This review contains spoilers.

5.13 Goldfaced

Goldfaced combines elements of a fish-out-of-water heist story, introduces a new comic book-based meta-villain, and plays matchmaker and relationship therapist across multiple earths all in one plot crockpot that is light on costumes or superpowers, and contains a pinch of Eobard Thawne for flavouring. Sadly, it also adds the tiring Cicada storyline, which makes this a tasty story, but one with an incredibly overused ingredient, like truffles.

After the attempt in the previous episode Memorabilia to incept Orlin Dwyer/Cicada’s niece failed, and instead created a child villain to deal with later on, Barry decided Cisco’s cure – which is apparently good to go – should be administered to the serial killer. But they need a neuro stasis field generator, naturally, to hold him in place long enough for the cure to take effect. And, the only place to get one is at a weapons market run by the gangster Goldface.

Enter Ralph Dibny, who will take Barry into the criminal underworld to get one. With their powers dampened by stalling bracelets, they are vulnerable. So Barry just needs to act cool, let Ralph talk, and not blow their cover. So, of course he screws that up. We love Barry for his unwavering goodness, but sometimes he should get his head out of his Flash – suit, that is. Certainly the ends of stopping Cicada justify the means of shopping at the bad guy weapons mart. Yes, the CCPD-killing guns should be kept off the street, but Dwyer nearly killed Barry’s daughter (oh, and a lot of metas), so it was a stretch for even him not to be able to contain his heroism long enough to get the generator from Goldface.

Still, Barry’s overzealousness in the attempt to buy all the guns – how good is his credit line? – does lead to a satisfying scene of him and Ralph facing down Goldface, and his goons. Barry gets to channel his inner Heisenberg, and creates the mysterious character of The Chemist (a minor character seen in Batman: The Animated Series).

I enjoyed Goldface’s market, and would like to spend more time there. And his heist to rob a hospital of a 3D organ printer started out lame, and with far too many goons with guns (and very bright flashlights). But it opens up to a really fun sequence of the de-powered Ralph and Barry having a full-on video game shoot out. I don’t know where Barry learned to shoot (and why he can’t apply some of his Flash fighting manoeuvres in normal speed), but Rob Zombie “Dragula” backed scene tickled me. Extra kudos to the show for allowing the characters to put their guns on stun and exchange blaster fire without killing the henchmen.

The face-off with Goldface was a great capper to the action. Shooting a bad guy mid villain-speech is always a kick, and the over-the-top treatment of a baddie covered in gold with a gold-chain whip? I am so there for that. Also, Goldface has some history. A villain who originally vexed Green Lantern in the comics before annoying Flash, he was married to the rogue Amunet Black. Anyhow, along with hearing some great gold-plated puns, our heroes stopped Goldface while reminding us of the highly conductive properties of the element (that’s in addition to the moral of the ends not justifying the means). While not surprising he lived, I almost wondered if they’d kill him considering the oozing gold from his eye sockets.

The subplot between Nora and Sherloque, and Renee Adler (Kimberly Williams-Paisley of Father Of The Bride, and Cavanagh’s How To Eat Fried Worms costar) was delightful. Even if Nora is manipulating Sherloque’s emotions (must be some evil Eobard Thawne influence), it was refreshing to get time between them. Williams-Paisley, as five versions of the same woman from different earths, is a joy to watch. Nora’s attempted relationship therapy/ex-wife intervention left me wanting more from this League of Super Adler Friends out there. More importantly, she also gives depth to Sherloque. And it gives him a renewed interest in stopping Cicada (and off of Nora’s case) once he learns Adler is a meta.

Just as an aside: I love that a) Superman followed through and delivered alimony to Earth-38 Adler, as promised in the Elseworlds crossover, and b) the bounty-hunting, alimony-collecting Breacher might return if Sherloque doesn’t pay up.

The Thawne scenes presented intriguing thoughts for me. It seems as if Nora is leaning pretty readily on ol’ Eobard’s guidance pretty heavily. Despite her anger at him, is she becoming more of a mentee to the mentor? Also, since the timeline is malleable, and little alterations can lead to big changes, how might Eobard use that to his advantage later on? Additionally, it is pretty, pretty, pretty interesting Thawne knows so much about Sherloque – and all the other Wells’ he has shared a face with.

