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Maggie’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 Divorcée™. I was very sold on the set up though: a young, pithy woman goes through a divorce and has to cope with all the changes that brings. She struggles to achieve independence (financial and otherwise) when she’s been part of a couple for so much of her adult life. She doesn’t necessarily know entirely who she is, how to go about being a responsible adult, or have complete control over her emotions and even though I haven’t been married or divorced, it was relatable. Unfortunately for me the execution fell short, but maybe if I experienced divorce I would appreciate it more. Heisey's writing has appeared in Vogue, Elle, Glamour, and The New Yorker. [3] Her first book I Can’t Believe It’s Not Better: A Woman’s Guide to Coping with Life, a collection of essays, was published in 2015. [7] The book was based on her blog-based advice column She Does the City. [1] She published her first fiction novel, Really Good, Actually, in 2023. [2] It was inspired by her divorce at 28 years of age and the absence of that experience in popular culture. [5] The book was written over the course of 2020 and has been optioned for a television series. [5]
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One of the most hotly anticipated, hilarious and addictive debut novels of 2023, from Schitt’s Creek and Workin’ Moms screenwriter and electric new voice in fiction, Monica Heisey. Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with sharp observations, Really Good, Actually is a tender and bittersweet comedy that lays bare the uncertainties of modern love, friendship, and our search for that thing we like to call “happiness". This is a remarkable debut from an unforgettable new voice in fiction. Critical Praise
I am awake WAY too early because I accidentally took a weeeee depression nap after learning about a family member's illness. 🥺🥺I think my mind just needed to take a break to process so here I am awake at this unGodly hour. They say nothing good happens after midnight and I 100% agree with that.
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Maggie is fine. She's doing really good, actually. Sure, she's broke, her graduate thesis on something obscure is going nowhere, and her marriage only lasted 608 days, but at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée™. PDF / EPUB File Name: Really_Good_Actually_-_Monica_Heisey.pdf, Really_Good_Actually_-_Monica_Heisey.epub
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Vacillating between the cringe-worthy/second-hand embarrassment-fueled moments of a person with no self-awareness.. and absolute heart-wrenching grief and denial... this story is hard to read. Somewhat in a good way, somewhat in a bad way? It's categorized as a novel, but most definitely makes you wonder how much of was real for the author. I've been seeing this gorgeous cover all across Bookstagram and Goodreads so I'm hoping it's good! I just DNFed my last read, and I'm actually really proud of myself for that because I was genuinely not invested in it!
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Heisey's comedic and sage depiction of life and love's unexpected pitfalls is heartwarming.”— PopsugarI've never been through a divorce, but they happen every day to the people we love around us... it was a great insight into what people really go through in cleaving their life from someone else's. I think the reason I had a hard time with this, even though there are some great insights... so much of this is a rambling mess? Stephenson, Hannah (17 January 2023). "Writer/comedian Monica Heisey: 'I don't really trust dating apps' ". Irish Examiner. Impossibly funny, endearingly felt, alive and rich and ultimately a story of trying not only to find one's self but to figure out how best to care for the people we love. I woke up both my husband and my dog laugh-cryingwhile reading this book." — Lynn Steger Strong, author of Flight a b c Collington, Christian (11 January 2023). "Monica Heisey says divorce in her 20s inspired debut novel 'Really Good, Actually' ". thestar.com . Retrieved 7 July 2023. Maggie’s marriage is ending only six hundred and eight days after it began (despite being together nearly a decade) . . .
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Time to gobble up this Bridget Jones's Diary-for-the-smartphone-era that is perfect for fans of Schitt's Creek and Fleabag. Reading like a millennial Nora Ephron, everyone will fall in love with the messy and relatable heroine." — barnesandnoble.com Heisey has written for numerous television shows including Schitt's Creek and Workin' Moms. [5] [6] Her first job screenwriting position was on the Baroness von Sketch Show, [1] for which she is a four-time Canadian Screen Award winner. Maggie is a 29 year old struggling to come to terms with a fresh divorce and for some reason has zero self restraint. She is endlessly cringey; constantly acting poorly and saying awful things to her friends. I’m surprised her friends didn’t fall out with her sooner.Maggie is fine. She’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s broke, her graduate thesis on something obscure is going nowhere, and her marriage only lasted 608 days, but at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new life as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée™. Monica Heisey is a Canadian writer, screenwriter and comedian. She has written for Schitt's Creek, the Baroness von Sketch Show and Workin' Moms. Her first novel Really Good, Actually was released in 2023.
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