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4th Estate has triumphed in a "competitive" four-way auction for No Lost Causes Club, a "deeply personal journey of recovery and sobriety" from Lauren McQuistin.
Acting editorial director Danielle Pender, on behalf of Michelle Kane, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, along with e-book and audiobook rights, from Daisy Chandley of PFD. Blackstone Publishing will simultaneously publish No Lost Causes Club in the US and Canada. Publication is scheduled for summer 2025.
"Lauren’s brutally honest, irreverent and empathetic book is going to be incredibly important to so many people, as her online writing already is, and the 4th Estate team are truly the perfect hands for it to have ended up in," said Chandley.
Told with "clear eye and black humour", McQuistin offers "genuine, empathetic and sustainable guidance for anyone examining their relationship with alcohol".
The publisher said: "This is more than just a book on sobriety; it’s a rallying cry to her fellow Gen Z and millennial peers which delves into the cultural and societal complexities that often leave people feeling adrift, isolated and hopeless, and a poignant mirror to their experiences."
Pender said: "No Lost Causes Club is a relatable and valuable book that offers a new way of looking and dealing with difficult issues. We’re proud to be publishing this book and to work with a new talent like Lauren."
McQuistin added: "4th Estate’s belief in the validity of younger voices in the genre of self-help is very meaningful. I am excited to create a resource with them, from my own experiences of finding hope after hell, for young people already feeling taken out of the game by hopelessness, who feel stuck between being too far gone and not bad enough and want to address their coping mechanisms, but don’t see where they fit into a world none of us could have prepared for."