This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch Audiobook Libro.fm

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Why We Cant Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious heartfelt memoir about one womans midlife obsession with Benedict Cumberbatch and the liberating power of reclaiming our passions as we age whatever they may be

Tabitha Carvan was a new mother at home with two young children when she fell for the actor Benedict Cumberbatch You know the guy strange name alien face made Sherlock so sexy that it became one of the most streamed shows in the world The force of her fixation took everyoneespecially Carvan herselfby surprise But what she slowly realized was that her preoccupation was not about Benedict Cumberbatch at all as dashing as he might be It was about finally feeling passionate about something anything again at a point in her life when she had lost touch with her own identity and sense of self

In This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch Carvan explores what happens to womens desires after we leave adolescenceand why the space in our lives for pure unadulterated joy is squeezed ever smaller as we age She shines a light onto the hidden corners of fandom from the passion of the online communities to the profound realworld connections forged between Cumberbatch devotees But more importantly she asks what happens if we simply decide to follow our interests like we used tounabashedly audaciously shamelessly After all Carvan realizes theres true untapped power in finding your thing even if that thing happens to be a Britishborn Marvel superhero and loving it like your life depends on it