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Find out a bit more about Viv’s books below and click through for more information. Check out Viv’s author page on Amazon.co.uk, Hive Books and Waterstones for UK readers and on Amazon.com for US readers.
Find out a bit more about Viv’s books below and click through for more information. Check out Viv’s author page on Amazon.co.uk, Hive Books and Waterstones for UK readers and on Amazon.com for US readers.
From the frothy hedonism of Colette and the wit of Cyrano de Bergerac to the intoxicating universe of Marguerite Duras and the heady passions of Les Liaisons dangereuses, this is a love letter to great French writers. With chapters on Marcel Proust, Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert, Stendhal, Honoré de Balzac, Albert Camus, and of course Françoise Sagan, this is a delectable read for book lovers everywhere.
Part self-help guide, part master class in survival skills for life and work, Lift as You Climb examines what sisterhood looks like these days, asks what you can do to make things better for other women and considers how to do that without disadvantaging yourself.
The answers to some of life’s biggest questions are found not in trite self-help manuals but in the tough-love lessons explored in Russian literature. Here, Viv Groskop delves into the novels of history’s deepest thinkers to discover enduring truths about how we should live.
Whether you’re new to the Russian classics or returning to old favourites, The Anna Karenina Fix will help salve your heartache by exploring the torments of a host of famous and infamous literary heroes and heroines. Think of it like this: they have suffered so that you don’t have to . . .
Most books about public speaking don’t tell you what to do when you open your mouth and nothing comes out. And they don’t tell you how to get over the anxiety about performance that most people naturally have. They don’t tell you what to do in the moments when you are made, as a woman, to feel small. They don’t tell you how to own the room. This book does.
When is it too late to become the person you were meant to be? Viv Groskop is fed up, recession-scarred and pushing 40. She always wanted to be a stand-up comedian. But surely that’s not advisable if you have three children, a mortgage and a husband who hates stand-up comedy?
Every Friday. A guide to what’s on my radar (books, TV, social media, podcasts and more) plus all the latest from behind the scenes at How to Own the Room. Your E-book on Hillary and Chelsea’s top public speaking tips comes free with sign-up.
How do you keep going when your mouth turns ‘sticky’? Viv talks to the award-winning writer, Claire Fuller about lessons from life, digging back into tales from when Claire worked in marketing and a pitch ran aground.
Offering tips and tricks for persevering through awkward moments, Viv celebrates Claire’s honesty for admitting when things haven’t gone well and also for celebrating the moments that most definitely have.
They talk about carving out a writing career later in life, while working and bringing up children – ‘do it now, don’t wait for perfection’ – and the importance of helping others in the spirit of Viv’s Lift as you Climb.
Viv’s new book, Happy High Status: How to Be Effortlessly Confident, is available for preorder.