{"product_id":"an-evening-with-monica-heisey","title":"An Evening with Monica Heisey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWe're starting the year as we mean to go on - surrounded by book lovers! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin us for an evening of fun as we sit down with Monica Heisey to discuss her whip-smart debut novel Really Good, Actually. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of our most anticipated books of 2023 and we can't wait to welcome the author to the store and hear her insights. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTickets are £5 and can be redeemed against any purchase on the evening of the event. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI feel like when you get a divorce everyone’s wondering how you ruined it all, what made you so unbearable to be with. If your husband dies, at least people feel bad for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaggie’s marriage has ended just 608 days after it started, but she’s fine – she’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s alone for the first time in her life, can’t afford her rent and her obscure PhD is going nowhere . . . but at the age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new status as a Surprisingly Young DivorcéeTM.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoon she’s taking up ‘sadness hobbies’ and getting back out there, sex-wise, oversharing in the group chat and drinking with her high-intensity new divorced friend Amy. As Maggie throws herself headlong into the chaos of her first year of divorce, she finds herself questioning everything, including: Why do we still get married? Did I fail before I even got started? How many Night Burgers until I’m happy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaugh-out-loud funny, razor sharp and painfully relatable, Really Good, Actually is an irresistible debut novel about the uncertainties of modern love, friendship and happiness from a stunning new voice in fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the author \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMONICA HEISEY is an author and television writer from Toronto, now based\u003cbr\u003ein London, UK. Her writing has been published in The New Yorker, the New\u003cbr\u003eYork Times, The Cut, Vogue, the Guardian, VICE, and elsewhere. She was\u003cbr\u003epreviously an Editor at Large at Broadly. She has written on shows\u003cbr\u003eincluding Schitt’s Creek, Workin’ Moms, Baroness von Sketch Show and Gary\u003cbr\u003eand his Demons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIf you have any questions regarding the event or to request accessibility accommodations please contact hello@rarebirdsbooks.pro\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rare Birds Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43623648264449,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/products\/aneveningwith_InstagramPost_Square.jpg?v=1669810346","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.pro\/products\/an-evening-with-monica-heisey","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}