Catherine Gray is an accomplished author and journalist, whose features have appeared in magazines from Stylist to Grazia. She’s also a recovering alcoholic, whose frank debut, The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, was a Sunday Times bestseller. Gray has followed up her debut success with The Unexpected Joy of Being Single and The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary.
Catherine Gray Books
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The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
Catherine Gray
Discovering a Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, Alcohol-Free Life
4.5 (268 ratings)
Listen to the Intro00:00What's The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober about?
In The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, Catherine Gray persuasively argues that sober living offers a far more intoxicating high than the short-lived pleasures of drinking. Pushing back against socially and culturally ingrained stereotypes that equate sobriety with joylessness, Gray demonstrates that going sober creates opportunities for health, wealth, and, above all, fun!
Who should read The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober?
- Recovering alcoholics looking for frank and compassionate advice
- Sober-curious folk who need a nudge to give alcohol the boot
- Anyone who’s ever done dry January and wondered why they just don’t keep going
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The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary
Catherine Gray
The benefits of mediocrity and the beauty of the everyday
4.4 (169 ratings)
Listen to the Intro00:00What's The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary about?
What’s it about?
The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary (2019) explores the surprising benefits of being an average Joe. From money to intelligence to relationships, it reveals the pleasures of being perfectly ordinary.
Who should read The Unexpected Joy of the Ordinary?
Who’s it for?
- Anxious souls looking for reassurance
- Lovers of popular science books
- Anyone interested in evolutionary psychology