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By: Dolly Alderton

Narrated by: Arthur Darvill, Vanessa Kirby

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From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both.

Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy.
And he can't work out why she stopped.

Now he is. . .
1. Without a home
2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off
3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking

Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him.

Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story.

© Dolly Alderton 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Dolly AldertonArthur DarvillVanessa KirbyPenguin

Contemporary

Contemporary Romance

Fiction

Friendship

Genre Fiction

Literature & Fiction

Romance

Romantic Comedy

Comedy

Funny

Heartfelt

Witty

Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Comedy Funny Heartfelt Witty

Critic reviews

If Dolly’s memoir Everything I Know About Love summed up being twentysomething then this, her second novel, is a tender and funny love letter to our tumultuous 30s

Brilliantly observed … Beautifully written, pacy and excellent on rejection, friendship and letting go. Fabulous

Laugh-out-loud dialogue on every page ... No-one has a firmer grasp on the themes she explores. Good material, indeed

Funny, sad and true; a book she has clearly poured her soul into ... Cements her status as a fiction heavyweight

This is the greatest. You’ll cry and laugh. I read it through the night. And I never, ever avoid sleep

It's so good. I loved it

Leaves you heartsore but happier. Irresistible

Made me laugh while punching me in the gut. Loved this book

Sharply written and acutely observed ... A beautifully nuanced portrayal of modern love that will have you racing to the last page

Have you ever wondered what a lost love was thinking? In this ingeniously constructed and endlessly amusing novel, Dolly Alderton flips the script on everything we think we know about romantic loss, to bring us an unforgettable character on a deeply relatable downward spiral. Wise and relatable and pee-your-pants funny. I cried by page 5. Dolly Alderton is, quite simply, the bard of modern day love

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Ahhh, firstly I really enjoyed the narration, it was soothing and like being read a bedtime story - very well done.
Secondly, I enjoyed the topic of heartbreak, it's so confusing; what's right, when it's wrong, how to know etc. but I felt like this book does some good work in covering this and the obsessive feelings people have when they like someone but can't have them.
As a 31 year old female I feel I'm on the brink of all friends having children which is a terrifying feeling of feeling rushed to make decisions and not wanting to feel left out.
I'd recommend. Good work Dolly 👍