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Something to Live For
‘If you loved Eleanor Oliphant, try this brilliant new read. We completely fell in love with this funny, uplifting debut’ Fabulous Magazine
‘A magnificent read. Tender, funny, compelling’ Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party
Sometimes you have to risk everything to find your something…
All Andrew wants is to be normal. He has the perfect wife and 2.4 children waiting at home for him after a long day. At least, that’s what he’s told people.
The truth is, his life isn’t exactly as people think and his little white lie is about to catch up with him.
Because in all Andrew’s efforts to fit in, he’s forgotten one important thing: how to really live. And maybe, it’s about time for him to start.
Your favourite authors have all got Something to Live For…
‘Funny, moving and uplifting…I loved it’ Libby Page, bestselling author of The Lido
‘Heart-breaking. Hilarious. Life-affirming’ Holly Bourne, bestselling author of How Do You Like Me Now?
‘Funny, moving and thought-provoking – I loved this’ Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of Let Me Lie
‘I completely fell under its spell. It pulls you in, makes you laugh and breaks your heart – in short, does everything that you want a novel to do. What an extraordinary debut’ Gill Hornby, bestselling author of The Hive
‘Endearing and delightful’ Prima Book of the Month
‘Funny, tender and all-the-feels’ Red
‘A perfect, quirky summer page-turner. A life-affirming debut’ The Times
** This book is published in the US under the title How Not to Die Alone **
‘A magnificent read. Tender, funny, compelling’ Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Hunting Party
Sometimes you have to risk everything to find your something…
All Andrew wants is to be normal. He has the perfect wife and 2.4 children waiting at home for him after a long day. At least, that’s what he’s told people.
The truth is, his life isn’t exactly as people think and his little white lie is about to catch up with him.
Because in all Andrew’s efforts to fit in, he’s forgotten one important thing: how to really live. And maybe, it’s about time for him to start.
Your favourite authors have all got Something to Live For…
‘Funny, moving and uplifting…I loved it’ Libby Page, bestselling author of The Lido
‘Heart-breaking. Hilarious. Life-affirming’ Holly Bourne, bestselling author of How Do You Like Me Now?
‘Funny, moving and thought-provoking – I loved this’ Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of Let Me Lie
‘I completely fell under its spell. It pulls you in, makes you laugh and breaks your heart – in short, does everything that you want a novel to do. What an extraordinary debut’ Gill Hornby, bestselling author of The Hive
‘Endearing and delightful’ Prima Book of the Month
‘Funny, tender and all-the-feels’ Red
‘A perfect, quirky summer page-turner. A life-affirming debut’ The Times
** This book is published in the US under the title How Not to Die Alone **
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Reviews
The story Roper tells is a charming, humorous and life-affirming tale about human kindness that strikes a chord in a world where loneliness is a growing problem.
Funny, moving and thought-provoking - I loved this.
Like everyone else, I completely fell under its spell. It pulls you in, makes you laugh and breaks your heart - in short, does everything that you want a novel to do. Every character is round and real - from dear old Andrew, through the wonderful Peggy - oh, Peggy! - to the anonymous woman in the cloud of perfume who lives downstairs. While it is very much in the David Nicholls' tradition of sympathetic quirk and comedy, it is, at the same time, so fresh and different. I loved the voice, the people, the world..... Who couldn't? What an extraordinary debut.
Tender, funny, compelling - this wonderful book deserves to be huge!
Wryly funny and quirkily charming - perfect for fans of A Man Called Ove and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Just finished Something To Live For with tears running down my cheeks. Heart-breaking. Hilarious. Life-affirming. Some descriptions of loneliness took my breath away. This book deserves to be HUGE.
Funny, moving and uplifting... I loved it.
A life-affirming novel that simultaneously tweaks your funny-bone and tugs at your heartstrings. Brilliant!
Warmed my heart, broke it a little, then put it back together
I loved this novel with my whole heart.
[An] off-beat and winning debut..., [Something To Live For] earns its pathos. Even more to its credit, it gives resiliency and the triumph of the human spirit a good name.
Darkly humorous.
Roper's delightful debut is as funny as it is touching... This story of a neurotic, tenderhearted man struggling to learn how not to be alone is irresistible.
Tragic, sweet, and hopeful... This novel will appeal to fans of Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.
Quirky and heartfelt... Andrew's past traumas are revealed gradually, and the reasons behind his isolation are heartbreaking and poignant. A moving and funny look at grief, hope, and the power of human connections.
Gentle comedy and these characters' innately kind natures enriches what might have been starkly sad moments... [Roper] admirably tackles a painful subject with goodhearted characters it's easy to root for.
Endearing and delightful.
It's no surprise that TV rights to this funny, tender and all-the-feels book have already been snapped up.
This perfect, quirky summer page-turner... a life-affirming debut.
Nick Hornby and David Nicholls' quirky love child would write like Richard Roper. Something to Live For is endearing, funny and life-affirming, with a perfect dose of loneliness and human kindness
A definite contender for my book of the year . . . funny, heartbreaking and cleverly observed
A sweetly poignant debut.
If you loved Eleanor Oliphant, try this brilliant new read... We completely fell in love with this funny, uplifting debut.
Endearing.
A wonderful debut that's heartbreaking, uplifting and laugh-out-loud funny... an inspiring, life-affirming read.
This is a story that gets under your skin - and a must read.
Richard Roper's debut is heart-breaking, uplifting, funny and brimming with human kindness.
A poignant, superbly funny debut novel about love, loneliness and the many ways life doesn't always go to plan.
Life-affirming...moments of hilarity while conveying a message about stepping out of comfort zones
A wonderful debut that's heartbreaking, uplifting and laugh-out-loud funny all at once.
Eleanor Oliphant for men
Something To Live For is a heart-warming, funny yet poignant debut novel. Exploring loneliness and family breakdown, Richard Roper has created a cast of colourful and weirdly wonderful characters. An uplifting and life-affirming read.
A poignant but uplifting novel that's related with great compassion and humour.
This could almost be the tie-in novel for a Richard Curtis romcom... Something To Live For benefits from the same earnest charm.
Richard Roper has crafted a compelling mystery in this clever and uplifting debut... Something to Live For is a story about the problems we encounter as human beings and the connections that save us.
A beautiful, heart-warming laugh out loud story.
This magnificent debut is a must for your summer reading list - heartbreaking, funny and tender, it has it all!
As hilarious as it is heart-breaking... a truly memorable and quirky read: unusual and sometimes side-splittingly funny.