For Gosia life is something that happens to other people. About to turn thirty she works as a
cashier in a large supermarket and shares a flat in London's Zone 3 with Lyndsey a judgemental
beautician who keeps a diary - Gosia's favourite reading material. When the man of her dreams
sidles up to her checkout the quest for his affections propels Gosia to do things she has
never done before. Quitting her job to become a personal trainer she makes a very unlikely
friend in Steve invests in a self-help bible ups her romance skills by going on practice
dates travels back to Poland falls out with her mother and loses her job. The novel carries
us through suburban London with its cheap cafes depressing supermarkets understaffed
libraries second-rate gyms and drab rental flats. Sharp discerning tender and original
Ania celebrates the unknown and imperfect routes to happiness and fulfilment in a timely
excavation of the myth of a perfect life.
