The Husbands

Holly Gramazio

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Publication Date: 27/03/2025 ISBN: 9781529920352 Category:
Paperback / Softback

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**READER FAVOURITE IN THE FIRST-EVER GOOD HOUSEKEEPING GOOD BOOKS COLLECTION**
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‘Properly laugh-out-loud funny, this was one of the most original novels I’ve read in years’ RED, *Books of the Year*
‘A witty, ingenious debut novel… An enormously entertaining story that is both silly and sophisticated’ SUNDAY TIMES, *Books of the Year*

What if you could change husbands as easily as a lightbulb?

One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence – from photos to electricity bills – suggests he’s right. And then another one appears. Lauren’s attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her. There’s:

The one who’s too hot (there must be a catch).
The one who pretends to play music on her toes.
The one who can calm her unruly thoughts with a single touch.

But when you can change husbands as easily as changing a lightbulb, how do you know whether the one you have now is the good-enough one, or the wrong one, or the best one? And how long should you keep trying to find out?

‘Huge fun’ KATE ATKINSON
‘A wonderful, wonderful novel’ JENNIE GODFREY
‘The most fun I’ve had reading in the longest time’ MARIAN KEYES
‘A time-bending gem’ GABRIELLE ZEVIN

THE NO 1 KINDLE BESTSELLER
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
BEST SUMMER READ IN THE GUARDIAN, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, RED & DAILY MAIL

***READERS LOVE THE HUSBANDS!!****
‘This book was INCREDIBLE! So inventive, funny and different’
‘I clapped out loud and cried’
‘I adored this book. Fast-paced and funny with heart’
‘Incredibly vivid, completely original’
‘So many husbands so many personalities so much confusion so much fun!

Publisher Review

A witty, ingenious debut novel… An enormously entertaining story that is both silly and sophisticated — Johanna Thomas-Corr * Sunday Times, *Books of the Year* * Properly laugh-out-loud funny, this was one of the most original novels I’ve read in years * Red, *Books of the Year* * Filled with clever observations on love and life, [The Husbands] is also laugh-out-loud funny — Anna Bonet * i, *Books of the Year* * A riot . . . a smart, witty satire about the the illusion of choice . . . It’s clever and silly and funny and wildly imaginative and I bloody loved it — PANDORA SYKES Funny, fresh… an absolute riot, just one of the best books I’ve read in long time — THE UNMUMSY MUM Laugh-out-loud funny while deeply thoughtful this is a wonderful wonderful novel — JENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS One of the funniest debuts for years… Holly Gramazio has not only come up with the most ingenious conceit, she has summoned the humour and sophistication to pull it off… a brilliant satire on the Tinder generation’s commitment issues — Johanna Thomas-Corr * Sunday Times * I loved everything about it — Sara Lawrence * Daily Mail * Laugh-out-loud funny, perceptive and utterly original, I guarantee you’ve never read a book quite like it * Red * Holly Gramazio’s tight prose, sarcastic wit and knack for weaving a tender, hilarious story sets this novel apart * Harper’s Bazaar, BEST BOOKS TO READ THIS SUMMER *

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