Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton

Everything I Know About Love Summary

Everything I Know About Love is intelligently observed, hilarious, and heart-breaking debut memoir from Dolly Alderton is about growing up and finding love in the process. Using a set of personal stories starting from adolescence and up to early adulthood, Alderton describes the different aspects of love, both the joyful and the toxic, and the nature of female friendships.

It maps out the highs and the lows of unrequited love, of celebrating a friend, or finding oneself and freelancing at a time when women are expected to have it all, love and career. She narrates all sorts of relationships with love, including crushes, disappointments, and even the kind of love she gets from friends. More importantly, of course, the book is a celebration of what is learned en route, with love in all its guises signifying that life is a beautiful dance of both pain and pleasure. Simultaneously sophisticated and identifiable, Alderton’s musings make this memoir an enjoyable and often touching examination of women’s lives today.