No Hard Feelings
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No Hard Feelings
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Narrated by:
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Meg Dunn
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By:
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Genevieve Novak
About this listen
Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late twenties. A sharp, smart and witty look at adulting - Fleabag meets Sorrow and Bliss with a splash of Dolly Alderton.
"No Hard Feelings is clever, funny and surprisingly sweet, and Penny captured my heart." —Toni Jordan
I exist on validation from emotionally unavailable men, biscuits, and cheap wine, and it's easier to get off with Max than a Tiny Teddy.
Penny can't help but compare herself to her friends. Annie is about to become a senior associate at her law firm, Bec has just got engaged, Leo is dating everyone this side of the Yarra, and Penny is just ... waiting. Waiting for Max, her on-again, off-again boyfriend, to allow her to spend the night, waiting for the promotion she was promised, waiting for her Valium to kick in. Waiting for her real life to start.
Out of excuses and sick of falling behind, Penny is determined to turn things around. She's going to make it work with Max, impress her tyrannical boss, quit seeing her useless therapist, remember to water her plants, and stop having panic attacks in the work toilets.
But soon she's back to doomscrolling on Instagram, necking bottles of Aldi's finest sauvignon blanc, and criticising herself with renewed vigour and loathing. As her goals seem further away than ever, she has to wonder: when bad habits feel so good, how do you trust what's right for you?
Praise for No Hard Feelings:
"Genevieve Novak will inevitably be compared to other authors, but the truth is, she is herself and herself alone - and that's a good thing. Funny, biting, vulnerable and unflinching, Novak's novel is like an ocean dip: a bit salty, very refreshing." —Lauren Sams
"Scaldingly funny and bitingly real, No Hard Feelings deserves a warning label: danger, may induce binge reading. With her sly wit, Genevieve Novak's debut demonstrates a brilliant eye for observing the little things in life, which together can be the biggest things of all." —Tori Haschka, author of Grace Under Pressure
"No Hard Feelings is a gratifying, warm and funny debut." —Books+Publishing
"Novak has perfectly captured the self-doubt and total horror of having to be happy and functional in your twenties. It would have you crying into your chipped manicure if it wasn't so darn funny." —Kimberley Allsopp, author of Love and Other Puzzles
©2022 Genevieve Novak (P)2022 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about No Hard Feelings
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- Anonymous User
- 22-06-2022
Delicious pain
You can not drop it , its like a bestie , pain but delicious at the end
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- Anonymous User
- 12-06-2023
Therapeutic in every way
From the minute I started listening, I felt awash with the peace of being seen. I feel that often, once young women have outgrown media that fetishises teenagehood they are left with the thoroughly thirties worlds like those of Sex and the City: glamorous, expensive and ever-unattainable. This book fills a gap by existing in the mess of our late twenties. I love the way that it foregrounds Penny’s inner life. It was uniquely Aussie, uniquely millennial and so soothingly relatable. It’s full of great things every young person should hear in a fun and heartwarming way. Meg’s narration is perfect and nuanced. Definitely therapy!
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- Anonymous User
- 22-02-2024
Excellent observation on 20-something angst
This took me right back to my 20’s (I’m 60 now) and it was so beautifully observed with just the right wistful touches, humour and mental health struggles. The narrator was perky but mostly read too fast, swallowing some of her words in a way that would make this occasionally hard for non Australians to follow. Overall, highly recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-05-2022
Loved it
Perfectly captures how it felt to be twenty something at times. Enjoyed it - was a nice balanced listen!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-02-2023
You are a star Genevieve!
Well done Genevieve. How proud you must be to have your words published and read. Amazing.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-02-2023
The narrator is perfect
Thoroughly enjoyed this story of friendship, coming of age, relationships, anxiety and learning how to care for one’s self. This story was real and infuriating (come onnnnnn Penny!!!) and funny and endearing. I grew to love Penny in spite of her faults, and the narrator is truly Penny incarnate.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-02-2023
Wonderfully relatable
This was a wonderful listen. The story was interesting and relatable, with a loveably messy main character. The narration was perfect. Really loved it.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-02-2024
What a great book
This was a great book. I relived my 20s and it was a healing process. The very last word, was perfect. Loved it!!
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- Anonymous User
- 20-07-2022
very relative to modern day relationship status
Narrator brilliant!Expectations of modern dating with all the excessive emotions,drama and personalities inclusive in book.
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- Karen Campbell
- 18-09-2022
Didn't finish
I got too tired of the whining to finish. It is an easy listen and the writing flows nicely, but it is very easy to see how the plot is going to develop. The constant whingeing of the main character along with her stupidity about Max just made it too painful to continue listening.
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