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A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel
by Holly Gramazio
The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? ("A bottomless champagne flute of a novel." —The Washington Post)
When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem—she's not married. She's never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they've been together for years.
As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can't remember meeting, Michael goes to the attic to change a lightbulb and abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges, and a new, slightly altered life re-forms around her. Realizing that her attic is creating an infinite supply of husbands, Lauren confronts the question: If swapping lives is as easy as changing a lightbulb, how do you know you've taken the right path? When do you stop trying to do better and start actually living?
"Charming...there's plenty of intelligence and candor in the author's creative spin on the conundrum of commitment." —Publishers Weekly
"The plot allows the author to explore current attitudes and approaches to dating and mating from a fresh perspective... A fun take on a big question." —Kirkus Reviews
"Delightfully addictive ... a bottomless champagne flute of a novel." —The Washington Post
"The Husbands is a wily and wonderful exploration of modern decision-making, kaleidoscopic and bright and very, very funny." —Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had
"Richly characterized, philosophical, and funny. I enjoyed all the husbands, even (especially?) the terrible ones. A time-bending gem about the way we live now." —Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
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Holly Gramazio is a writer, game designer and curator from Adelaide, currently based in London. She founded the experimental games festival Now Play This, and wrote the script for the award-winning indie videogame Dicey Dungeons. She's particularly interested in rules, play, cities, gardens, games that get people acting creatively, and art that gets people interacting with their surroundings in new ways. The Husbands is her first novel.
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