A game-changing guide to being happier, healthier and succeeding better, from Sunday Times bestselling author Elizabeth Day!
‘This is a sensible, kind and practical tool for all teenagers (and adults!) everywhere.’ BookTrust
‘A really helpful and important read.’ Natasha Harding, The Sun
PRAISE FOR FAILOSOPHY (adult edition)
‘A beautiful timely and humane book. If there's one philosophy the world needs more of right now, it's Failosophy’ Alain de Botton
‘A pragmatic and pocket-sized guide to failure – how to cope with it and what to learn from it … a must read’ Glamour
‘The timing of this guide couldn’t be better - as we’ve navigated all of the stresses that come with the pandemic – and Day’s advice is both practical and reassuring. It really is okay to fail’ Evening Standard
'Witty and likeable … thoughtful and probing' Guardian
Elizabeth Day is the author of five novels and Sunday Times bestselling memoir, How to Fail. Her acclaimed debut Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award and Home Fires was an Observer book of the year. Her third, Paradise City, was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Evening Standard, and The Party was an Amazon bestseller and a Richard & Judy bookclub pick. Her latest novel, Magpie, became an instant Sunday Times bestseller and was described as ‘the most gripping psychological thriller of the year’.
She is currently developing her first screenplay – a fictionalised adaptation of How To Fail. Two of her novels have also been optioned for screen. Alongside her writing, Elizabeth is one of the two main presenters for the Sky Arts Book Club Live, and has presented shows on BBC Radio 4 and Classic FM.
Failosophy for Teens is Elizabeth’s debut book for children.