Really Good, Actually: A Novel

By: Monica Heisey

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Synopsis: “Hilarious, heart-warming, wise.” — Paula HawkinsA hilarious and painfully relatable debut novel about one woman’s messy search for joy and meaning in the wake of an unexpected breakup, from comedian, essayist, and award-winning screenwriter Monica HeiseyMaggie is fine. She’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s broke, her graduate thesis on something obscure is going nowhere, and her marriage only lasted 608 days, but at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée™.Now she has time to take up nine hobbies, eat hamburgers at 4 am, and “get back out there” sex-wise. With the support of her tough-loving academic advisor, Merris; her newly divorced friend, Amy; and her group chat (naturally), Maggie barrels through her first year of single life, intermittently dating, occasionally waking up on the floor and asking herself tough questions along the way.Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with sharp observations, Really Good, Actually is a tender and bittersweet comedy that lays bare the uncertainties of modern love, friendship, and our search for that thing we like to call “happiness”. This is a remarkable debut from an unforgettable new voice in fiction.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 384 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781443467094
Publisher:: HarperCollins Canada
Date of Addition:: 01/17/23
Copyrighted By:: Louise Glück. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family, Humor
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.