Oh definitely! The toilet mushrooms mentioned in the second paragraph of the book are there to amuse my old flatmate because it’s something we battled with in our flat (seriously: we had a collection of large yellow mushrooms growing behind the toilet.) Did any experiences from flatsharing inspire parts of the book? As we didn't know anyone else in London who was looking, we decided to hunt as a two. I decided to start looking for a flat with a close friend from university who was living in London already her lease was just coming to an end so she was free to move. It was a given that I'd flatshare – it was just what everyone seemed to do when they moved to London. I'd just got my first full-time job in London and I was starting out in the city. So first of all, what setup were you in when you flatshared yourself? We loved it, and we're pretty sure you will too.īut what about the woman behind the words? We interviewed Beth herself in 2019 to hear about her own experiences of flatsharing, and find out what inspired the novel. The novel is fresh, funny and reads like a cross between Bridget Jones and a Richard Curtis rom-com. And then their worlds eventually collide. Leon works nights and Tiffy works during the day, so they share both flat and bed without having to see each other. The plot follows Tiffy and Leon who share a flat but have never met. Beth O'Leary's best selling 2019 novel The Flatshare is now a six part TV series starring Jessica Brown Findlay and Anthony Welsh on Paramount+.
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