Reasons to Be Cheerful

From "the reliably hilarious" (Entertainment Weekly) author of Love, Nina: a brilliantly funny and heartbreaking story of growing up and finding the independence you might not actually want . . . Teenager Lizzie Vogel has a new job as a dental assistant. This is not as glamorous as it sounds. At least it means mostly getting away from her alcoholic, nymphomaniacal, novel-writing mother. But, if Lizzie thinks being independent means sex with her boyfriend (he prefers bird-watching), strict boundaries (her boss keeps using her loo) or self-respect (surely only actual athletes get fungal foot infections?) she's still got a lot more growing up to do.

The winner of the 2019 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, Reasons to Be Cheerful is a novel that lives up to its title, confirming Nina Stibbe's status as one of the most original and delightful writers at work today.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 07/23/2019
ISBN: 9780316309370
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2019
Booklist 06/01/2019 pg. 36
Publishers Weekly 07/15/2019