‘Fascinating, funny and heart wrenching. Ultimately uplifting because it’s a beautiful and honest celebration of a deep, deep love’

– Dame Julie Walters

‘A gorgeously candid account of acting and showbusiness. And an intimate and heartfelt story of love, loss and a life spent together. I cannot remember being so moved by a book.’

– Dolly Alderton

‘An emotional rollercoaster – profoundly moving and wonderfully entertaining. A brilliant memoir about living, loving and losing.’

– Bernardine Evaristo

‘One of the bravest, strongest, funniest memoirs I’ve ever read’

– Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry

‘A deeply moving memoir from one of our greatest actors’

– David Walliams

'My friend has written a most remarkable book. Love, loss and the story of an extraordinary marriage. Heartbreaking and uplifting in its honesty'

– Rob Brydon

'A very special, profoundly affecting read. 5 stars'

– Gyles Brandreth

'What a book! To put it one way, you could describe the lovely Richard E. Grant's A Pocketful of Happiness as love, death, and showbiz stories - and while accurate, that would be to miss out both its fierceness and tenderness.'

– Nigella Lawson

‘A Pocketful of Happiness documents the head and heart exploding overwhelm of grief … brutal but necessary’

– Sunday Times

‘Grant’s profoundly moving book, part love letter to his beloved wife, part gossipy memoir about his life and times, will resonate with anyone who ever lost a loved one’

– Daily Express

‘Richard E. Grant’s heartbreaking memoir recalls a long, happy marriage – and leaves us shattered for his loss’

– The Spectator

‘A touching account’

– The Observer

‘Incredibly moving’

– Daily Telegraph