June Bloom is twenty-nine, broke, and an aspiring comedy writer. Hugo Best is a beloved late-night chat show host - and notorious womaniser - who invites her to his mansion for Memorial Day Weekend. This is the story of their four days together, a 'zippy... magnificent... devilishly fun ride' Vogue Charting the four days June and TV icon Hugo Best spend together, Stay Up with Hugo Best is both a smart and timely exploration of sexual politics in the #MeToo age, and the hilarious and poignant story of one young woman's stumble into adulthood.
MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, STYLIST, BUSTLE, LITHUB, W MAGAZINE AND OUR CULTUREDAKOTA JOHNSON BOOK CLUB PICKSAM BAKER BOOK CLUB PICKTwo parents. Happily married. Just not to each other.When Cora meets Sam at a baby group in their small town, the chemistry between them is instant and undeniable. But both are happily married, and neither is the type to cheat. So as their lives intertwine and the romantic tension between them heightens, Cora turns to her imagination: in her head, she and Sam pursue their feelings; in reality, they resist.Yet as the fantasy affair grows ever more intoxicating, it can't help but cast Cora's everyday life - the mushroom problem in the bathroom, her daughter's new fascination with the afterlife, her husband's obsession with podcasts about the history of rope - in a new light. And when the boundaries grow increasingly blurred, she must decide what truly matters.Razor-sharp, exhilaratingly honest and salted with an irresistible acerbic wit, The Ten Year Affair explores family life, fidelity and the roads not taken, and ultimately asks: do we really want our fantasies to come true?'Somers's wit is as cool, caustic and dry as liquid nitrogen' TONY TULATHIMUTTE'Hilarious' BRANDON TAYLOR'Compulsively readable' JULIA MAY JONAS