With so much fun to be had this week, the Iris subplot was frustrating. Set aside the fact a journalist is baited by an online troll (a daily occurrence), but she goes from making a smart decision to meet an interview subject in public to pursuing Dwyer at the house he’s living in. Chris Klein is marginally better in the episode, but Iris’ “lead poisoning” ruse doesn’t work. Thankfully, she has a solid badass moment while attempting to escape Cicada, and stabs him.

Can we talk about The Flash’s Cicada problem? Cicada could be a meta-killer akin to Batman, a misguided killer on a mission to avenge his family, and protect others. He could almost be sympathetic, and given more to do than glower. And, it would be interesting if Cicada had more of a code, and rules he followed. If he did, it would make for a compelling encounter with Iris this week. He could realise she is onto him, and choose to break his own rules to serve his mission. Or he might instead let her go, or imprison her until his killing is done. Hell, he could have given Iris an amazing interview so the growing anti-metas of Central City may believe him to be a hero.

There is so much to be done with this character, and enough to justify keeping him around as a threat. Instead, the wheels are spinning, and even though it’s The Flash, those wheels are moving slowly.

Even without Barry suiting up until the very end, and minus too many superpowers on display, Goldfaced is a lean story, if quite fun. But the ongoing Cicada thread is a buzzkill.

Read Mike’s review of the previous episode, Memorabilia, here.

New Zealand comedians turned pop culture superstars Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi know a good idea when they see one. 

Their nose for sturdy dramatic and comedic premises has taken them from the beloved HBO musical comedy series Flight Of The Conchords to honest-to-goodness Marvel culture mainstays. Clement has starred on FX’s X-Men adjacent superhero drama Legion and Waititi messed around and made the best film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thor: Ragnarok (you heard me). 

Now with Legion winding down and Waititi politely staying away from Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, the pair are turning back to one of their older good ideas: vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows. The story of vampires trying to adapt to the modern world while occasionally turning to talk directly to the camera worked just fine in 2014 so what’s keeping it from working again in 2019? Not a damn thing as it turns out.

While Clement and Waititi return as producers, they’ve ceded the roles of the chatty vampires to a new crop of talent. Any good comedy is only as good as its characters and any good vampire premise is only as good as its vampires. The series features three “traditional” blood-sucking aristocratic vamps in Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and Laszlo (Matt Berry). It also features a different kind of vampire altogether: the energy vampire, Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch). 

We caught up with actors and comedians Kayvan Novak and Natasia Demetriou to discuss what it’s like to portray the undead, adapt a recent classic, and deal with energy vampires.

Den Of Geek: Can you tell me a bit about your characters Nandor and Nadja? What is it like playing these ancient beings in a modern world?

Kayvan Novak: I guess what I like about playing Nandor is that he’s kind of stiff and a bit goofy, and a bit awkward, and I feel that there’s an element of myself that is the same. I get to just magnify that, or embrace that fully without ever trying to feel that I’m being cool or having to be cool in any way. I can just be full Nandor with my hair down and my fangs in and my cape on. It’s kind of easy and it’s quite liberating, actually. I quite like it. I miss it. I’ve got to kind of look up pictures of Ryan Gosling and then try and copy what he’s wearing. It’s exhausting. I want to be Nandor, I don’t want to be me anymore.

Natasia Demetriou: I think it provided endless opportunities for me to try to funnier. Just the fact that they’ve been around for so long, and they’re so out of touch, but still think they are these powerful, almighty beings. It’s just so stupid and funny, Also she’s incredibly horny and she’s obsessed with blood, and she’s really thick, which is exactly like me. Those are my three character traits. It was so fun.

Had you guys been interested in vampires as monsters? I feel like every creative person has at least a brief a vampire phase.

ND: Mine was the Twilight books. I got deep into them.

KN: You got into that. I never really wanted to be a vampire. I kind of wanted to be Indiana Jones, or James Bond. Yeah. Ed Wood is one of my favorite movies, and I love the Bela Lugosi character in that, it wasn’t really something I ever played at. Having said that, watching (What We Do in the Shadows, the film) made me want to be a vampire.

