EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Alderton Dolly

Everything I Know About Love is a warm, witty, and deeply honest memoir by Dolly Alderton that explores love in all its forms—romantic, platonic, familial, and self-love. Written with sharp humor and emotional insight, the book captures the messy, confusing, and beautiful experiences of growing up and learning who you are.

Through personal essays, diary entries, lists, and letters, Alderton reflects on friendships that feel like soulmates, first loves, heartbreaks, dating disasters, body image, independence, and the gradual realization that self-worth doesn’t come from romantic validation alone. At its heart, this book is a love letter to female friendship and the people who stay when everything else changes.

Set against the backdrop of young adulthood in London, the memoir resonates with readers navigating their twenties and thirties—those learning how to love others while also learning how to love themselves. Both laugh-out-loud funny and quietly heartbreaking, this book offers comfort, relatability, and reassurance.

Perfect for readers who enjoy modern memoirs, feminist writing, and honest reflections on relationships, Everything I Know About Love has become a contemporary classic.