Games and Rituals

Eleven sparkling stories of love in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime, are featured in Katherine Heiny's new book, 'The Love Parade.' The characters' games and rituals range from mischievous to tender, including a bridesmaid dress to work, a hearing aid mistaken for a cashew, and a bedtime story coupled with a receipt for a Starbucks babyccino.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 14 March 2024
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

The beloved author of Early Morning Riser returns with eleven sparkling tales of love, encompassing friendships forged at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers, and ill-advised trysts, in all their forms, both ridiculous and sublime. The characters played by Katherine Heiny exhibit a range of games and rituals, from mischievous to tender. In "Bridesmaid, Revisited," Marilee, grappling with a laundry and life crisis, dons a massive bridesmaids dress to work. In "Twist and Shout," Ericka's elderly father mistakenly consumes his four-thousand-dollar hearing aid as a cashew. In "Turn Back, Turn Back," a bedtime story accompanied by a receipt for a Starbucks babyccino unveils an actor's deception. And in "561," Charlene faces the harsh consequences of infidelity and is compelled to assist her husband's ex-wife in relocating out of the family home.

Delivered by one of our most celebrated writers, known for her witty portrayal of waking up in the wrong bed, wearing the wrong shoes, arriving late for the wrong job, yet being loved by the right people, Katherine Heiny has crafted a work of glorious humor and immense kindness.

Weight: 172g
Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008395179