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A Memoir In 65

Postcards & The

Recovery Diaries

Eleanor Anstruther

KEY SELLING POINTS

An honest, humorous and brilliant combination of memoir and essays told from a singularly unique voice.
Set in London, West Sussex and South of France.
Written by the acclaimed author of A Perfect Explanation (long listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize).

Inspired by Julia Cameron’s classic The Artist’s Way, Eleanor set out on a project to write every morning, and
crucially, to publish it on Substack that same morning; a commitment to press the button as soon as she’d
finished, and before she had time to regret it. She set rules: she’d do no forward planning, she’d tell whatever
story came to mind, the writing would take no longer than an hour, the reading of it, no longer than a minute.
What came was A Memoir In 65 Postcards, the personal story that had been knocking about her system for
well over twenty years, the tale of a rich girl running wild, of questions unanswered, of a puzzle put together.
Using the same rules of engagement, its follow up, The Recovery Diaries, became a deeper exploration of what
emerged and how she is now.

With humour and honesty, from a pagan commune to sobriety, this collection of essays and stories form a
unique exploration of wealth, survival, the questions that haunt us, and what makes us human. It’s you and me.
It’s where our worlds collide.

Eleanor Anstruther was born London, educated in Westminster and studied History of Art at Manchester
University where she was distracted from finishing her degree by a trip to India. She was lost and found for the
next twelve years, starting a commune and travelling the world before finally settling down to write. Her
acclaimed debut novel, A Perfect Explanation (Salt Books), was long-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize. She
now lives quietly on a farm in Surrey.

Comparative title: 9781784631642 A Perfect Explanation (March 2019)

Publication Date: 28th June 2024 £9.99 ISBN: 9781805144335
Thema subject category: DNC – Memoirs
paperback 198 x 129 mm 320 pp Portrait Author location: Surrey

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