ND: I remember seeing the trailer for the film and I was literally like “Well, they’ve done it. They’ve done it. They’ve thought of the funniest concept for a film possible. Wow. They’ve done it.” As for playing a vampire, I’m really clumsy and not vampire-like at all, so this is the perfect way to play a vampire. She is stupid. That’s my dream. So yeah, I would never have thought of playing a vampire before, because they’re like, action. They’re like Lara Croft, and I’m Lara Loft. Zara Loft.

I think when people say they want to be a vampire, what they’re saying is “I just want to be hot.”

ND: Well that’s the thing. That’s not what I’ve ever tried. I think trying to be hot is the antithesis of trying to be funny. If you’re aware of what you look like, or you’re trying to… you can’t be truly funny.

Speaking of sexy and funny, what is it like having Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi as producers?

ND: Hello! It was very hard for me. I was incredibly aroused the entire time. When you meet someone that you would do anything for, and you’re performing for them and they’ve hired you to perform, it makes every day just so easy. (Kayvan) had a boner the whole time.

KN: I did.

What kind of takeaways did you have from the original film? Did you think a TV show based on it was even possible?

ND: “They need to work on this, make it into a TV show, and cast new people in it.” That was my review when I saw the film. No, it was just, as I said, I saw the trailer and was like “How have these men, this sort of collective, done it again?” Everything they’ve done I’ve been such a fan of, and it was like “Oh my God, of course! A vampire mockumentary, that’s such a funny idea!” I was a huge fan.

KN: The spirit that they bring to what they do, working together, is I think what people love. (Jemaine and Taika) love what they do, and I think that runs through this incredibly, because they have each other to play off and bounce off, and make sure the other one isn’t getting too fucking indulgent. You know what I mean? They’re kind of pushing each other in the right direction to be funnier and funnier. They’ve just got such an amazing kind of New Zealand sensibility about things. That just shows, and it’s… I think that kind of appeals to us because we’re from the UK, you know, which is the same kind of “be modest” (humour).

ND: Put yourself down.

KN: Can’t be as sharp, put yourself down, don’t be afraid to be ugly.  The things that kind of British comedy do well. Grotesques. And, you know, we’re vampires.

ND: And they’re just very naturally funny people, so just lovely to be around.

What was your reaction to the show’s US setting – Staten Island specifically? 

ND: It’s funny because in England, I know I grew up thinking of America as this magical place where the funniest best people are with the best food and the best toys and stuff. So it makes sense to me that, you know, if they were sent somewhere to conquer, it would be the US because it’s this consumerist, capitalist dream. So it’s being a little stupid half-Greek girl being like “Oh my God, I want to go to America and eat pizza and see Kevin, be in Home Alone, meet Ross and Rachel.” To me it was really fitting.

KN: I guess, you know, it’s a nation of immigrants and (our characters) are the most extreme form of immigrants, they’re vampires. I guess it’s just a contrast, ’cause they’re all from Transylvania and when we met the characters from the UK it was English. You need that contrast, and I guess it’s a bigger, more intimidating place to live than New Zealand.

ND: I think it’s funnier to be these stupid European idiots around these American people who are just like “What the fuck?”

What is it like working within the mockumentary format? It was all over the place for a long time on television, particularly American television. I’m just wondering how that informs your performances and what it’s like to just talk to the camera every now and again?

KN: It’s very informal. You don’t ever feel like you’re doing the same thing again. It keeps it very fresh. You’re not going “Same scene, different setup. Same scene, different setup.” Do you know what I mean? It’s a constant evolution of our performance. It was just captured in a very relaxed way, where you’re not even thinking about a camera, or you are, because you want to shoot a look at the camera. Other than that, you’re not like “It’s my close-up time.”

ND: They had to keep reminding us that we’re allowed to look at the camera, and we’re allowed to acknowledge the camera’s there. I think mockumentaries are such well-trodden grounds for comedies. It has been done a lot, but it is because of that informal nature, it’s such a fertile ground to be funny. There’s not this “Now you’re close-up, now you’re at this wide shot.” I just hope that the sort of supernatural element of our show gives new light to the mockumentary style, because it’s not just “We’re going to capture a mundane setting with a camera.” We’re turning into bats or we’re flying and it’s just done in that deadpan documentary style.

