Sloane Crosley

"Glitters with wit and wisdom". (Guardian). "A thing of pure joy". (Stylist). "I couldn't put it down". (Grazia). Back in college, Victor loved Kezia, Kezia loved Nathaniel and Nathaniel loved himself. Now, ten years on and reunited at the wedding of a friend, it's as if nothing has changed. Almost. Victor has just been fired from a middling search engine, Kezia is second-in-command to an eccentric jewellery designer, and Nathaniel, former literary cool kid, is now one of LA's two million aspiring TV writers. As the champagne flows, Victor finds himself sharing a bizarre encounter with the mother of the groom that triggers an obsession over a legendary necklace. Could a trip to Paris in search of the missing piece of jewellery doom or save their friendship?

A sparkling second book from the bestselling author of I Was Told There'd Be Cake in which Crosley leaves her familiar stomping ground of Manhattan to travel The World: elegant writing, mordant w

Disarmingly witty and poignant Sloane Crosley s memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend

From getting locked out of her flat twice on the same day and baking a giant cookie in the shape of her boss head, to playing bridesmaid for a long-forgotten friend, Sloane Crosley is the kind of girl whose good intentions have a tendency to go hilarious awry. Sloane Crosley, que puede llegar a quedarse sin llaves fuera de su propio apartamento dos veces en el mismo día, cocinar una galleta gigante con la forma de la cabeza de su jefe, y actuar de dama de honor para una amiga caída en el olvido tiempo atrás, es la clase de chica cuyas buenas intenciones tienen una decidida tendencia a complicarse de una forma hilarante.

A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES'The witty, improbably propulsive rom-com you didn't know you were waiting for' ELIF BATUMAN'Razor sharp and very funny on the cult of modern dating' PANDORA SYKES'So good. I couldn't stop reading it' NICK HORNBY'Cult Classic makes an uproarious time of romantic carnage' RAVEN LEILANI'A witty and fantastical story of dating and experimental psychology in New York City' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)One night in New York City's Chinatown, Lola is at a dinner with former colleagues when she excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend.The next night, she runs into another ex. And then... another.The city has become awash with ghosts of heartbreaks past. What might have passed for coincidence becomes something far stranger when the recently engaged Lola must contend not only with the viability of her current relationship, but the fact that her best friend and her former boss - a magazine editor turned mystical guru - might have an unhealthy investment in its outcome. As memories of the past swirl and converge, Lola is forced to decide if she will surrender herself to the conspirings of one very contemporary cult.

En la l nea del ensayo cl¡sico, una treintaera neoyorquina pasa revista a su existencia reflexionando sobre los llamados Agrandes temasA. Pero que nadie espere solemnes disertaciones ni complicados artefactos cargados de superioridad filosfica. Porque en este caso la reflexin no est¡ reida con el humor, y la observacin personal y social van del brazo de una prosa chispeante, capaz de desvelar los aspectos m¡s absurdos de todas las situaciones. Con voz propia, llena de irreverente iron a, Sloane Crosley repasa ciertos hitos vitales que enmarcan un perfil original y son, a la vez, retrato de toda una generacin de mujeres. As , los campamentos veraniegos de infancia, la boda de una antigua compaera de colegio, las primeras experiencias laborales, la amenaza de una grave enfermedad o la paradjica relacin con la religin o el vegetarianismo sirven para trazar el cuadro contempor¡neo de un personaje a quien el mundo pone a prueba a cada paso en pleno corazn de Manhattan.