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'I will read anything Poorna Bell writes!' Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Atmosphere

From award-winning journalist Poorna Bell, the funny and uplifting new novel celebrating the freedom to define your own happiness, perfect for fans of Dolly Alderton, Holly Bourne, and Emma Gannon.

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Fresh out of a long-term relationship, nursing the wounds of the future she thought would be hers – a large family, lazy Sunday mornings curled up with her children and husband, a home entirely of her own – Bhoomi is forced to reimagine what life looks like at 41, and how to build a future she wants, even if it’s all a little different to what she’d imagined.

Encouraged by her best friend, Miriam, she creates ‘The Baby Plan’. A mission to find a suitable (enough) man to fall in love with, build a partnership and start a family.

The plan sees her on a string of dates ranging from awkward to absurd: men more invested in their Rubik’s cube than conversation, a parrot flying overhead just as things are getting steamy, and the unexpected reappearance of old flames.

At breaking point, Bhoomi beings to wonder whether she's being searching in the wrong places. Perhaps she's always had everything she needs to make this work . . . alone.

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PRAISE FOR POORNA BELL

'Light, funny and gorgeous - but also at times gritty and profound' Good Housekeeping

'Heartwarming and funny' Heat Magazine

'Warm, witty, wise and brimming with heart' Zing Tsjeng

'[Poorna] taps into the crevice of every human emotion and brings out pure light and joy. A must read' Poppy Jay

'Funny, insightful and ranges thoughtfully over all manner of subjects that matter' Natasha Poliszczuk

'A thought provoking and delicate read with a great deal of warm humour too!' Stephanie Yeboah

About Poorna Bell

Poorna Bell is an award-winning journalist and author of twenty years, former Executive Editor and Global Lifestyle Head for HuffPost. She won Stylist's Rising Star award for 2019, Red magazine's Big Book Award for 2019 and a Sunday Times Sports Books Award in 2022. She was named as one of Marie Claire's top 30 women and is a Balance magazine top 100 Wellness personality. A judge for the Mind Media Awards and for the Costa Book Awards, Poorna has written for Red, the Telegraph, The Times, Stylist, I News, BBC, the Guardian and Grazia.

Poorna has published three works of non-fiction: Chase The Rainbow, In Search of Silence and Stronger, which is part memoir, part manifesto about women's strength and fitness. She is an experienced public speaker and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio.

Poorna's first work of fiction, In Case of Emergency was published in 2022 to high acclaim. This is Fine is her second novel.

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