Romantic Comedy

By: Curtis Sittenfeld

Narrated by: Kristen Sieh

Brought to you by Penguin.

A TV script writer thinks she's over romance, until an unlikely love interest upends all her assumptions: a humorous, subversive and tender-hearted novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Rodham, American Wife and Prep.

Life is (not)* a Romantic Comedy...

With a series of heartbreaks under her belt, Sally Milz - successful script writer for a legendary late-night TV comedy show - has long abandoned the search for love.

But when her friend and fellow writer begins to date a glamorous actress, he joins the growing club of interesting but average-looking men who get romantically involved with accomplished, beautiful women. Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch, poking fun at this 'social rule'. The reverse never happens for a woman.

Then Sally meets Noah, a pop idol with a reputation for dating models. But this isn't a romantic comedy - it's real life. Would someone like him ever date someone like her?

Skewering all our certainties about why we fall in love, Romantic Comedy is a witty and probing tale of how the heart will follow itself, no matter what anyone says. It is Curtis Sittenfeld at her most sharp, daring and compassionate best.

©2023 Curtis Sittenfeld (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"One of my favourite writers." (Kate Atkinson)

"Sittenfeld is in a league of her own." (Guardian)

"A rollercoaster of modern love and dating." (STYLIST)

Loved it!

Such a fun and enjoyable book. I didn't want it to end. was not what I was expecting and was pleasantly surprised

an unexpected joy

I bought this book without reading what it was about...I LOVED it. Funny and clever.