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Funny Story

By: Emily Henry
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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A shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1
New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author Emily Henry

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé Peter told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it...right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: Stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children's librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra's ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic-with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads -Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she's either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it's all just for show, of course, because there's no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé's new fiancée's ex...right?

'One of my favourite authors' Colleen Hoover, It Ends With Us

'The master of witty repartee' Daily Mail

'Emily Henry never fails to deliver great banter and a romance to swoon over' Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones and the Six

©2024 Emily Henry (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Best of 2024 Family Life Friendship Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Romantic Comedy Women's Voices Heartfelt Feel-Good Witty Romance

Critic Reviews

Emily Henry at her absolute best. Warm, sexy and beautifully written. I adored it (Beth O'Leary)
I'm officially in my Emily Henry era and I never want to leave. She is the queen of heartwarming contemporary romance (Mia Sheridan)
Emily Henry never misses (iNews)
She's back! (Cosmopolitan)
Funny, warm, emotionally stirring and sexy, Emily Henry is an author I keep returning to (Bolu Babalola)
All stars
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Identified and empathised with the main character. Very well done, believable and flawed, and surprisingly humorous. People on the train must have wondered as I laughed.

Loved it

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I chose this after finishing a really harrowing read. It was a perfect choice and I thoroughly enjoyed it. There’s everything you want from a book of this genre.

Gorgeous!

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Couldn’t put it down… loved the story and the passion. Love Julie Whelan narrating.
Highly recommend.

Great listen

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Sweet story, with twists. Intertwined relationships that eventually end up the way they should. Great performance, and the characters are so well presented that it’s so easy to imagine them as real people.

Relationships…

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Relatable everyday relationship themes and an uplifting story line. Narrator’s voice was easy to listen to.

Easy listen

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Lovely style, easy to read,gorgeous characters, strong imagery. Looking forward to reading more Emily Henry titles after this top read

Lovely

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Fabulous narrator.
Good old Fashioned peaks and troughs of a story.
Exactly What I needed

Couldn’t put it down

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I loved this book with all my heart. Daphne and Miles are extremely charming, hilarious, and so human.

Witty, charming and gorgeous writing.

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Great story and easy to listen too. Heart warming whilst recognising the complexity of relationships

Heart warming and entertaining

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This book was an enjoyable take on a common romantic plot. I liked the characters and their chemistry. Loved the ending.

Easy listen

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