īridget Jones's Diary, stories with strong characters, if you loved Dolly's writing in Everything I Know About Love, and if you enjoy comedies with a serious, more emotional side. wherever you read it, know that you'll be laughing out loud and possibly tearing up. Snuggled up on your couch with a cup of tea, on your favorite park bench, in a pub with a glass of wine. No worries if you can't fully relate - Dolly's writing will put you right into Nina's shoes, even if you've never been in situations quite like hers. Whether you're currently immersed in the dating scene or not, try to think back to a time in your life when you were your most vulnerable while looking for love. I deleted Max's number along with all our messages and I knew then that I would never see or hear from him again.

'As I stood in the chasm between who I thought he was to me and the reality of a person who never wanted to speak to me again, I realized just how much we hadn't known about each other. Go Back to High School With These Romantic Teen Movies on Netflix

At first glance, Ghosts is another romantic comedy about dating in the digital age, but as you get further immersed into Nina's story, it reveals many beautiful and messy layers.

Throughout the novel, Nina deals with an obnoxious neighbor, has a front-row seat to her ex moving on with someone else, and grapples with many other deeply relatable aspects of life in one's early 30s. I thought this book would be a straightforward romantic comedy about getting ghosted after it was pitched to me as the 'must-read rom-com of the summer,' but oof, was that assessment wrong! Although Ghosts follows a year in the life of 32-year-old food writer Nina Dean in which she does, in fact, get ghosted by a man she's dated for three months, this story is a full, multifaceted picture of Nina's life beyond her current relationship status.Īside from accurately portraying the fallout of a partner ghosting you, Ghosts examines the idiosyncrasies of adult friendships - particularly those that have grown from childhood - and explores the hopelessness of watching someone you love struggle with dementia. So when I was given an opportunity to read her newest book, Ghosts ($21), ahead of its August release, I took it as a sign and dove right in. I'd heard Dolly Alderton's name from other book-loving friends in reference to her first book, Everything I Know About Love, but never got around to reading the memoir (we all know how the ever-growing TBR list goes).

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