Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

    • Discover millions of audiobooks, ebooks, and so much more with a free trial

    From $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Happy Couple: A Novel
    The Happy Couple: A Novel
    The Happy Couple: A Novel
    Audiobook5 hours

    The Happy Couple: A Novel

    Written by Naoise Dolan

    Narrated by Ayoola Smart and Bert Seymour

    3.5/5

    ()

    Switch to ebook

    About this audiobook

    INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

    “Daring . . . a brilliant contemporary novel.”—Colm Tóibín 

    An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who may draw them apart

    Meet Celine and Luke. For all intents and purposes, the happy couple.

    Luke (a serial cheater) and Celine (more inter­ested in piano than domestic life) plan to marry in a year.

    Archie (the best man) should be moving on from his love for Luke and up the corporate ladder, but he finds himself utterly stuck.

    Phoebe (the bridesmaid and Celine’s sister) just wants to get to the bottom of Luke’s frequent unexplained disappearances.

    And Vivian (a wedding guest) is the only one with any emotional distance and observes her friends like ants in a colony.

    As the wedding approaches and their five lives intersect, these characters will each look for a path to the happily ever after—but does it lie at the end of an aisle?

    In her wry, sprightly, and unmistakable voice, Naoise Dolan makes the marriage plot entirely her own in a sparkling ensemble novel that is both ferociously clever and supremely enjoyable.

    Editor's Note

    Funny and relatable…

    Celine and Luke are engaged. But are they meant to be? This question plagues not only the “happy couple,” but also their friends: the tormented best man (former lover of the groom), the bridesmaid who’s overly invested (not in her wedding duties), and a detached wedding guest (the only clear-eyed observer). Dolan (“Exciting Times”) delivers a funny, messy, and relatable examination of why we too often ignore our doubts and make certain choices.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateNov 7, 2023
    ISBN9780063330498
    Author

    Naoise Dolan

    Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer born in Dublin. Her debut novel, Exciting Times, was a Sunday Times bestseller, widely translated, and optioned for television. She has been short-listed and long-listed for several prizes, including the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. She lives in Berlin.

    Related to The Happy Couple

    Related audiobooks

    Marriage & Divorce For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Happy Couple

    3.5/5

    44 ratings2 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 3/5

      Jan 5, 2024

      Dragged on. Readers voice put me to sleep. Predictable.
      Good night
    • 4/5

      Dec 31, 2023

      Insanely good! Very good narration also. This book exists to remind you of why marriages are a life-altering decision