Best Woman

BEST WOMAN absolutely sparkles with all the wit, charm, and drama of the best 90’s rom-coms, and does it in pitch perfect prose * Torrey Peters, bestselling author of DETRANSITION, BABY *Irresistibly fresh, bright, funny, and bursting with singular voice, this is the kind of romance I’ve been waiting for * Casey McQuiston, bestselling author of Red, White and Royal Blue *A deliciously clever and relentlessly hilarious firecracker of a debut … smart, sexy, and endlessly entertaining * Kristen Arnett *Irreverently funny and tear-jerkingly tender, Best Woman takes the wedding cake as my favorite debut of the year * JP Brammer *Part romance, part lit-fic, all wedding bells, Rose Dommu’s debut novel contains nostalgic nods to quintessential Nineties romcoms all while managing to revel in the joys of family and the messiness of a brand new life. * Rolling Stone *Full of snappy pop culture references, Dommu is an especially tender writer of our awkward little yearnings. * W *[The] near-universal contours of trans experience have rarely been articulated with such specificity in published fiction * them *Destined to be optioned … [Best Woman] feel[s] deeply cinematic without ever sacrificing laughs or hewing to the audience’s expectations. (After all, who says a leading lady can’t sow a little pre-nuptial tumult in the estimable company of hot people of all genders?) * Vogue *Devourable and quippy … an exploration of trans identity through a troublemaking lens. Just like the romantic comedies it takes inspiration from, it’s a romp full of painfully true moments. * Xtra *Dommu knows how to capture an audience. And she brings that in full force with her delightful … debut novel… . It’s engrossing, at times stressful—in the best possible way—and is easily one of those books that you accidentally read in one sitting because you just couldn’t put it down. * E! Online *

Rose Dommu is the author of the Substack newsletter Mall Goth and the host of the podcast Like a Virgin. Dommu previously managed LGBTQ+ social media editorial strategy at Netflix. A former senior staff writer at Out magazine, Rose also hosted the magazine’s podcast, The Outcast. As a journalist, her work appeared in Paper, Vice, Them, Gay Times, Elite Daily, and other publications. She is the co-founder of queer art collective The Culture Whore, which staged large-scale art events across the United States and Europe. Dommu lives in Brooklyn with her alarmingly large collection of shoes.