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Title: Barely Afloat, Mostly Adrift, Always Laughing
Author: Emma Culshaw Bell
ISBN: 978-1-0684467-1-9
Imprint: Tributary
On Sale: 16 May 2025
Format: Paperback
Trim Size: 229x152mm
Pages: 216
List Price: £9.99
Category 1: Memoir
Category 2: Lifestyle

Barely Afloat, Mostly Adrift, Always Laughing

By Emma Culshaw Bell
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Please note that this title is currently out of stock but is available for pre-order. While we don’t have an exact publishing date yet, it is expected to be available within approximately 4 to 6 weeks.

£9.99

ON SALE: May 16th. Available now for pre-order.

The brilliant new memoir from Emma Culshaw Bell – AS SEEN ON CHANNEL 4’S NARROW ESCAPES!

“Funny and full of heart. Emma is a born storyteller.” THE BOOK CLUB

Life was plain sailing for businesswoman Emma Culshaw Bell. She had it all. Top job in the world of designer kitchens. Bulging bank account. Happy marriage. Million pound house in the country. Loving family. Then her life hit the rocks. Divorce. Death of her closest friend. Financial problems. And a life-changing childhood secret she thought she’d never have to share.

But Emma is Emma..

From this darkest of times came a bright Bridget Jonesesque reboot of her life.  One that saw her take on the unknown worlds of:

  • Buying, renovating and living full time on a canal boat.
  • Terrible Tinder dates.
  • Becoming a Channel 4 TV star.
  • Falling in love – with more than just the ‘cabin boys.’

 

Welcome to life on board with Emma, welcome to the funny, sad, always moving memoir that is Barely Afloat, Mostly Adrift, Always Laughing.

EMMA CULSHAW BELL is a designer, writer, and adventurer best known for her role on the critically acclaimed Channel 4 TV series Narrow Escapes.

Narrow Escapes (Season 2). Watch on Channel 4, from Monday 5th May.
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