JOIN / SIGN IN

Welcome to Foyalty

Earn a Foyalty Stamp for every £10 you spend in our shops or online*

Every 10 Foyalty Stamps you earn adds £10 to your Foyalty Balance

Spend your Foyalty Balance in our shops or online, with no minimum redemption*

*Exclusions apply, see full T&Cs for details.

Learn More

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

Something to Live For

Richard Roper (author)

Paperback Published on: 23/07/2020

£10.99

35 reviews

Free UK delivery on orders over £25, otherwise £3.99

In stock
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days

Make and edit your lists in your account

No stock available in any shop.

In stock
Usually dispatched within 1-2 days

No stock available in any shop.

View other formats and editions

Bookseller Reviews

View all

Something to Live For

I loved this book. Laugh out loud funny, sweet and moving. This is the book I'll be recommending to every reader.

Lesley at Commercial Street Dundee

Incredible

Sometimes you need something powerful to get you out of your comfort zone. This book is that. It's not an easy read but a very good one.

Dom at Ealing

Secrets and Lies

How can someone whose life is built on a big whopping lie be such a likeable character? That's the joy of this original and refreshing novel by a promising... READ MORE

Janice@Stafford

Synopsis

Curl up with the page-turning story full of heart that has readers raving, about Andrew, who has forgotten how to live, and Peggy, who helps him remember...

****

'A magnificent read. Tender, funny, compelling' Lucy Foley, bestselling author of The Guest List
'I adored this! It warmed my heart, broke it a little, then put it back together' Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare
'Funny, moving and thought-provoking - I loved this' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of After the End
'Funny, fresh and achingly tender. Richard's writing hooked me in from the very first page' Cathy Bramley, bestselling author of A Patchwork Family

****

MEET ANDREW.

Everybody likes Andrew. But they don't really know him. They know what he's told them - that he's happily married with two kids. Living the kind of life that's either so boring it's true, or so perfect it's a lie...

ENTER PEGGY.

Peggy arrives in Andrew's life in a burst of kindness and possibility. For the first time in ages, Andrew feels alive again. So now that he has everything to lose, can he risk it all and tell Peggy the truth?

'If you loved Eleanor Oliphant, try this brilliant new read' Fabulous

-------------------------

See what everyone is saying about this charming, uplifting bestseller - from your favourite authors to other readers!

'A life-affirming novel that simultaneously tweaks your funny-bone and tugs at your heartstrings. Brilliant!' Matt Dunn
'Funny, moving and uplifting...I loved it' Libby Page
'Heart-breaking. Hilarious. Life-affirming' Holly Bourne
'It pulls you in, makes you laugh and breaks your heart' Gill Hornby
'A beautiful, heart-warming laugh out loud story' Dinah Jefferies

'My favourite read this year *****'
'An emotional rollercoaster of a read *****'
'I couldn't put this down *****'
'I haven't laughed so much in a long time *****'
'The end left me smiling *****'

Publisher information

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781409185611
Number of pages: 368
Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
Weight: 260g
Languages: English

Customer Reviews

View all

Glorious turns of phrase

Something to Live For is on course to be one of the books of the year and it's definitely going to be on my books of the year list. It's absolutely superb ... READ MORE

Nicola

A joy to read

The hero of Something to Die for (and I think he is a hero) is Andrew. Andrew could best be described as socially inept in that he lacks certain social ski... READ MORE

Rob

A stunning debut that makes you reassess life and death yet is darkly funny and incredibly moving

If I was to say to you, 'Listen you REALLY must read this book-it's about a man who works for the council, checking the houses of dead people for funds to ... READ MORE

Rachel Bridgeman

A heartfelt, funny and endearing read

A really lovely heartfelt, funny and endearing read. Andrew works for his local council and has done for some years. He deals with the deaths of people t... READ MORE

@SezzThomas

Best Saturday Afternoon Ever

I brought this book at about 2.00pm Saturday afternoon because the author Richard Roper was coming to do a book signing on the Thursday, I started to read ... READ MORE

Angie Bostock

Charming

I was given this book as part of a read along with my online book club, the book was split into 3 parts which we then read and discussed over a 3 week peri... READ MORE

amanda wray

Funny, quirky and endearing

Andrew has a rather unusual job working for the council and attending the homes of the recently departed in an attempt to find out details of their next of... READ MORE

Pamela Rogers

Heartwarming read

This is a brilliant book and very worthy of my 5 stars. Andrew is the main character and he is a somewhat complicated soul. You will probably either love h... READ MORE

Jessica Dibley

A 'coming-of-age' story for the middle-aged!

