Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary : From the prize-winning

Painfully funny, but also deeply moving’ – Meg Mason’Vulnerable, sharp, funny, wise’ – Bonnie Garmus’A unique comic voice, endlessly funny’ – David NichollsTwenty years after leaving London, Nina Stibbe is back in town with her dog, Peggy.

Together they take up lodging in the house of writer Deborah (Debby) Moggach in Camden for ‘a year-long sabbatical’.

It’s a break from married life back in Cornwall, or even perhaps a fresh start altogether. Debby does not have many demands – only to water the garden, watch for toads, and defrost the odd pie – so Nina is free to explore the city she once called home.