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Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld
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Description for Romantic Comedy
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THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
'A hilarious, sweet, smart read that you're going to love!' REESE WITHERSPOON
'A rollercoaster of modern love and dating' STYLIST
'Biting, pacy, great fun' SUNDAY TIMES
A TV script writer thinks she's done with romance, until an unlikely love interest upends all her assumptions: a humorous, sharp and tender novel from the bestselling author of Eligible, American Wife and Prep.
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Life is (not)* a Romantic Comedy...
After a series of heartbreaks, Sally Milz - successful script writer for a legendary late-night TV ... Read morecomedy show - has long abandoned the search for love.
But when her friend and fellow writer begins to date a glamorous actress, he joins the growing club of interesting but average-looking men who get romantically involved with accomplished, beautiful women.
Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch, poking fun at this 'social rule'. The reverse never happens for a woman.
Then Sally meets Noah, a pop idol with a reputation for dating models. But this isn't a romantic comedy - it's real life.
Would someone like him ever date someone like her?
Skewering all our certainties about why we fall in love, ROMANTIC COMEDY is a witty and probing tale of how the heart will follow itself, no matter what anyone says. It is Curtis Sittenfeld at her most sharp, daring and compassionate best.
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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:
'This book is heavenly. i just had a hilariously enjoyable masterclass in writing' *****
'Hilarious and screwball and warm' *****
'A book that helps transport you away' *****
'She makes the characters much more real than ordinary romcoms*****
Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, April 2023
Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, April 2023
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About Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling Rodham. Other novels include American Wife and Prep, both bestsellers and longlisted for the Orange Prize, The Man of My Dreams, Sisterland, Eligible, and the acclaimed short story collections You Think It, I'll Say It and Help Yourself. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, ... Read moreEsquire, Oprah Magazine and the New York Times magazine. Sittenfeld was also the guest editor for the 2020 Best American Short Stories anthology. She lives with her family in the American Midwest. Follow her on Twitter @CSittenfeld Show Less
Reviews for Romantic Comedy
I am obsessed with this book. A warm, wise, magnanimous and extremely funny novel which made me fall in love with the characters and feel happier about life. Sittenfeld writes with such insight and poignancy about the quirks of the human condition. ROMANTIC COMEDY should be prescribed to anyone needing their mood lifted
ELIZABETH DAY
No-one writes romantic ... Read moreyearning as brilliantly and believably as Curtis Sittenfeld. I could not have adored this book more.
DAISY BUCHANAN, author of INSATIABLE
A rollercoaster of modern love and dating
STYLIST, Books to look forward to in 2023
Probably my favourite proof I've read for 2023, by one of my all-time favourite authors Curtis Sittenfeld... it's a brilliantly written, funny page-turner, I want to read it all again.
PANDORA SYKES
Her zingy new novel. While Sittenfeld knows the dramatic value of putting obstacles in the path of characters you're rooting for, she also isn't above giving readers what they want - and that's exactly what she does in this affable, intelligently-crafted tale of work and love
GUARDIAN
Biting, pacy and great fun.
SUNDAY TIMES, Books to Look Forward to
A gloriously quick-witted, intelligent love story, with sparkling dialogue and a satisfying plot
THE BOOKSELLER
One of the most compelling, funny and gorgeous novels I've read in a long time. Curtis Sittenfield is a master of dialogue, and this love story packs serious emotional heft that will leave you rooting for its characters right til the very end.
OTEGHA UWAGBA
I love Curtis Sittenfeld
BRYONY GORDON
i am excited beyond belief. This is THE literary event of the year for me
MARINA HYDE
Curtis has a gift for writing women. Her characters spill off the page in all their messy, complex glory
STYLIST
Curtis Sittenfeld's zingy new novel tackles media celebrity, the pandemic and romantic frustration with ambition and panache...[An] affable, intelligently crafted tale of work and love
OBSERVER
A witty, joyful, propulsive new take on the 'celebrity and the civilian' trope, Sittenfeld's novel feels like a classic dish prepared by a master chef and using only the freshest ingredients. I was so sad to say goodbye to these characters; I could have read 300 more pages, easily
CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE
The abiding pleasure of romantic comedy is that we can worry that they won't while knowing that they will. The genre acts as its own spoiler alert while somehow never lessening the suspense
WASHINGTON POST
Getting inside a living person's head sounds like a colossally bad idea, but Sittenfeld makes it convincing here, just as she did with a character based on First Lady Laura Bush in her 2008 novel, American Wife
BBC CULTURE
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