This was a quirky, heart-wrenching and, at times, awkward (because of the main character, Andrew's, character!) read. The author certainly made you squirm ... READ MORE

Katie Pyle

Something To Live For

Contemporary books are NOT my usual genre as I tend to read crime and psychological thrillers, but when I was offered the opportunity to read Something To ... READ MORE

Tracy Fenton

A delightful read!

An interesting collection of characters, some likeable, some not. Andrew, in particular, clearly has some problems, and has made some strange decisions wh... READ MORE

Sue Hunter

Funny, sad and thoroughly enjoyable

I really enjoyed this book. Andrew, a quiet unassuming man with a love for most Ella Fitzgerald music, finds himself drifting off during a job interview, a... READ MORE

Avid Reader

A heart warming story

Andrew spends his days inspecting the homes of those who die alone looking for their families and funds to pay for their legally mandated funerals. He is e... READ MORE

Hala Hala

Laugh out loud reading is my favorite!

I love the way this was written. I love the humor and the realistic thought process of Andrew. I loved this book and couldn’t stop till I was finished. I’m... READ MORE

Jen Graves

Uplifting story - one for fans of Eleanor Oliphant

Andrew is a model train enthusiast who works for the local council, trying to locate the next of kin for people who have died alone. It can be a difficult ... READ MORE

Ruth Jacks

A delightful story

After a slow start, I really became captivated by this story of Andrew, who worked for the council arranging funerals for people who had died alone with no... READ MORE

Amanda Robinson

Thoroughly Enjoyable read

I loved this book, Richard Roper has brought the rather awkward Andrew to life in a way which is both entertaining and interesting. If you are fascinated b... READ MORE

Anne Goldie

Beautifully written

This is a brilliant and engaging book and well worth of 5 stars. Andrews is a complicated character but you become more and more invested in his life and t... READ MORE

Kirstie Harrison

Loved it

Something To Live For By Richard Roper I had the opportunity to read this book along with 65 other in a book club. I'm not sure I would have come across ... READ MORE

Linda Phillips

A heartwarming read

Not my normal read but throughly enjoyed this book. Many characters you come to love and some you don't! I felt quite sorry for the main character, Andrew... READ MORE

nicola horseman

Best book of my summer

I really enjoyed this book. Andrew , poor Andrew, goes through a lot. It’s written in a way that is real, raw, and sometimes laugh out loud funny. I’d reco... READ MORE

Jen Graves

Heartbreaking

So sad, this was probably not the the book to be reading after 4 weeks of self isolating. I cried a lot! That was said, I really enjoyed this story, there ... READ MORE

Chrys_CurliQues

an enjoyable read

I enjoyed this book very much. It reminded me of the style of Milly Johnson. Character driven with a happy ending. The author writes about nice people who... READ MORE

Sharon Goodyear

Escape into a book with quirky characters

I was gifted this book to read in three parts as part of a Facebook group read along, discussing it as we read each part. This brought up all sorts of inte... READ MORE

Suzanne Griffin

Perfect for fans of Ove and Eleanor Oliphant, brilliant and quirky.

I loved this book from the beginning. Andrew is a quirky, model railway loving character who is stuck with a little white lie he told which has snowballed... READ MORE

Karen Farrow

Worth persevering

I found this book a slow starter and the first 8 or so chapters I found quite uncomfortable, however I was compelled to keep reading and never felt like I ... READ MORE

Archiebel

We Live Alone; We Die Alone!

Thanks to Orion Publishing for a kindle version of this publication which was read as part of a book club readalong. Loner Andrew misses a question durin... READ MORE

Beckie Tayor

Funny, sad and quirky

I loved this book right from the start, it opens with Andrew attending the funeral of someone who had died alone. He works for the council, dealing with si... READ MORE

Leila Solomons

A quirky, funny, sometimes sad but eminently entertaining read.

This isn’t necessarily something I would have bought on a whim but I read this in an online read along event with my book club. It was issued in 3 parts ov... READ MORE

Helen

I really enjoyed this book

I really enjoyed this book, I haven't read anything like this before and I probably never will. I could rave about it all day, I liked the fact it was a li... READ MORE

Hannah Symonds

Something to live for

At an interview single Andrew missed a question, he answered as vaguely as he could and ended up being a married man with 2 children and lived with that li... READ MORE

Zoe Morton

Something to Live For

Bookseller Reviews

Synopsis

Publisher information

Customer Reviews

You may also like...