ourselves. Wide-ranging, thoughtful and witty, How Do We Know We're Doing It Right? explores the anxieties and myths that consume our lives and the tools we use to muddle through.

So sit back and take a breath. It's time to stop worrying about the answers -- and start delighting in the questions.

'Like a very clever, lucid, charming friend unpacking all the messy anxieties of modern existence with tremendous intelligence and elan. Read this book. It will help your life.' India Knight

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Critic Reviews

“A timely collection of essays from journalist and podcast host Pandora Sykes that touch on everything from happiness to wellness; womanhood to consumerism and the anxieties and agendas that consume our lives ... Sharp and observant writing ... A manifesto for the millennial woman.”

I absolutely loved HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT. It's like a very clever, lucid, charming friend unpacking all the messy anxieties of modern existence with tremendous intelligence and elan. Women will recognise parts of the themselves on every page, regardless of their age, whether Sykes is writing about authenticity, social media or the need to always seem busy. I found it deeply interesting and often enlightening: I kept putting it down to think about something the author had said. Read this book. It will help your life. Pandora is my personal guru on all things relating to the zeitgeist. How lucky you are that she can now be yours too. Self-aware, self-deprecating, relatable, funny and brilliant curious. Plainly and hotly, ahead of its time. It is a masterful collection of essays that I held in my hand like a tome. Citing everyone from Keynes to Kardashian(s), this brilliant, joyful, wise, necessary collection gives you everything you need. The writing is sharp and also lush. Irreverent yet emotionally intelligent. It is an encylopedia of tomorrow, a history of yesterday, and a means by which to understand and navigate the present.

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About the Author

Pandora Sykes is a journalist and speaker. A former editor and columnist for The Sunday Times Style and a Contributing Editor at Elle, she has written for publications including Telegraph, Observer, GQ, Red, Marie Claire, Vogue and ES Magazine. She is the co-host of the weekly pop-culture and current affairs podcast, The High Low, which has over 1 million monthly listeners. This is her first book.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornerstone | Hutchinson
Published
16th July 2020
Pages
288
ISBN
9781786332073

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