All i know about love

All i know about love

All i know about love

Everything I know about hermor is a narrative autobiography written by the journalist, columnist and podcasts British Dolly Alderton. These memoirs were published by the editorial Penguin in 2018. Likewise, Planet Group He was responsible for translating and distributing the work in Spanish. In the year of its release, it won the National Book Award for Autobiography.

This Dolly Alderton material is considered so brilliant that it was shortlisted for the British Book Awards in the 2019 Non-Fiction Narrative Book category. Likewise, All i know about love It was adapted into a television series. The film is a drama and can be seen on the BBC.

Synopsis of Everything I Know About Love

About the argument

The argument All i know about love it is rather the story of a lifetime. This book does not narrate a specific story, on the contrary: It is a well-assembled compilation of events and anecdotes included in the author's life. Being an autobiography, the book tells the adventures and misadventures of Dolly Alderton. But this is not all. The work is narrated in the first person, as if it were her personal diary.

This fact is very attractive, since Alderton is a beloved public figure that readers want to know about. In his book She recounts in a simple, direct and open way those situations that she lived from when she was a teenager to the present, beginning with his initiation in social relationships, in which he ventured thanks to a wonderful and unknown world until then, a universe called the Internet.

About the plot

The plot of All i know about love it is not that of any other narrative text, because it is not fiction. Dolly Alderton is the protagonist of her own life—literally. In an interview he did for Spindrift with reasons to promote his novel —Ghosts (2020)—, the author said: “I did not like writing my memoirs, Everything I know about the masterr. It was emotionally difficult, because I wanted to be honest with the mistakes I've made and the compromised truths about myself."

In sum, In Alderton's biography, readers will be able to find an intelligent, ironic and original narrative about the author's experiences.. The book begins with some statements that Dolly used to make when she was a teenager, such as: “When she finally has a boyfriend, almost nothing else will matter”, or: “romantic love is the most important thing and exciting in the whole world”.

The symbol of a generation

Alderton weaves his chronicle starting from adolescence. In this atmosphere of innocence talks about MSN Messenger, the only way he could keep in touch with his friends, and meet others back then. As a child, Dolly lived in Stanmore, a place too far from London to be a city girl, and too far from the Chilterns to be a wild, red-cheeked young woman.

Away from all means of conventional socialization —such as cultural and commercial centers, parks, restaurants or small shops—, the then very young Dolly felt locked up. According to his testimony, he was like living in a prison beige where connections with others were limited to her friends from boarding school, her parents, and her brother. However, MSN Messenger appeared to save his teenage days.

As the story progresses

In everything I know about love It also talks about friendship. Despite all the fables Alderton may have lived through her new form of communication, before and after that her best friend was still Farly. Nevertheless, In her book there are other real characters that filled the author with moments of happiness, nostalgia, adventures and learning.

Likewise, the work deals with themes such as love in all its aspects —especially regarding the importance of affection towards friends and family. The same way, alludes to the relativity of falling in love, or romantic passion. Given this position, Alderton told Vogue: "Actually, a solid and strong friendship is much more reliable."

Controversial topics

The autobiography by dolly alderton All i know about love, It is the story of a life, and everyone's life is full of heartbreak., of embarrassing moments, of absolute sadness, of nonsense, of unexpected joy without meaning... However, it could also be full of eating disorders that are achieved by wanting to fit in, drugs, failed loves and mistakes that they want to bury.

Still, Alderton puts his story before all his readers honestly and courageously. The author includes her darkest nights and her clearest dawns in her work, which is capable of transporting the person who reads it —especially if they belong to the millennial generation— to those days of turning on the computer with emotion, going through the university, the first jobs, new loves, setbacks and, finally, adulthood.

About the author, Hannah Alderton

Dolly Alderton

Dolly Alderton

Hannah Alderton was born in 1988, in London, England. She is a writer, journalist, columnist and podcasts Englishwoman recognized for writing for British newspaper The Sunday Times. On social networks, the author is recognized for being the host of the podcast The Hight Low? Alderton graduated in Drama and English from Exeter University. Similarly, she earned a master's degree in journalism from City University of London.

As a literary author, Alderton wrote All i know about love, Ghosts and a third book called Dear dolly —whose content includes his most famous columns written in The Sunday Times, plus an essay. After the acceptance and popularity of her first feature, the writer participated in the creation of a dramatic series inspired by this material. The film was produced by Working Title Television and Universal International Studios full with the BBC.

Other Dolly Alderton Titles

  • GhostsGhosts (2020);
  • Dear DollyDear dolly (2022)

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