Shabby

The Jolly Good British Guide to Stress-Free Living

Emlyn Rees, Josie Lloyd

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Little Brown
12 December 2017

Fiction & Literature; Humour

From the creators of the bestselling parodies We're Going on a Bar Hunt, The Very Hungover Caterpillar and The Teenager Who Came to Tea.

Shabby - because there is no word for Hygge in English.

We all know Shabby when we see it. It's that welcoming pair of pants drying on the radiator. That half-mouldy, but perfectly gin-and-tonic-worthy lemon on display in the fruit bowl. That tin of plum tomatoes in the cupboard with a sell-by date of 1983. It's never dusting higher than your tallest friend's line of sight.

But Shabby is more than just an attitude; it's a quintessentially British way of life, tried and tested for generations, and founded on the Four Central Pillars of Shabbism, Messiness, Dilapidation, Clutter and Bodged Works.

Being Shabby is about spending less time fussing and clearing up and getting stressed out about stuff that doesn't really matter anyway. And more time hanging out with your family and friends. It's a celebration of a life that is neither tidy nor empty, but rather one that is splendidly cluttered and full.

Shabby - because life's just too bloody short to waste time striving for perfection, or caring too much about what other people think about you and yours. Instead of worrying about what could be, it's time to start celebrating what actually is.

By: Emlyn Rees, Josie Lloyd
Imprint: Little Brown
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 171mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 325g
ISBN: 9781472127297
ISBN 10: 1472127293
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 12 December 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Josie Lloyd & Emlyn Rees are the bestselling authors of We're Going on a Bar Hunt, The Very Hungover Caterpillar, The Teenager Who Came to Tea, Switch It Off!, Come Together, A Twist of Fate, Hunted and many more. They're married and live in Brighton with their three children.