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Good Material

By: Dolly Alderton
Narrated by: Arthur Darvill, Vanessa Kirby
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From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both.

Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy.

And he can't work out why she stopped.

Now he is. . .
1. Without a home
2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off
3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking

Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him.

Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story.

©2023 Dolly Alderton (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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Funny, relatable thoroughly enjoyed!

Enjoyed Everything I Know About Love and Ghosts, so I had high expectations - and was far from disappointed. Great narration too. The flip in POV was a powerful way to close the story and even stronger with a new narrator to listen to.

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Dolly captures heartbreak perfectly

Loved the book and the performance. I grew to love the characters and their development throughout the course of the story

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Fabulous

Took me a while to get into but 1/3 of the way in I was hooked. Beautifully written and great way to change the perspective on a breakup story.

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Brilliant

I loved every minute. The narrators were fantastic. Great story, very engaging. Definitely recommend.

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Poignant yet beautiful

Dolly Alderton just gets people in all of their flawed glory. The vulnerability and growth of the characters just draws you in. This could be the story of your friends, your partner or you. Particularly love the surprises in the last quarter of the story.

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I want to give more than 5 stars..!

LOVE LOVE LOVED this book. Pulled at the heartstrings in all the best ways. I swapped between the hard copy and audio, and have to say I preferred the audio! The narrators did such a fantastic job, that hearing their voices really formed who the characters were for me in my head. Gut punches in the best way with some lines. Totally beautiful and will stay with me. Thank you Dolly for putting things into words that can be so hard to unjumble when it comes to relationships!!

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Adored!

Really well put together. Dolly is a wizard the way she writes, very clever tying it all together neatly in the end. A must read for any man, woman or non-binary person who is existing as a member of society in this modern dating world.

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Dolly Does it Again

Another incredible one from Dolly. Amazing characters - highly relatable, funny and heartfelt. Loved that she wrote from Andy’s perspective.

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Absolutely loved it!

This is a great book - laugh out loud funny and incredibly insightful at the same time. I highly recommend it.

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great!

I loved her other books and heard good things online. It was a slow start with a solid end.
Extremely realistic, relatable characters it was as if she was putting voice to my own thoughts.

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