A pocketful of happiness
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"Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor. Unexpectedly, he met and fell in love with a renowned dialect coach Joan Washington. Their relationship and marriage, navigating the highs and lows of Hollywood, parenthood, and loss, lasted almost forty years. When Joan died in 2021, her final challenge to him was to find a "pocketful of happiness in every day." This honest and frequently hilarious memoir is written in honor of that challenge--Richard has faithfully kept a diary since childhood, and in these entries he shares raw detail of everything he has experienced: both the pain of losing his beloved wife, and the excitement of their life together, from the role that transformed his life overnight in Withnail and I to his thrilling Oscar Award nomination thirty years later for Can You Ever Forgive Me?"--Provided by publisher.
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Subjects
Autobiographies
Cancer
Diaries
Family relationships
Grant, Richard E
Grant, Richard E., -- 1957-
Grant, Richard E., -- 1957- -- Diaries
Grant, Richard E., -- 1957- -- Marriage
Lungs
Lungs -- Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Diaries
Marriage
Married people
Married people -- Great Britain -- Biography
Married people -- Great Britain -- Diaries
Motion picture actors and actresses
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Diaries
Patients
Cancer
Diaries
Family relationships
Grant, Richard E
Grant, Richard E., -- 1957-
Grant, Richard E., -- 1957- -- Diaries
Grant, Richard E., -- 1957- -- Marriage
Lungs
Lungs -- Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Diaries
Marriage
Married people
Married people -- Great Britain -- Biography
Married people -- Great Britain -- Diaries
Motion picture actors and actresses
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Diaries
Patients
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9781668030691
9781398519473
9781398519473
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Married people
Married people -- Great Britain -- Biography
Married people -- Great Britain -- Diaries
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Diaries
Diaries
Grant, Richard E., -- 1957-
Grant, Richard E., -- 1957- -- Diaries
Grant, Richard E., -- 1957- -- Marriage
Lungs -- Cancer -- Patients -- Family relationships -- Diaries
Married people
Married people -- Great Britain -- Biography
Married people -- Great Britain -- Diaries
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Biography
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Great Britain -- Diaries
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Family relationships
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Marriage
Married people
Motion picture actors and actresses
Patients
Family relationships
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Marriage
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Motion picture actors and actresses
Patients
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