Thursday 15 August 2024

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey: 

You may know the author from her journalism, her work on Schitt’s Creek, you may have even heard on This Way Up.  

Leave all that aside.  This is that sweet spot between funny and heartbreaking. Maggie’s marriage ends after just under two years and she navigates single life, sexuality and picking up the pieces.  

This alternates between deadpan humour and the pure emotional carnage of a break up. It’s heartfelt, filthy and warm at the same time. 

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