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Stop Me If You've Heard This One
Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2025
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Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2025 'This novel is sweet, sexy, sad, articulate, and funny' Vogue Cherry Hendricks might be down on her luck, but she can write the book on what makes something funny: she's a professional clown who creates raucous, zany...
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See moreCherry Hendricks is a down-on-her-luck party clown in Orlando, Florida, trying to make ends meet. A date with a much older magician might just give her the break she needs... Full of heart, with an caper-y romantic plotline, STOP ME IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS ONE is entertaining, original and unmissable.
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Shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize 2025
'This novel is sweet, sexy, sad, articulate, and funny' Vogue
Cherry Hendricks might be down on her luck, but she can write the book on what makes something funny: she's a professional clown who creates raucous, zany fun at gigs all over Orlando. Her life is a mess, but she's always hustling.
Cherry's luck changes when she meets Margot the Magnificent - the most successful entertainer on the circuit. By pursuing Margot's mentorship and connections, Cherry is certain she can take her act to the next level. Plus, Margot is sexy as hell.
But it's not long before Cherry must decide how much she's willing to risk for Margot, and for her own explosive new act. What kind of clown does she want to be under her costume?
'Unique, weird as anything, but it's also so much deeper . . . While this book will make you laugh, the story is guaranteed to pull at your heartstrings too' Daily Express 'As much heart, humour, and gritty realness as can fit between two covers' People 'A funny and heartfelt tale of one woman grappling with grief, love and how to move forward' New York TimesBook Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781472159137
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Corsair
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 220g
Pages: 272
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About the Author
Kristen Arnett is the queer author of With Teeth (2021) which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction and the New York Times bestselling debut novel Mostly Dead Things (2019) which was also a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction and was shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. She was awarded a Shearing Fellowship at Black Mountain Institute, has held residencies at Ragdale Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, the Millay Colony, and the Key West Literary Seminar (upcoming 2024), and was longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize recognizing mid-career writers of fiction. Her work has appeared at the New York Times, TIME, The Cut, Oprah Magazine, Guernica, Buzzfeed, McSweeneys, PBS Newshour, The Guardian, Salon, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. She has lives in Orlando, Florida.
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