for richer for poorer a love affair with poker

Coren writes insightfully about love, obsession, depression and illness - and poker, obviously, and how it helped her cope with life. * * The Times * *įor Richer, For Poorer is fresh, funny and moving. It makes for a nail-biting read * * Mail on Sunday * *Ī book so rich in detail, so full of laughter, that you feel as if the coolest member of your family has just let you in on a secret so delicious you will savour it for ever.

* * Financial Times * *Ĭoren tells the story of her unorthodox rise to poker fame with wit, panache and considerable candour. Honest, funny, highly personal and nostalgic memoir about friendship and belonging. What more can you ask from a read? * * Observer * * There is also an unexpected resonance and depth. These pages are crowded with fascinating people. engaging, lucid, full of verve and a pleasure to read. * * David Mitchell * *Ī terrific poker book and a terrific memoir. Thoroughly enjoyable memoir of a life spent playing poker. intensely personal backdrop turns Coren's book into an absorbing and unusual slice of autobiography. * * Louise Wener * *įemale professionals remain a rare breed, few of whom are blessed with Coren's powers of insight and articulacy. Winning at poker is the next best thing to being a rock star. Thrilling, tender and fantastically romantic. Vicky Coren plays cards like a demon and writes like an angel. This miseducation of a poker player is terrifically funny and terribly moving. I will pick up this book again and again. It's faithful, epic, and true to every loveable miscreant she's faced across the green baize. Vicky Coren is the only one who is capable of writing it, and she's turned in a beauty. And this is a brilliant story about her working this out. Is it a brilliant story about a woman succeeding in a man's world? No. * * Al Alvarez, author of THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN * * It is also funny, shrewd and - for a poker player - astonishingly modest and frank. Vicky Coren is Britain's most successful woman poker player and her story, unlike most poker stories, has a happy ending. Victoria Coren writes, on several levels, with wit, honest, and perfect freshness.

For Richer, For Poorer seizes the reader with its first sentence and never lets go.

For richer for poorer a love affair with poker