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Crushing

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When do you stop starting over? The sparkling new novel from the author of No Hard Feelings.

Getting over someone is not that difficult. All you have to do is focus on every negative thing about them for the rest of your life until you forget to stop actively hoping for their slow and painful death, then get a haircut ...

Serial monogamist Marnie is running late to her own identity crisis. After a decade of twisting herself into different versions of the ideal girlfriend, she's swearing off relationships for good. Forever. Done. No more, no thank you.

Pretty inconvenient time to meet Isaac: certified dreamboat and the only man who has ever truly got her. It's cool, though, they're just friends, he's got someone else, and she has more important things to worry about. Like who she is, what she wants, and what the hell she ever saw in the love(s) of her life in the first place.

Flanked by overwhelmed new mum Nicola, terminally single Claud, and eternal pessimist Kit, Marnie reckons with the question: who are we when we're on our own?

'Crushing stings with truth and aches with hope. I loved it.' Jessica Dettmann

'A sharp, funny and biting exploration of a classic millennial existential crisis ... with some genuine laugh-out-loud moments' Books+Publishing

'A sexy, complex, bittersweet dark chocolate souffle of a book: airily paced, tartly funny, and with a romantic centre that's just gooey enough' Clare Fletcher

'Bingeable, sharply written, and hilarious, Crushing had me hooked from the first page. This book is filled with love, rage, and wisdom, and reading it felt like having a wine with a best friend.' Victoria Brookman, author of Burnt Out

Praise for No Hard Feelings:

'Funny, biting, vulnerable and unflinching, Novak's novel is like an ocean dip: a bit salty, very refreshing' Lauren Sams

'No Hard Feelings is clever, funny and surprisingly sweet, and Penny captured my heart' Toni Jordan

'Wry and witty' Saturday Age

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    • Books+Publishing

      February 14, 2023
      After being unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend of five years, Marnie finds herself alone for the first time in her adult life. As a self-professed serial girlfriend, the 28-year-old Melburnian comes to the crushing realisation that she has continually based her whole personality around whichever boyfriend she is with at the time. After breaking down in her sister’s spare room, Marnie swears off relationships and sets out to discover her true self through wine, evening hobby classes and partying with her new housemate and best friend, Claud. So, when she meets Isaac, a witty, funny, certified dreamboat, her new resolve is tested as she crushes hard and fast. As Marnie struggles with her feelings, she wonders if she can ever truly discover herself if she can’t even stand to be by herself. Crushing, the second novel from the author of No Hard Feelings, is a sharp, funny and biting exploration of a classic millennial existential crisis. Genevieve Novak tackles subjects including identity, life after lockdown, the perils of online dating and the difficulty of finding true friendships in your late 20s. While much of the book is comparable in subject matter to Novak’s debut, Crushing is more refined and focuses more on self-love and acceptance. While some of Marnie’s epiphanies come across a little heavy-handed, the pithy one-liners and witty exchanges between characters lead to some genuine laugh-out-loud moments.

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