Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir

New York Times Bestseller

Like Bridget Jones’ Diary but all true— a wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking memoir from the funny, sharp British journalist and podcast host, who Elizabeth Gilbert calls “a sparkling Roman candle of talent.”

“The older you get, the more baggage you carry. When you date at twenty-five, everyone walks into the bar with a very neat, light carry-on. When you date from thirty onwards, get ready to meet someone absolutely brimming with history, complications and demands.”

When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming an adult, writer Dolly Alderton has seen and tried it all. In her memoir, she vividly recounts falling in love, finding a job, getting drunk, getting dumped, and that absolutely no one can ever compare to her best girlfriends. Everything I Know About Love is about bad dates, good friends and—above all else— realizing that you are enough.

Glittering with wit and insight, heart and humor, Dolly Alderton’s unforgettable debut weaves together personal stories, satirical observations, a series of lists, recipes, and other vignettes that will strike a chord of recognition with women of every age.

“Nora Ephron for the Tinder generation.” - Financial Times

“Hilarious and moving. Alderton is Nora Ephron for the millennial generation.” - Elizabeth Day, author of How to Fail and The Party

“Steeped in furiously funny accounts of one-night stands, ill-advised late-night taxi journeys up the M1, grubby flat-shares and the beauty of female friendships, as Alderton joyfully booze-cruises her way through her twenties.” - Metro

“Poignant, witty, comic, and self-deprecating. A laugh-out-loud, lightning quick journey through the years that will resonate with anyone who’s ever been young and in love.” - Daily Express (London)

“I loved it so much, I wanted it to go on forever, Dolly Alderton is so gifted at making people care. A rare talent.” - Marian Keyes

“Alderton is an old soul—she has learned life lessons while not yet out of her twenties that many of us post-menopausal matrons are still struggling with. A wonderful writer, who will surely inspire a generation the way that Caitlin Moran did before her.” - Julie Burchill

"Dolly Alderton is the closest person we have to a modern-day Carrie Bradshaw." - Shondaland, on Good Material

“Assuredly self-aware and reflective.” - Library Journal

“Dolly Alderton is one of Britain’s best-known millennial writers . . . [with] the trusted voice of a close friend.” - New York Times

"Dolly Alderton is one of this generation’s preeminent oracles for love, romance, and heartbreak." - Elle, on Good Material

"The writing in Dolly Alderton books is so good it'll have you thinking you're in the midst of one of those amazing, 3-hour-long lunch catch ups with an old friend where you cover all the bases: love, career, and your impending existential crisis. It's painfully relatable and oh-so-compelling." - Brit + Co

“Dolly Alderton is one of the foremost "it" writers of our time. Her sexy and tender debut, Everything I Know About Love is a one-sitting book, it is a break-up recovery book, it is a honey, what can I help you with tonight book, it is a this is what your lover should make you feel book. Whatever ails you, Alderton can fix it with her intimate wisdom... There is no writer quite like Dolly Alderton working today and very soon the world will know it.” - Lisa Taddeo, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Three Women

“Dolly Alderton has always been a sparkling Roman candle of talent. She is funny, smart, and explosively engaged in the wonders and weirdness of the world. But what makes this memoir more than mere entertainment is the mature and sophisticated evolution that Alderton describes in these pages. It’s a beautifully told journey and a thoughtful, important book. I loved it.” - Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and City of Girls

"A Sunday Times columnist draws her coming-of-age story with tender flair... Alderton's portrait exemplifies love. A poignant breath of fresh air for those who struggled—or are struggling—with the dramedy of early adulthood." - Kirkus Reviews

“Dolly Alderton’s voice feels like your very favorite friend.” - Taylor Jenkins Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Carrie Soto is Back, on Good Material

“You would struggle to find someone who flits as effortlessly between waxing poetic about Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World and quoting Rob Reiner’s When Harry Met Sally.”  - Variety

“Dolly Alderton is, quite simply, the bard of modern-day love.” - Lena Dunham, on Good Material