How did you feel about the addition of Mark Proksch’s character, Colin Robinson – the “emotional vampire?”

ND: Oh, so funny. Every time (Mark) would come in and do a line, he’s instantly winning. He’s instantly the funniest thing in this room, because it’s such a dumb character. It’s so funny.

KN: It was pretty spirit crushing.

ND: He made me corpse so much, off set!

KN: He’s basically the best thing in it.

What are you most excited for people to see in this upcoming season?

KN: Mark Proksch.

ND: Mark Proksch.

What We Do in the Shadows debuts on FX on Wednesday the 27th of March in the US and on BBC Two here in the UK at a later date.

New Zealand comedians turned pop culture superstars Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi know a good idea when they see one. 

Their nose for sturdy dramatic and comedic premises has taken them from the beloved HBO musical comedy series Flight Of The Conchords to honest-to-goodness Marvel culture mainstays. Clement has starred on FX’s X-Men adjacent superhero drama Legion and Waititi messed around and made the best film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thor: Ragnarok (you heard me). 

Now with Legion winding down and Waititi politely staying away from Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, the pair are turning back to one of their older good ideas: vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows. The story of vampires trying to adapt to the modern world while occasionally turning to talk directly to the camera worked just fine in 2014 so what’s keeping it from working again in 2019? Not a damn thing as it turns out.

While Clement and Waititi return as producers, they’ve ceded the roles of the chatty vampires to a new crop of talent. Any good comedy is only as good as its characters and any good vampire premise is only as good as its vampires. The series features three “traditional” blood-sucking aristocratic vamps in Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), and Laszlo (Matt Berry). It also features a different kind of vampire altogether: the energy vampire, Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch). 

We caught up with actors and comedians Kayvan Novak and Natasia Demetriou to discuss what it’s like to portray the undead, adapt a recent classic, and deal with energy vampires.

Den Of Geek: Can you tell me a bit about your characters Nandor and Nadja? What is it like playing these ancient beings in a modern world?

Kayvan Novak: I guess what I like about playing Nandor is that he’s kind of stiff and a bit goofy, and a bit awkward, and I feel that there’s an element of myself that is the same. I get to just magnify that, or embrace that fully without ever trying to feel that I’m being cool or having to be cool in any way. I can just be full Nandor with my hair down and my fangs in and my cape on. It’s kind of easy and it’s quite liberating, actually. I quite like it. I miss it. I’ve got to kind of look up pictures of Ryan Gosling and then try and copy what he’s wearing. It’s exhausting. I want to be Nandor, I don’t want to be me anymore.

Natasia Demetriou: I think it provided endless opportunities for me to try to funnier. Just the fact that they’ve been around for so long, and they’re so out of touch, but still think they are these powerful, almighty beings. It’s just so stupid and funny, Also she’s incredibly horny and she’s obsessed with blood, and she’s really thick, which is exactly like me. Those are my three character traits. It was so fun.

Had you guys been interested in vampires as monsters? I feel like every creative person has at least a brief a vampire phase.

ND: Mine was the Twilight books. I got deep into them.

KN: You got into that. I never really wanted to be a vampire. I kind of wanted to be Indiana Jones, or James Bond. Yeah. Ed Wood is one of my favorite movies, and I love the Bela Lugosi character in that, it wasn’t really something I ever played at. Having said that, watching (What We Do in the Shadows, the film) made me want to be a vampire.

ND: I remember seeing the trailer for the film and I was literally like “Well, they’ve done it. They’ve done it. They’ve thought of the funniest concept for a film possible. Wow. They’ve done it.” As for playing a vampire, I’m really clumsy and not vampire-like at all, so this is the perfect way to play a vampire. She is stupid. That’s my dream. So yeah, I would never have thought of playing a vampire before, because they’re like, action. They’re like Lara Croft, and I’m Lara Loft. Zara Loft.

I think when people say they want to be a vampire, what they’re saying is “I just want to be hot.”

ND: Well that’s the thing. That’s not what I’ve ever tried. I think trying to be hot is the antithesis of trying to be funny. If you’re aware of what you look like, or you’re trying to… you can’t be truly funny.

