Funny Story
Named a Most Anticipated book of 2024 by TIME ∙ The New York Times ∙ Goodreads ∙ Entertainment Weekly ∙ Today.com ∙ Paste ∙ SheReads ∙ BookPage ∙ Woman's World ∙ The Nerd Daily and more!
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York 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?
Book At A Glance
# of Pages: 400
Book Binding: Hardcover
Year of Publication: 2024
Publisher: Berkley
Language: en
ISBN: 9780593441282
Creator Bio
Emily Henry is a talented author known for her witty and heartwarming stories. Born and raised in Ohio, she developed a love for writing at a young age and pursued a degree in creative writing from Miami University. After graduating, she worked in various jobs including as a bookseller and a barista, before fully committing to her passion for writing. Her debut novel, "The Love That Split the World," was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into several languages. With her second novel, "A Million Junes," she solidified her place as a beloved contemporary fiction writer. "Funny Story" is her latest novel, showcasing her unique blend of humor and emotion. Emily currently resides in Cincinnati with her husband and their dog, where she is working on her next book.
