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Biographical note
Dolly Alderton is an award-winning author, screenwriter and journalist based in London. She is a columnist for the Sunday Times Style magazine and has also written for GQ, Red, Marie Claire and Grazia. She is the former co-host and co-creator of the podcast The High Low. Her first book, Everything I Know About Love, became a top-five Sunday Times bestseller in its first week of publication, won a National Book Award (UK) for Autobiography of the Year and was made into a BBC One TV series. Ghosts, her first novel, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Dear Dolly, a collection of her agony aunt columns from the Sunday Times Style magazine, was published in 2022 and was also a Sunday Times bestseller.If Dolly’s memoir <i>Everything I Know About Love </i>summed up being twentysomething then this, her second novel, is <b>a tender and funny love letter to our tumultuous 30s</b>
Red
<b>Brilliantly observed </b>… <b>Beautifully written</b>, <b>pacy</b> and <b>excellent</b> on rejection, friendship and letting go. <b>Fabulous</b>
Daily Mail
<b>Laugh-out-loud</b> dialogue on every page ... No-one has a firmer grasp on the themes she explores. <b>Good material, indeed</b>
Sunday Express
<b>Funny, sad and true</b>; a book she has clearly <b>poured her soul into</b> ... Cements her status as a <b>fiction heavyweight </b>
inews, The best new books to read in November 2023
This is the <b>greatest</b>. You’ll cry and laugh. I read it through the night. And I never, ever avoid sleep
Claudia Winkleman
It's <b>so good</b>. I<b> loved it</b>
Sharon Horgan
Leaves you heartsore but happier. <b>Irresistible</b>
Richard E. Grant
<b>Made me laugh while punching me in the gut</b>. Loved this book
Aisling Bea
<b>Sharply written</b> and <b>acutely observed</b> ... A <b>beautifully nuanced</b> <b>portrayal of modern love</b> that will have you racing to the last page
Heat
Have you ever wondered what a lost love was thinking? In this <b>ingeniously constructed</b> and <b>endlessly amusing </b>novel, Dolly Alderton flips the script on everything we think we know about romantic loss, to bring us an <b>unforgettable</b> character on a <b>deeply relatable</b> downward spiral. <b>Wise and relatable and pee-your-pants funny</b>. I cried by page 5. <b>Dolly Alderton is, quite simply, the bard of modern day love</b>
Lena Dunham
<b>WONDERFUL</b> ... Shot through with Dolly's characteristic emotional intelligence ... <b>Very funny</b> ... Such a <b>pleasure to read</b>. I <b>devoured</b> it ... I award it <b>13/10</b> on my QWJ scale (stands for Queasy With Jealousy that I didn't write it)
Marian Keyes
I <b>adored</b> it! I ... Dolly is <b>THE comic writer of our generation</b>. This feels like her most ambitious book yet, and it <b>delivers on every single page</b>. She uses humour so brilliantly to underpin <b>the quiet roar of romantic despair</b> - this book is <b>raw, smart and human</b>. This makes me believe <b>Dolly knows everything there is to know about love</b>.
Daisy Buchanan
<b>Dolly Alderton just gets better and better</b>. <i>Good Material</i> is both <b>heartbreaking and hilarious</b> with an ending that has you holding your breath. With the wit of Nick Hornby and the emotional scalpel of Nora Ephron, <b>Alderton is one of our greats</b> and this is sure to be <b>an absolute classic</b>
Emma Gannon
A <b>relatable, laugh-out-loud</b> story of a thirtysomething failed comedian struggling with a break-up
Sunday Times Style
<i>Good Material </i>combines Alderton’s <b>wit and eye for detail </b>with a <b>beautiful depth of emotion</b>
Woman & Home
<b>Genuinely laugh-out-loud funny</b> – with characters straight out of a Richard Curtis film – <b>whipsmart</b> dialogue and <b>relatable </b>millennial themes (Alderton’s forte) mean there’s never a dull moment ... <b>Thought-provoking and wise</b>
The Independent, Best New Books to Read This Autumn
The author of <i>Everything I Know About Love</i> <b>nails the zeitgeist</b> with a <b>witty, relatable</b> and <b>acutely insightful</b> <b>page-turner </b>about the trails and tribulations of the lovelorn
Daily Express
Dolly Alderton is<b> the Adele of writing</b>
Esther Coren, The Spike
<b>Witty</b>, <b>warm </b>and <b>well-observed</b>
Fabulous Magazine
A <b>funny, tender</b> novel about human relationships. By turns, l<b>augh-out-loud</b>, <b>eye-roll relatable</b>, and <b>'stop you in your tracks' heart-wrench</b>. A <b>thoroughly modern romantic masterpiece</b>.
Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina
<b>Highly relatable</b> for millennials navigating dating in London, and <b>hugely insightful </b>for those generations wanting to understand them. Packed with sharp observations and wisdom. <b>A triumph</b>
Sathnam Sanghera
Alderton <b>entertains</b> with observational quips about thirtysomething life ... There's a <b>Hornby-esque charm </b>to her well-meaning characters and their <b>relatable</b> dramas
The Observer
The bestselling author brings her <b>warmth, emotional intelligence</b> and <b>wry observation</b> to bear on her second novel ... <b>Refreshing</b>
The Bookseller, Editor's Choice
Alderton is <b>perceptive</b> about how men deal (badly) with emotional pain
The Times
<b>Relatable, funny</b> and <b>refreshing</b>
Elle
[A] book to be <b>devoured, adored, underlined,</b> and passed on (but only to the friends you know will give it back) ... [Alderton] proves herself once again as having both a deep understanding of the intricacies of relationships and the ability to articulate it better than the majority of us ever could ...<i>Good Material </i>showcases Alderton’s knack for<b> rich characterisation and zippy dialogue </b>like never before ... <b>Genuinely funny – if only more books made you laugh as much as this</b>
The i
All of Alderton's <b>considerable gifts as a writer</b> are on display here: her <b>wit</b>, her ability to capture exchanges that<b> feel real</b>, and her <b>skilful characterisation</b> ... Alderton's work<b> truly shines</b> when she writes about friendship
Sunday Independent
With distinct notes of <b>Helen Fielding, Richard Curtis </b>and <b>Nick Hornby</b> ... <b>Warm </b>and <b>generous</b> ... A writer very much in control of her material
Guardian
Alderton is excellent at <b>fusing poignant tenderness with wry observations about modern life</b>, and that talent is on full display here. <i>Good Material</i> is a <b>highly enjoyable</b> exploration of the messy, non-binary nature of many break-ups, and how two people can simply make a terrible couple ... If you're on the hunt for a <b>readable romcom </b>to inhale in a few sittings, this is <b>very good material</b>
Stylist
<b>Funny, tender</b> and <b>astute</b> on heartbreak
Mail on Sunday
This is Dolly Alderton's <b>best book</b> yet ... Alderton is a <b>great social chronicle</b>r: her observations here about thirty-something friendship and the differences (or not) between millennials and Gen Z feel particularly true. But most crucially, this is a <b>tender, bittersweet </b>portrait of the addictive fug of longterm monogamy – and the crushing pain when it ends
The i – All I want for Christmas: Which books should you buy for your loved ones this year?
Brilliantly observed ... addictive
Daily Mail
Comical yet warming
Psychologies
<b>A brilliantly observed portrait of a break-up</b>, which examines how miserable it is to become obsessed with the unknown reasons a relationship has ended. Andy can’t understand why Jen no longer wants to be with him. The more he thinks about it the madder he feels but he can’t stop. <b>Addictive</b>
Daily Mail – Christmas Books: Best way to survive Christmas? Read a really good book!
I’ve already bought several copies of Dolly Alderton’s <i>Good Material</i> for the men and women in my life, and I will continue the rampage through the festive season. <b>It’s the perfect blend of easy to read, funny and extremely astute</b>
The Observer – Books of the year 2023
Failing stand-up comedian Andy is devastated when his girlfriend Jen breaks up with him out of the blue. Alderton explores the trials and tribulations of finding yourself unexpectedly single in your mid-30s in <b>a novel as witty as it is perceptive</b>
Daily Express – Stocking fillers: What were the must read novels of 2023?
The most book-based fun I had this year<i> ...</i><b> It’s the most I’ve laughed while reading about heartbreak since Nick Hornby’s <i>High Fidelity</i>. A complete delight</b>
The Sunday Times – My favourite read of the year, Charlotte Ivers
Funny – of course it’s funny – but also smart, insightful and sincere about heartbreak
David Nicholls, author of One Day
Like Nora Ephron, with a British twist … Delivers the most delightful aspects of classic romantic comedy—snappy dialogue, realistic relationship dynamics, humorous meet-cutes and misunderstandings—and leaves behind the clichéd gender roles and traditional marriage plot
The New York Times
Some writers suffer from second-novel syndrome, but not Dolly Alderton ... Genuinely laugh-out-loud funny – with characters straight out of a Richard Curtis film ... Thought-provoking and wise.
Independent, Best new books for summer
A moving break-up story that everyone who has ever been dumped will relate to
The Sun
A bittersweet comedy of modern love
Daily Mail
No one writes about relationships quite like [Dolly Alderton]…This novel is filled with <b>shrewd observations about friendship, ageing and lost love</b>, but also happens to be <b>laugh-out-loud funny</b>
The i Paper – Best new paperbacks for summer