Books by Paula Travis

Real life is ridiculous.
These books noticed.

Funny, familiar and wonderfully unfiltered stories about work, people, cafés and growing up without a risk assessment.

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5 unforgettable books0 sensible people100% relatable chaos

The collection

Pick your particular flavour of mayhem

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People Are the Problem… Not Me!

Smart, sarcastic and painfully accurate.

A collection of everyday moments where customers prove common sense isn't quite as common as we'd hope. A hilarious and painfully accurate collection of observations about the people we deal with every day - in queues, shops, restaurants, on the road, on holiday and right next door. Everyone thinks they're being perfectly reasonable. Everyone else thinks they're the problem. This book isn't about changing people. It's about finally laughing at them.

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The Laura Files

Real stories about the colleague who asks what no one else would.

A collection of hilarious true stories, exaggerated tales and unforgettable moments inspired by one extraordinary colleague. From wondering whether the Spar shop came before the spa to asking the things everyone else would never think of, Laura has a unique way of looking at the world. Full of workplace banter and laugh-out-loud moments.

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Four Women, One Café & Absolutely No Bag

A true-ish story of survival, laughter and gin & tonic.

In a small-town café that really should have opened by now, four middle-aged women are thrown together by fate - or, more accurately, management. Join Paula, Sal, T and Vikki as they survive café chaos, HR's bin-bag ban, menopause meltdowns and the slow, gin-soaked realisation that this café might never open.

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One Woman, One Café and Absolute Mayhem

One woman, one café... and a suspicious relationship with tomatoes.

A story about one woman trying to run a café while the café, the staff and occasionally gravity itself had other plans.

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We Shouldn't Have Survived

Without rules, helmets or fear.

Kids today have safety nets, screen-time limits and supervision. We had concrete, chaos and a parent shouting, 'You'll be fine,' from a distance. A brutally honest, laugh-out-loud look at growing up in the 80s - where playgrounds were dangerous, school was survival and staying out all day was normal. Slightly damaged? Maybe. Still here? Definitely.

A warning from the author

“You may recognise someone in these books. If you don't, it might be you.”

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