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1398519472 
Hardback A Pocketful of Happiness
Publication year: 2022
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Media Hardback
Classification: 791.43028
Publisher: Gallery UK, 2022
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 1398519472 9781398519473
Notes:
Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor, when he unexpectedly met and fell in love with renowned dialect coach Joan Washington. Their relationship and marriage, navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood, parenthood and loss, lasted almost forty years. When Joan died in 2021, her final challenge to him was to find `a pocketful of happiness in every day'. This honest and frequently hilarious memoir is written in honour of that challenge - Richard has faithfully kept a diary since childhood, and in these entries he shares in raw detail everything he has experienced : both the pain of losing his beloved wife, and the excitement of their life together, from the role that transformed his life overnight in Withnail & I to his thrilling Oscar nomination thirty years later for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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R.E.G. lots of name-dropping of actors but if you ignore that, this book is a series of heart-wrenching diary extracts leading up to the death of his clearly well-loved wife, and the impact it has on him and his daughter.
16/02/23
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1398519499 
eAudio 
Year: 2022.
Language: English
Media eAudio
Edition: Unabridged ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio UK
Resource type: Electronic material
0330441965
Hardback
Year: 2006
Language: English
Media Hardback
Publisher: Picador
Resource type: Physical
261 p., [16] p. of plates, ill. (chiefly col.) (Hbk)
1473575117
eAudio
Year: 2020
Language: English
Media eAudio
Publisher: Random House
Resource type: Electronic material
1 online resource (audio files (23 hr., 25 min., 20 sec.)) (audio download)
0007440456
Paperback
Year: 2011
Media Paperback
Content type: Bibliography
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's
Resource type: Physical
38p, chiefly col. ill.. - 1. - CD (Pbk)
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