Beyond Booze & The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober 2 Books Collection Set - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set
Beyond Booze
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781761500084 (Beyond Booze), 9781912023387 (The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober)
Publisher: Murdoch Books, Aster

Overview
This two-book collection pairs a practical coaching guide with a witty, science-backed memoir to support anyone exploring an alcohol-free life. Beyond Booze by Sarah Rusbatch offers compassionate, real-world strategies for building a life so fulfilling that alcohol no longer appeals. The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober by Catherine Gray, a Sunday Times bestseller, chronicles her own sober journey with humor and honesty, backed by research on the brain and body. Together they give readers a roadmap and reassurance, making this set a thoughtful gift for anyone sober-curious or newly sober.

About the Books
Beyond Booze grew out of Sarah Rusbatch's own experience with "grey area" drinking and her work as a certified Women's Health and Wellbeing Coach. Rather than framing sobriety as deprivation, the book focuses on what to add into life instead of alcohol: better routines, deeper self-trust, and activities that genuinely fulfill. Rusbatch offers practical exercises and relatable stories drawn from the women she has coached. The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober takes a more narrative approach. Catherine Gray, a former heavy drinker turned bestselling author, weaves memoir with research from neuroscientists and psychologists to explain why we drink and what changes when we stop. Her tone is candid and funny rather than preachy, covering clearer mornings, sharper thinking, deeper connections, and navigating parties and celebrations without a drink in hand. It became a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller within two weeks of release and has been called an icon of the "quit lit" genre. Read together, the two books complement each other well: Rusbatch supplies day-to-day tools, habits, and mindset shifts for the practical side of change, while Gray supplies emotional validation and lived experience, showing that sobriety can feel joyful, freeing, and worth celebrating rather than restrictive or dull.

Key Benefits

• Combines a practical, coach-led guide with a candid bestselling memoir
• Written by two authors with firsthand experience of quitting drinking
• Backed by research from neuroscientists, psychologists, and real client stories
• Non-judgmental, warm tone suited to any stage of a sober journey
• Brand-new paperback set, ideal for a birthday, New Year's, or Dry January
• Compact, giftable format for a friend, partner, or self-care purchase

Book-by-Book Guide
Beyond Booze — Sarah Rusbatch draws on her own recovery and coaching practice to offer step-by-step, non-judgmental strategies for building a fulfilling alcohol-free life.
The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober — Catherine Gray's Sunday Times bestselling memoir blends personal storytelling with science to reveal the everyday joys of quitting drinking.

About the Authors
Sarah Rusbatch is a certified Women's Health and Wellbeing Coach and accredited Grey Area Drinking Coach based in Perth, Australia. After stepping away from alcohol in 2019, she now works with women worldwide and hosts the online community The Women's Wellbeing Collective; Beyond Booze is her first book. Catherine Gray is a British author and former magazine editor whose own struggles with drinking inspired The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober, her breakout debut, which became a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller and has been followed by further books exploring sobriety and self-discovery.

Why You'll Love This Collection
Practical and personal in equal measure, this set meets readers wherever they are in their sober journey. It makes a genuinely useful gift for a birthday, Dry January, or a New Year's fresh start, or simply to support someone quietly reconsidering their relationship with alcohol and looking for encouragement along the way.

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