Impossible Things Before Breakfast by Rebecca Front - ISBN: 9781780226125
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Life’s little quirks revealed: bizarre, surprising, and improbably hilarious.

Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Adventures in the Ordinary

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    13 June 2019

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Summary

‘Hilarious’ The Times

‘I was completely captivated’ David Sedaris

People are odd. Even the most predictable of us sometimes defy expectations. Add to that the tricks that life plays on us and the world suddenly seems full of impossible things.

As an award-winning actor and writer, Rebecca Front has always been fascinated by life’s little quirks. Impossible Things Before Breakfast is a collection of true stories about surp…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781780226125
ISBN-10:1780226128
Author:Rebecca Front
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:13 June 2019
Weight:240g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 28mm
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Critics Review

I was completely captivated by it

Hilarious … Rebecca Front is an affecting and elegant writer with a gift for making the ordinary seem extraordinary … [H]er acute observations and sharp humour lift these experiences from the mundane to the refreshingly different … [A]ttention to body language, omissions and detail in general, infuses her writing throughout this delightful book - Jewish Chronicle

About The Author

Rebecca Front

Rebecca Front is a BAFTA-winning actress and the author of Curious and Impossible Things Before Breakfast. She is best known for her work on television, both in comedies such as The Thick of It, Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, Nighty Night and The Day Today, and in such dramas as Lewis, War and Peace and Queers. With her brother Jeremy she stars in BBC Radio 4’s Incredible Women, and she is a frequent panellist on The News Quiz. Her columns have appeared in the Guardian, Sunday Times and many other publications. Born and raised in East London, she read English at Oxford and was the first female president of the Oxford Revue.

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