Romantic Comedy
The bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick by the author of RODHAM and AMERICAN WIFE
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4.3 • 55 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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 comedy 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
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
When jaded comedy writer Sally Milz first encounters earnest musical superstar—and maturing heartthrob—Noah Brewster, as he prepares to host the late night variety show The Night Owls, her cynical outlook brings about an abrupt end to the tentative beginnings of a mutual flirtation. Wounded by an unrequited love from the past and insecure about their mismatched social capital, Sally second-guesses the sincerity of their connection, and they part ways on less than pleasant terms. Two years later, the forced isolation of the pandemic sets the scene for an affectionate exchange of emails, initiated by Noah, and Sally is forced to contend with some serious challenges to her misguided worldview—or risk losing out on love. A glancing awareness of America’s late-night variety show Saturday Night Live—and the tabloid-friendly exploits of former cast member Pete Davidson—enriches the satirical element of Romantic Comedy, the broad details of which are inspired heavily by its real-life counterpart. Even without this background knowledge, the vivid precision with which Curtis Sittenfeld constructs the worlds Sally moves between—the zippy energy of her workplace, the unassuming familiarity of her childhood home, Noah’s affluent Californian mansion—colours in the spaces this understanding of pop culture might otherwise fill in. Come for the witty social observations, which Sittenfeld interrogates with an even hand, but stay for the thoroughly charming and satisfyingly realistic romance.
