my pear-shaped life: the most heartwarming and uplifting page-turner perfect for spring 2021: the most gripping and heartfelt page-turner!  <h2>‘so many women will find this book speaks to them. it makes you laugh and cry but it is truly inspiring’ katie fforde</h2><p><strong>‘sweet, sad, insightful and joyful – this book pressed all the emotion buttons and i’m so glad it did’ milly johnson</strong></p><p>‘<strong>a beautiful, tender and joyful story</strong>.’ susan lewis</p><h2>meet greta.</h2><p><strong>she’s funny.</strong></p><p><strong>she’s flawed.</strong></p><p><strong>she’s hiding so much behind her big smile she’s forgotten who she is.</strong></p><p><strong>but greta is about to discover that the key to being happy is...being <em>yourself</em>.</strong></p><p>greta gale has played the part of the funny fat one her entire life, hiding her insecurities behind a big smile. but size doesn’t matter when you can laugh at yourself, right?<br />until greta realises she’s the only one <em>not</em> laughing. and deep down, she’s not sure if she’ll ever laugh again.</p><p>but greta is about to discover that sometimes the best moments in life come when it’s all gone a bit pear-shaped...</p><p>‘poignant and profound, warm and witty, carmel’s brilliant writing invites us to look beyond the smiley face to the complex tangle of emotions inside us all.<strong> i absolutely adored it</strong>’ <br /><em>sunday times</em> bestseller cathy bramley</p><p>‘warm, engrossing storytelling <strong>at its best</strong>’<br /><em>irish times</em> bestseller sheila o’flanagan</p>