Husbands - Holly Gramazio

A brilliantly original, funny and astute debut that examines how we navigate life, love and choice in a world of never-ending options

'One of the funniest debuts for years' SUNDAY TIMES
'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES
'An absolute riot' THE UNMUMSY MUM

You wait ages for The One . . . then 203 come along at once

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.

Lauren's attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her.

There's the one who pretends to play music on her toes.
The one who's too hot (there must be a catch).
The one who makes a great breakfast sandwich.
The one who turns everything into double entendres ('I'll weed your garden').
And 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?

'A wonderful, wonderful novel' JENNIE GODFREY
'A time-bending gem' GABRIELLE ZEVIN
'Laugh-out-loud funny, perceptive and utterly original' RED


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***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!'

About the Author

Holly Gramazio is a game designer, curator and writer, originally from Adelaide and currently based in London. She founded the Now Play This, a games festival at Somerset House; wrote the script for the indie videogame Dicey Dragons which sold over 850,000 copies and won the Indiecade Grant Jury Award; and she's worked on digital and physical games with amongst others Naomi Alderman, Lawrence Lek, Matheson Marcault, Hide&Seek, Warner Bros., Wellcome Trust, New Scientist Live, Tate Modern and the V&A. Holly has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide, co-wrote a book on games for MIT Press, and has written for the Wellcome Collection, the Guardian, Science Gallery, Open University, Tabletop Gaming magazine, the London Essays, Arc and Critical Hits.