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Humorous Fiction January 2023 |
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Why Mommy drinks : the diary of an exhausted mom...
by Gill Sims
Written from the point of view of an exhausted mom at the end of the day, the author and editor behind the extremely popular parenting blog, “Peter and Jane,” humorously describes her fight to stay current, youthful and sane. 50,000 first printing.
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Do this for me : a novel
by Eliza Kennedy
A high-powered attorney and mother of two disastrously self-destructs when her husband's affair comes to light, forcing her to figure out what is really important in her life and what she truly wants from it. By the author of I Take You.
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Highfire : a novel
by Eoin Colfer
Burned out by the days of yore and passing his time in the Louisiana bayou watching Flashdance, a vodka-drinking dragon endures unexpected misadventures when he crosses paths with a 15-year-old troublemaker on the run. 200,000 first printing.
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Separation anxiety : a novel
by Laura Zigman
"Separation Anxiety is a hilarious, heart-breaking and thought-provoking portrait of a difficult marriage, as fierce as it is funny.... My advice: Start reading and don't stop until you get to the last page of this wise and wonderful novel." --Alice Hoffman"
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Operation Dimwit : a Penelope Lemon novel
by Inman Majors
Beginning Phase 2 of her post-divorce life, Penelope Lemon sets her sights on the mysterious Fitzwilliam Darcy while helping her boss Missy get rid of Dimwit, a backwoods interloper who may be stealing personal items from the female residents of their trailer park.
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Cactus Jack : a novel by Brad Smith"Brad Smith's latest is a terrific novel about a thirty-something single woman, the untried colt she inherits, a horse crazy little girl, and their band of misfits and has-beens who stick it to the establishment in the cutthroat world of horse racing. Billie Masterson is a chronic underachiever, drowning herself in alcohol and bad relationships in Ohio. She hasn't been home to the family's broken-down thoroughbred farm in Kentucky since college. Her mother committed suicide when Billie was a teen and sheblames her father, Will Masterson. When Will drops dead while working on the farm, Billie returns to rural Kentucky for the funeral, intending only to pay her respects before high-tailing it back to Ohio. However, she's informed by her father's lawyer, the garrulous David Mountain Clay, that she now owns the farm...and all the debt that goes with it. Determined to sell everything, settle the debts and get out of town, Billie discovers that her father's colt, a horse named Cactus Jack, is the object of obsession for billionaire Reese Ryker, the louche scion of a department store dynasty and now owner of Double R Racing, one of the top thoroughbred stables in the world. Billie is willing to sell everything to Ryker-until she realizes that he's an entitled misogynist and a not-so-subtle racist. Against her better judgment, she decides to keep the farm and the untested horse. To do that she needs to race the animal-and beat Ryker at his own game. Assisted by a team of misfits, including a washed-up trainer with whom she has a bit too much history, the horse-crazy little girl next door, and her father's ex-girlfriend, Billie and Cactus Jack take the track by a storm"
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The patron saint of second chances : a novel
by Christine Simon
To fix the towns pipes, vacuum repairman and self-appointed mayor Signor Speranza must come up with 70,000 euros, and, to boost revenue, spreads a harmless rumor about a famous actor who will be filming his new movie nearby, which spins wildly out of control. 60,000 first printing.
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Iona Iverson's rules for commuting
by Clare Pooley
An eclectic group of train commuters traveling from Hampton Court to Waterloo Station discover that talking to strangers can help them learn more about themselves in the new novel from the New York Times best-selling author of The Authenticity Project.
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Oona out of order
by Margarita Montimore
A young woman destined to wake up on her birthday to a random year in her life struggles through an out-of-order existence to reconcile her inner youth with the realities of shifting external identities, appearances and period norms. Tour.
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Has anyone seen my toes? : a novel
by Christopher Buckley
An aging screenwriter in coastal South Carolina deals with stress from the pandemic by binge-eating and believing theres a nefarious Russian influence on the local coroners race, in the new novel from the best-selling author of Thank You for Smoking.
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Devil's chew toy : a novel
by Rob Osler
After waking up with a black eye, a Seattle teacher discovers that his crush, dancer Camilo Rodriguez, has gone missing and joins forces with his best friends to uncover what happened to the “Dreamer” whose parents were deported years ago.
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It's not all downhill from here : a novel
by Terry McMillan
Confident that her best days are still ahead, a successful businesswoman relies on close friends and her resourcefulness when an unexpected loss turns her world upside down. By the best-selling author of Waiting to Exhale.
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Yinka, where is your huzband?
by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
A 30-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a high-paying job and good friends, Yinka, whose aunties frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, must find a date for her cousins wedding with the help of a spreadsheet and her best friend.
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Serena Singh flips the script
by Sonya Lalli
An Indian-American businesswoman who has landed a job at a top Washington, D.C. advertising firm tries to convince the tradition-minded women in her life that she prefers independence to relationships, before reconnecting with her college love. Original.
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Lucie Yi is not a romantic : a novel
by Lauren Ho
When she meets Collin Read through a co-parenting website, management consultant Lucie Yi, soon becoming pregnant, returns to Singapore with Collin in tow, where she must juggle the demands of the people she loves to pursue the life she really wants. Original.
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