The Husbands: A Read with Jenna Pick

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, PARADE, AND BOOKRIOT

“This book doesn’t get bogged down in the why or how of the situation. Instead, it thrives on its humor, tenderness, and delightful plot twists.”
—NPR

“Groundhog Day meets Bridget Jones’s Diary …[in] a screwball setup that Gramazio has tons of fun with.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Gramazio masterfullyblends fantasy with realismas she puts a modern spin onthe timeless institution ofmarriage.”
—The Pittsburgh Post Gazette

“Delightfully addictive … a bottomless champagne flute of a novel.”
—The Washington Post

“Charming…there’s plenty of intelligence and candor in the author’s creative spin on the conundrum of commitment.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Richly characterized, philosophical, and funny. I enjoyed all the husbands, even (especially?) the terrible ones. A time-bending gem about the way we live now.”
—Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

“The Husbands is a wily and wonderful exploration of modern decision-making, kaleidoscopic and bright and very, very funny.”
—Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had

“Brilliant, hilarious, surprising and wise. I devoured it.”
—Naomi Alderman, New York Times bestselling author of The Power and The Future

“The Husbands is WONDERFUL: fresh, original, hugely entertaining and oddly comforting… . I laughed out loud countless times… . [This] was the most fun I’ve had reading in the longest time. It is an utter delight.”
—Marian Keyes, bestselling author of Again, Rachel and Grown Ups

“Clever, fresh, inventive, The Husbands is wholly original.”
—Louise O’Neill, author of Asking For It

“The plot allows the author to explore current attitudes and approaches to dating and mating from a fresh perspective… A fun take on a big question.”
—Kirkus

HOLLY GRAMAZIO is a game designer, curator and writer, originally from Adelaide and currently based in London. She wrote the script for the indie videogame DICEY DRAGONS, which sold over 850,000 copies and won the Indiecade Jury Prix Award; and she’s worked on digital and physical games with Naomi Alderman, Lawrence Lek, Warner Bros., Tate Modern and the V&A. She has PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide, cowrote a book on games for MIT Press, and has written for the Guardian, among other publications. THE HUSBANDS is her first novel.

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