The Husbands

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**NO 1 KINDLE BESTSELLER**
**A SUNDAY TIMES AND RED BOOK OF THE YEAR**


You wait ages for The One . . . then 203 come along at once

One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence – from photos to electricity bills – suggests he’s right.

Lauren’s attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her.

There’s the one who pretends to play music on her toes.
The one who’s too hot (there must be a catch).
The one who makes a great breakfast sandwich.
The one who turns everything into double entendres (‘I’ll weed your
garden’).
And the one who can calm her unruly thoughts with a single touch.


But when you can change husbands as easily as changing a lightbulb, how do you know whether the one you have now is the good-enough one, or the wrong one, or the best one? And how long should you keep trying to find out?

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A GUARDIAN, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, RED, DAILY MAIL AND iNEWS BEST SUMMER READ


'As soon as I started reading I thought, ‘I wish I’d thought of that.’ Huge fun’ KATE ATKINSON * 'One of the funniest debuts for years' SUNDAY TIMES * 'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES * 'An absolute riot' THE UNMUMSY MUM * 'A wonderful, wonderful novel' JENNIE GODFREY * 'A time-bending gem' GABRIELLE ZEVIN

©2024 Holly Gramazio (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Critics Review

A witty, ingenious debut novel… An enormously entertaining story that is both silly and sophisticated

Sunday Times, *Books of the Year*

Properly laugh-out-loud funny, this was one of the most original novels I’ve read in years

Red, *Books of the Year*

A riot . . . a smart, witty satire about the the illusion of choice . . . It’s clever and silly and funny and wildly imaginative and I bloody loved it

PANDORA SYKES

Funny, fresh… an absolute riot, just one of the best books I’ve read in long time

THE UNMUMSY MUM

Laugh-out-loud funny while deeply thoughtful this is a wonderful wonderful novel

JENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS

One of the funniest debuts for years... Holly Gramazio has not only come up with the most ingenious conceit, she has summoned the humour and sophistication to pull it off… a brilliant satire on the Tinder generation’s commitment issues

Sunday Times

I loved everything about it

Daily Mail

Laugh-out-loud funny, perceptive and utterly original, I guarantee you’ve never read a book quite like it

Red

Holly Gramazio’s tight prose, sarcastic wit and knack for weaving a tender, hilarious story sets this novel apart

Harper's Bazaar, BEST BOOKS TO READ THIS SUMMER

Clever and hilarious

Good Housekeeping

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