Funny Story

Name: Funny Story
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780241998175
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By Emily Henry

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Set over one sizzling summer, Funny Story is a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Happy Place and Book Lovers. Daphne always loved the way... Read More

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Set over one sizzling summer, Funny Story is a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Happy Place and Book Lovers.

Daphne always loved the way Peter told their story. That is until it became the prologue to his actual love story with his childhood bestie, Petra.

Which is how Daphne ends up rooming with her total opposite and the only person who could possibly understand her predicament—Petra's ex, Miles.

As expected, it's not a match made in heaven—that is until one night, while tossing back tequilas, they form a plan.

And if it involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their adventures together, well, who could blame them? But it's all just for show, of course.

Because there's no way Daphne would start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé's new fiancée's ex... right?

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ISBN: 9780241998175

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 February 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Emily Henry is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the butterfly-inducing romantic comedies Beach Read, You & Me on Vacation, Book Lovers, Happy Place and Funny Story. She studied creative writing at Hope College and now lives and writes in the American Midwest. Great Big Beautiful Life is her sixth novel.

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