Speaking of sexy and funny, what is it like having Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi as producers?

ND: Hello! It was very hard for me. I was incredibly aroused the entire time. When you meet someone that you would do anything for, and you’re performing for them and they’ve hired you to perform, it makes every day just so easy. (Kayvan) had a boner the whole time.

KN: I did.

What kind of takeaways did you have from the original film? Did you think a TV show based on it was even possible?

ND: “They need to work on this, make it into a TV show, and cast new people in it.” That was my review when I saw the film. No, it was just, as I said, I saw the trailer and was like “How have these men, this sort of collective, done it again?” Everything they’ve done I’ve been such a fan of, and it was like “Oh my God, of course! A vampire mockumentary, that’s such a funny idea!” I was a huge fan.

KN: The spirit that they bring to what they do, working together, is I think what people love. (Jemaine and Taika) love what they do, and I think that runs through this incredibly, because they have each other to play off and bounce off, and make sure the other one isn’t getting too fucking indulgent. You know what I mean? They’re kind of pushing each other in the right direction to be funnier and funnier. They’ve just got such an amazing kind of New Zealand sensibility about things. That just shows, and it’s… I think that kind of appeals to us because we’re from the UK, you know, which is the same kind of “be modest” (humour).

ND: Put yourself down.

KN: Can’t be as sharp, put yourself down, don’t be afraid to be ugly.  The things that kind of British comedy do well. Grotesques. And, you know, we’re vampires.

ND: And they’re just very naturally funny people, so just lovely to be around.

What was your reaction to the show’s US setting – Staten Island specifically? 

ND: It’s funny because in England, I know I grew up thinking of America as this magical place where the funniest best people are with the best food and the best toys and stuff. So it makes sense to me that, you know, if they were sent somewhere to conquer, it would be the US because it’s this consumerist, capitalist dream. So it’s being a little stupid half-Greek girl being like “Oh my God, I want to go to America and eat pizza and see Kevin, be in Home Alone, meet Ross and Rachel.” To me it was really fitting.

KN: I guess, you know, it’s a nation of immigrants and (our characters) are the most extreme form of immigrants, they’re vampires. I guess it’s just a contrast, ’cause they’re all from Transylvania and when we met the characters from the UK it was English. You need that contrast, and I guess it’s a bigger, more intimidating place to live than New Zealand.

ND: I think it’s funnier to be these stupid European idiots around these American people who are just like “What the fuck?”

What is it like working within the mockumentary format? It was all over the place for a long time on television, particularly American television. I’m just wondering how that informs your performances and what it’s like to just talk to the camera every now and again?

KN: It’s very informal. You don’t ever feel like you’re doing the same thing again. It keeps it very fresh. You’re not going “Same scene, different setup. Same scene, different setup.” Do you know what I mean? It’s a constant evolution of our performance. It was just captured in a very relaxed way, where you’re not even thinking about a camera, or you are, because you want to shoot a look at the camera. Other than that, you’re not like “It’s my close-up time.”

ND: They had to keep reminding us that we’re allowed to look at the camera, and we’re allowed to acknowledge the camera’s there. I think mockumentaries are such well-trodden grounds for comedies. It has been done a lot, but it is because of that informal nature, it’s such a fertile ground to be funny. There’s not this “Now you’re close-up, now you’re at this wide shot.” I just hope that the sort of supernatural element of our show gives new light to the mockumentary style, because it’s not just “We’re going to capture a mundane setting with a camera.” We’re turning into bats or we’re flying and it’s just done in that deadpan documentary style.

How did you feel about the addition of Mark Proksch’s character, Colin Robinson – the “emotional vampire?”

ND: Oh, so funny. Every time (Mark) would come in and do a line, he’s instantly winning. He’s instantly the funniest thing in this room, because it’s such a dumb character. It’s so funny.

KN: It was pretty spirit crushing.

ND: He made me corpse so much, off set!

KN: He’s basically the best thing in it.

What are you most excited for people to see in this upcoming season?

KN: Mark Proksch.

ND: Mark Proksch.

What We Do in the Shadows debuts on FX on Wednesday the 27th of March in the US and on BBC Two here in the UK at a later date.

