She never disappoints, Curtis Sittenfeld! Except that I never read her first, "Prep." Now I have it from the library. Will read soon.
I loved this book as a great summer read (but I would have enjoyed it anytime of the year.) She delivers again. And I feel like it was a bit different for her.
The story is sweet and simple but with depth of character.
From the NYTimes:
In “Romantic Comedy," we’re studying Sally Milz, a sketch writer for a weekly live comedy show called “The Night Owls,” similar to “Saturday Night Live” in both format and tone. She’s in her late 30s, white, divorced, funny but embittered by her life’s many little heartbreaks. When Sally’s friend and mediocre-looking colleague Danny Horst starts dating a very famous and incredibly hot actress, she writes a sketch for the show called “The Danny Horst Rule”: Men from “T.N.O.” can date way out of their league, but the same isn’t true for the women working on the show. (This seems like a bit of a Pete Davidson/Ariana Grande caricature, if only for when Danny comments on his fiancée’s Instagram post, “love u my moon girl.”)
Meanwhile, Noah Brewster — an aging pop icon — is hosting the show that week. Noah and Sally connect over a sketch idea he has, sparks fly and Sally then spends the rest of the book contemplating if someone like her (presumably plain-looking, at least in contrast to someone hot, rich and famous) can bag someone like him (hot, rich, famous).
Interesting how much she researched for this book, too. SNL (TNO) is all over it!
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