The good, the bad, and the dumped A novel

Jenny Colgan

eAudio - 2021

A Paperback Original A laugh-out-loud novel about a woman determined to track down her exes in hopes of repairing her failing love life-from the New York Times bestselling author of 500 Miles from You. We all look up our exes on-line...but should we? Posy Fairweather is over the moon when her boyfriend Matt proposes in what is probably the most romantic way possible-on top of a mountain, in a thunderstorm, like something from a Nicholas Sparks novel. But a few days later he dumps her. Crushed and humiliated, Posy wonders why all her romances have always been such train wrecks. Determined to gain some insight, Posy resolves to get online, track down her exes, and ask them. Which doors from Posy's past should stay closed? Which might ope...n? Can she learn from past mistakes? And what if she has let Mr. Right slip through her fingers along the way?

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Published
[United States] : HarperAudio 2021.
Language
English
Corporate Author
hoopla digital
Main Author
Jenny Colgan (author)
Corporate Author
hoopla digital (-)
Other Authors
Penelope Rawlins (narrator)
Edition
Unabridged
Online Access
Instantly available on hoopla.
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Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 40 min.)) : digital
Format
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
ISBN
9780063069732
Access
AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).
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Review by Booklist Review

Posy Fairweather is thrilled when her boyfriend, personal trainer Matt, proposes; he's uncomplicated and she doesn't really mind that people think she could do better. Because she can't, as evident from her past failed relationships. Or can she? Soon, instead of planning her wedding, she's tracking down old boyfriends online, wondering if any of them are the one who got away. College boyfriend Chris lives on a houseboat off the Shetland Islands, and he wasn't a real contender even before she found out that his girlfriend, who also lives on the houseboat, is pregnant. Flashy banker Adam hasn't changed in the years since she dated him, and, actually, his perpetual man-child lifestyle is not that appealing. Then there's the one she can barely talk about, who she's most afraid to track down. But when Matt finds out what she's doing, she might lose him, too. This was originally published in the U.K. in 2010, which explains the reliance on Facebook as the guiding social-media forum, and it might be a little more citified than Colgan's current fans are used to. Still, The Good, the Bad, and the Dumped is a charmer in the Bridget Jones mold of a likably flawed woman learning to love herself before she can love someone else.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.