'There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson' Sunday Times

'One of the finest writers in the world' David Quantick

How does the big stuff in life truly change us?

In late 2019, Sylvia Patterson was a celebrated pop journalist, merrily writing about the musical greats. But with a life-threatening diagnosis, global pandemic and collapse of her industry, life took a drastic turn.

This misadventure would teach her many things. The power of friendship, the shock of mortality and what happens when love is tested. How a walk in the park, a spontaneous dance and a TV hero can save your life. And what really happens when your body, never mind your kitchen, falls apart.

The follow-up to Costa-shortlisted I'm Not with the Band, this is Sylvia's gallows-funny odyssey through the mid-life trials we all face, as she asks the big question: would it change her, or would she stay that same old girl?

About the Author
Sylvia Patterson is one of pop journalism's best-known voices. Born in Perth, Scotland, she moved to London in 1986, aged twenty, to join Smash Hits as Staff Writer, going on to freelance for NME, The Face, Glamour, Q, Sunday Times and many other publications across the UK and US. Her first memoir, I'm Not With the Band (2016), was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, the Penderyn Music Book Prize, the NME Awards Book of the Year and won BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale's Book of the Year. SAME OLD GIRL is her second memoir.

Reviews
There's no mistaking the writing of Sylvia Patterson * Sunday Times *
One of the finest writers in the world * David Quantick *
One of my favourite music writers ever -- Jude Rogers
Exhilarating * Daily Mail *



Book Information
ISBN 9780349727455
Author Sylvia Patterson
Format Hardback
Page Count 304
Imprint Fleet
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 580g
Dimensions(mm) 236mm * 162mm * 34mm