'A gorgeously candid account of acting and show business. And an intimate and heartfelt story
of love loss and a life spent together. It is an honour to be invited in on these diaries. I
cannot remember being so moved by a book' Dolly Alderton 'Fascinating funny and heart
wrenching' Dame Julie Walters 'An emotional rollercoaster - profoundly moving and wonderfully
entertaining. A brilliant memoir about living loving and losing' Bernardine Evaristo ‘One of
the bravest strongest funniest memoirs I’ve ever read’ Bonnie Garmus bestselling author of
Lessons in Chemistry An intimate and uplifting memoir by Richard E. Grant. Born in Swaziland in
1957 Richard E. Grant moved to the UK to pursue his acting career and has been a fixture on
our screens since his breakout role in Withnail and I in 1987. When his beloved wife Joan died
in 2021 after almost forty years together she set him a challenge: to find a pocketful of
happiness in every day. The result is this book. Set between the present day and flashbacks to
delightfully indiscreet diary entries recalling landmarks from his remarkable life and
glittering career this is an immensely personal and profound memoir that celebrates and
cherishes life’s unexpected joys. Funny moving and perceptive A Pocketful of Happiness is an
insight into the life of a much loved British actor.
