Now with an introduction from Dolly Alderton, author of Everything I Know About Love, revealing how a new generation of women can take inspiration from Nora’s sharp wit and wisdom about life.

• Never marry a man you wouldn’t want to be divorced from.
• If the shoe doesn’t fit in the shoe store, it’s never going to fit.
• When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.
• If only one third of your clothes are mistakes, you’re ahead of the game.
• Anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five you will be nostalgic for by the age of forty-five.

‘I give this as a present more than other book. I buy it for people so often that I’ve been known to give girlfriends two copies, one birthday after another’ - Dolly Alderton