And when she downloads a dating app, she does the seemingly impossible: She meets a great guy on her first date. She owns her own apartment, she's about to publish her second book, she has a great relationship with her ex-boyfriend, and enough friends to keep her social calendar full and her hangovers plentiful. Nina Dean is not especially bothered that she's single. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, VOGUE, PEOPLE

Wickedly funny and, at turns, both cynical and sincere… feels like your very favorite friend.” -Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Malibu Rising F rom the author of Everything I Know About Love comes a smart, sexy, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about ex-boyfriends, imperfect parents, friends with kids, and a man who disappears the moment he says 'I love you.'.The Authorĭolly Alderton is a British journalist, author and podcaster. ''A poignant, funny tale of early-thirties love and loss' - Sunday Times. so engaging I can't put it down' - Philippa Perry. Ghosts will resonate with so many women' - Red, The Best Books to Read this October. 'A fascinating, perceptive look at what it means to be a thirty-something woman. 'Smart, caustically witty and achingly sad' - Sunday Mirror. Dolly Alderton's talent is phenomenal' - Elizabeth Day. 'Wise, funny, tender and true, sharply-observed and utterly hilarious. Which is a surprise to nobody' - Candice Carty-Williams. 'I loved it - Dolly Alderton has clearly mastered every form of writing. 'The perfect no-holds-barred modern day rom-com' - Stylist. Published : 2020 (This Edition 2021 - Penguin).There's no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who's caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.ĭolly Alderton's debut novel is funny and tender, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships, family, memory, and how we live now. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan.Ī new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood.

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