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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
Coming of Age Contemporary Friendship Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Romantic Comedy Funny Heartfelt Feel-Good Witty

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The narration brought to humour of it all to life

Loved it all, just wish the book ended with Andy as I’d grown so affectionately towards him throughout the book and then had to suddenly get to know and love Jen.

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Loved it!!

Dolly never disappoints. I demolished this book and was so sad when it ended. I hope she writes a sequel!

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Great relateable read

Narrator was entertaining and storyline was interesting. I found this good for the daily dog walk.

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Good Read

Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this story. I loved hearing the different point of views of the characters and the narrations were done very well. Definitely recommend!

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Funny and relatable!

Loved it, would highly recommend.
Very funny. I loved Jen’s perspective after wallowing with Andy for the first half.

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Best in forever

This book is ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. Such a great story and I feel like the narration also makes it top notch. I was laughing out loud. Just amazing! Might listen again! Can’t wait to read more of Dollys books

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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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