This Way Up

Reviews

“This Way Up is a treasure and a map, both at once. Cathrin Bradbury takes the reader on a trip to "three-quarter life," where love, art, and family become more meaningful than ever. A hilarious and unputdownable story of creativity, romance, and never-ending possibility.”
—Elizabeth Renzetti, bestselling author of What She Said

"Bradbury details in graceful prose the uncanniness of considering one’s life in retrospect, capturing the wisdom and surprise of a liminal state where “past and present” are more like neighbors than distant relatives. Sensitive and self-aware, this is a captivating meditation on what makes a life."
—Publishers Weekly

“With her characteristic wit, Bradbury offers a deeply felt and insightful map that takes us through love, loss, family, sickness, heartache, joy and e-bikes as we enter our third act.”
—Don Gillmor, award-winning author of Breaking and Entering

“Equal parts sharp-eyed and tender-hearted, Cathrin Bradbury has written a sly meditation on the wild ride of aging. This Way Up is both memoir and map—a navigation tool through the sticky stuff of life: friends, family, loss and love.”
—Katrina Onstad, award-winning author of Stay Where I Can See You

“The triumph of this book is that it articulates and celebrates the everydayness of life. . . . Treat yourself to This Way Up. It is a touching, engaging—and true—story of a life worth living.”
—Joseph Kertes, award-winning author of Last Impressions

“With razor sharp clarity, sober detachment, and self-deprecating humour, Bradbury takes us on her own journey of unmapping and reclamation. Beautifully written, intimate and wise, This Way Up is a literate and loving testament to being human.”
—Rod Carley, award-winning author of RUFF

“Cathrin Bradbury has pioneered a delicious new form of autobiography that somehow manages to be both hard-nosed journalism of the everyday and stream of consciousness tone poems to a life still unfolding. This Way Up hits a sweet spot on an unlikely new Venn diagram that includes Carl Jung, Elizabeth Strout, David Sedaris, Sheila Heiti, and Martin Amis.”
—Jason S. Logan, author of Make Ink: A Forager’s Guide to Natural Inkmaking

“I loved this funny, wise and honest memoir! Cathrin Bradbury creates a deeply personal map of her life, cracking herself open in surprising ways—it made me rethink my own relationship to ageing.”
—Morwyn Brebner, award-winning creator of Rookie Blue and Saving Hope Expand reviews