Ever since they were first introduced in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the Knights of Ren have remained one of the most enigmatic groups of bad guys in the Star Wars universe. While they appeared in a flashback in Episode VII, Kylo Ren’s minions were nowhere to be found in The Last Jedi. Where the heck were they when the new Supreme Leader of the First Order was about to face off against Luke Skywalker on Crait?

A new rumor that’s popped up on Making Star Wars suggests that we’ll finally get the answers we’ve been looking for in Episode IX. In fact, the site has heard from its sources that the Knights of Ren will actually play a big part in the conflicts to come in the final installment of the Sequel Trilogy. While the following potential plot details are strictly rumours, Making Star Wars has a proven track record of Star Wars scoops. 

According to the new report, the reason the Knights of Ren were not present during the events of The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi is that they were in a place called “The Beyond.” While Making Star Wars doesn’t go into details about The Beyond itself, it’s possible that this place is located somewhere in the Unknown Regions, an uncharted part of the galaxy where the Empire retreated after its final defeat and rebuilt itself as the First Order. Or perhaps it’s somewhere beyond the edges of the galaxy itself…

Kylo apparently sent the Knights of Ren out to explore The Beyond, but they reportedly return in Episode IX after the Supreme Leader has consolidated his power across what used to be the New Republic. Here’s where things get interesting: according to Making Star Wars, a major threat to the galaxy arrives from The Beyond, an enemy that forces Kylo Ren and Rey to fight alongside each other once again. Going the Game of Thrones route, it sounds like the good guys and the bad guys will have to rally around a much bigger cause in order to repel the invaders.

Making Star Wars speculates that perhaps the Knights of Ren turn on their master and become the threat that both the First Order and the Resistance have to stop. But it’s unclear just how big this particular faction is, as only a small group has appeared in the movies. So it’s likely that the new enemy is a much bigger force that no one is expecting. Perhaps it followed the Knights of Ren back to their galaxy? 

There is precedence for this sort of invasion of the Star Wars universe. In fact, the old Legends canon had an entire maxi-series of books and comics back in 1999 called The New Jedi Order, which told the story of a massive alien invasion by Force-immune warriors known as the Yuuzhan Vong. The bloody war that proceeded claimed many lives, including Chewbacca’s, who died in one of the most epic scenes created in a Star Wars story.

The Disney era canon has also dropped hints that there might be something lying in wait beyond the known galaxy. The novel Star Wars Aftermath featured an interesting little tidbit about how the Emperor had sent Imperial agents to chart unknown parts of space because he believed the source of his dark side powers could be found out there. The implication at the time is that these beliefs were what prompted the Imperial remnant to retreat to the Unknown Regions after the end of the war. But what if his search was the precursor to the Knights of Ren’s journey to The Beyond?

This could be a huge gamechanger for the Star Wars universe, to say the least. With plenty of hanging plot threads left to tie up from the first two movies, the introduction of yet another major faction might end up being one twist too many, but it’s possible director J.J. Abrams already had this all planned out when he first set out to make The Force Awakens, a creative process that also involved Michael Arndt and an early collaboration with George Lucas himself. Introducing the Knights of Ren in The Force Awakens might have been a way to set up their much bigger role in Episode IX. 

Before you get ahead of yourself, it seems from the lack of even a proper title for the upcoming instalment that we’re still a few months away from learning any official plot details. That reveal will most likely happen at Star Wars Celebration in April. 

Star Wars: Episode IX opens in UK cinemas on 19 December.

A TV adaptation of Matt Haig’s bestselling book Reasons To Stay Alive is in the “very early stages of development” at UKTV, Deadline has revealed.

Two Brothers Pictures, who produce Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s critically acclaimed series Fleabag, are behind the new project, which seeks to turn Haig’s mis-20s depression memoir into a comedy drama show for the broadcaster.

The site notes that the book is packed with helpful lists, such as “things you think during your first panic attack”, “things you think during your 1,000th panic attack” and “things people say to depressives that they don’t say in other life-threatening situations”.

Here’s a wee synopsis:

“What does it mean to feel truly alive? Aged 24, Matt Haig’s world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again. A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, Reasons To Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on Earth.”

More on this as it develops…