Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
CBC Books | Posted: January 27, 2023 3:08 PM | Last Updated: April 11, 2023
A hilarious novel about a woman navigating the absurdity and heartbreak of divorce at a young age
Maggie is fine. She's doing really good, actually. Sure, she's broke, her graduate thesis on something obscure is going nowhere, and her marriage only lasted 608 days, but at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée™.
Now she has time to take up nine hobbies, eat hamburgers at 4 am, and "get back out there" sex-wise. With the support of her tough-loving academic advisor, Merris; her newly divorced friend, Amy; and her group chat (naturally), Maggie barrels through her first year of single life, intermittently dating, occasionally waking up on the floor and asking herself tough questions along the way.
Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with sharp observations, Really Good, Actually is a tender and bittersweet comedy that lays bare the uncertainties of modern love, friendship, and our search for that thing we like to call "happiness". This is a remarkable debut from an unforgettable new voice in fiction. (From HarperCollins)
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Monica Heisey is a comedian, writer and screenwriter who has written for print and television, including shows like Schitt's Creek and Baroness Von Sketch Show. She currently lives in London, England.