{"product_id":"maggie-or-a-man-and-a-woman-walk-into-a-bar-heartburn-for-the-2020s-the-times","title":"Maggie: Or, A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar: ‘HEARTBURN for the 2020s’ The Times","description":"DESCRIPTION : \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2026 PEN \/ Hemingway Award for Debut Novel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Must-Read Book of 2025.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best divorce novel I've read for years.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gem of a novel, one that will make you think, make you feel, and make you laugh.' ALISON ESPACH,\u003c\/b\u003e author of\u003ci\u003e The Wedding People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eOne of the most delightful debuts I've read in a long time.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man and a woman walk into a restaurant.\u003cbr\u003eThe woman hopes they will order the best wine on the menu.\u003cbr\u003eInstead, her husband tells her he is having an affair with a woman called Maggie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her chest starts to ache, the woman goes to a doctor who tells her the pain in her breast isn't just heartbreak - but - cancer. She decides to call the tumour Maggie and begins to strike up a conversation with it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn turns wildly funny and devastatingly tender, \u003ci\u003eMaggie\u003c\/i\u003e takes place during a pause -between divorce and marriage, sickness and health, the unknown and the status quo. In reaction to the unfolding chaos, the heartbroken woman creates 'A Guide to My Husband: A User's Manual' filled with a thousand facts for the real Maggie about the man they both love. In the tradition of Nora Ephron's writing on heartbreak and womanhood, \u003ci\u003eMaggie\u003c\/i\u003e is set to be the divorce novel of our age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\\\"Katie Yee's debut novel...is full of resentment-tinged wit, \u003cb\u003ejust like Nora Ephron's classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\\\" \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Katie Yee is a storyteller extraordinaire.' DELIA EPHRON, \u003c\/b\u003esister of Nora Ephron and author of\u003ci\u003e Siracusa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolutely delightful debut! An inspiring story of growth and wonder. Highly recommend!' 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