An amateur's guide to life, by the author of the bestselling Fat, Forty and Fired.

Ever felt overworked and underlaid? Or that you're slogging away in a job you don't enjoy to buy things you don't need to impress people you don't like? And that sometimes self-help books are no help at all?

If so, Nigel Marsh knows how you feel. In this, his latest book, the bestselling author of Fat, Forty and Fired recounts anecdotes from his recent family and work life that have given him pause to stop and think. Candid and inspiring, Marsh will make you laugh out loud as he tackles topics as diverse as work-life balance, sex in marriage (or the lack of it), parenting, death-even dog ownership.

Marsh's disarming humility and self-deprecating humour make a refreshing change from those experts who claim to have all the answers. Instead, Observations of a Very Short Man is simply one vertically challenged man's view of life-from the ground up.