Same Old Girl, Sylvia Patterson
Same Old Girl, Sylvia Patterson
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Same Old Girl
'a relatable read by a phenomenal writer' The Face

Author: Sylvia Patterson

Narrator: Sylvia Patterson

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/27/2023


Synopsis

'Patterson is one of the great comic writers of the last quarter century' THE HERALD

'Unsparing but ultimately uplifting, every sentence cuts a caper' MOJO

'A thoroughly engaging, life-affirming book' MAIL ON SUNDAY
How does the big stuff in life truly change us?
In late 2019, Sylvia Patterson was a celebrated pop journalist, still merrily writing about the musical greats. But with the diagnosis of a life-threatening disease, a global pandemic and the collapse of her industry, life was about to take a drastic turn.

It was a misadventure that would teach her many things. The power of friendship, the shock of mortality and what happens when love is tested. How a walk in the park, a spontaneous dance and a TV hero can save your life. How your perspective can shift on everything, from work, family and music, to what truly makes you happy. And what really happens when your body, never mind your kitchen, falls apart.

The follow-up to the Costa-shortlisted I'm Not with the Band, this is Sylvia's unflinching, poignant and gallows-funny odyssey through the mid-life trials we all face, as she tries to answer the big question: would it all change her, or would she stay that same old girl?
'A relatable read by a phenomenal writer' THE FACE

'There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson' SUNDAY TIMES

About Sylvia Patterson

Sylvia Patterson is one of pop journalism's best-known voices. Born in Perth, Scotland, she moved to London in 1986, aged twenty, to join Smash Hits as Staff Writer, going on to freelance for NME, The Face, Glamour, Q, Sunday Times and many other publications across the UK and US. Her first memoir, I'm Not With the Band, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, the Penderyn Music Book Prize, the NME Awards Book of the Year and won BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale's Book of the Year.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nancy

An inspiring read if you are, or know someone who is, on their own cancer “ pathway “......more

Goodreads review by Katy

I devoured Patterson's first book, I'm Not With The Band. A few years older than me, Patterson was at the heart of the pop culture that sustained me through the Eighties and Nineties and her writing dredged up old memories and the excitement of the days when pop music was unashamedly my life. This b......more

Goodreads review by Arlene

This is a brilliant memoir. Sylvia Patterson describes her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment in unflinching detail, and is brutally honest about how she felt, and how the pandemic made a horrible situation worse. She also reflects on the perspective the experience gave her, and her appreciation......more

Goodreads review by Dan

I loved Sylvia's first book, and have followed her music journalism since Smash Hits, so it was inevitable I would buy and enjoy this book. It gets pretty grim at times due to the subject matter but always with a sense of humour and realness that makes it a book well worth reading.......more

Goodreads review by Helen

Having grown up reading Smash Hits and Sylvia Patterson's writing, I associated her with funny, tongue-in-cheek writing, as evidenced in her previous publication "I'm Not With The Band". And while there is still plenty of humour woven into "Same Old Girl" the subject matter is a lot more serious, af......more


Quotes

There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson Sunday Times

One of the finest writers in the world David Quantick

One of my favourite music writers ever

Exhilarating Daily Mail