Romantic Comedy: The bestselling Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick by the author of RODHAM and AMERICAN WIFE

I actually think this was a profound lesson about how with incomplete information, we choose our narrative.

Cast members, unlike writers, were each provided with a car and driver to get to the after-parties—more specifically, with a gigantic black Cadillac Escalade SUV—and I’d arranged to ride along with Henrietta and her wife, Lisa.

and wished that being aware of my own ridiculousness could somehow decrease my ridiculousness.

there are clear advantages I have had in terms of my education even if I squandered the chance to attend college, and in terms of the financial safety net under me. But most of all there’s the advantage of believing there would be a place in the world for my music. Because I was a shy, freaky goth weirdo as a teen, it took me years to cop to the en

He didn’t put it in these terms, and I’m not even sure if he knew this was what he was saying, but his message was: Act like a guy. It was a message that turned out to be invaluable.

“Okay.” A jitteriness swelled in my stomach, distinct from the swoony anticipation of seeing him; this jitteriness was sour.

“I promise that someday you’ll find the love you deserve, but it might not be when or how you’re expecting it.”

Attraction has to do with so many things besides appearance.”

felt like a dream: so vivid and goofy in the moment, so ephemeral once it ended.