You'll Love It Here - by Natalie Sue (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

From the bestselling author of I Hope This Finds You Well comes a sharply funny, surprisingly tender novel about a woman stuck in place, her nosy neighbors, and the journey to find where she belongs--with all the heart of a grown-up The Breakfast Club.

Mona thought her living situation was bad... but the real mess is just beginning.

One day is all it takes for Mona's life to implode. After years of climbing at her marketing firm, she was supposed to be getting promoted and finally moving out of her crumbling apartment building. Instead, she's jobless, aimless, and still stuck in a space barely big enough for a yoga mat.

Then her eccentric landlady takes a tumble and asks Mona to step in as the building's reluctant super. The deal is simple: help prep the place for sale, and she can secure the upgrade she's been chasing. But that's easier said than done when the neighbors treat "boundaries" as optional. There's the shouting couple, the mysterious shut-in, a possible panty thief in the laundry room--and Sami, the relentlessly cheerful diner owner who keeps showing up with coffee and unsolicited ideas about community. As Mona gets pulled deeper into the building's chaos--and closer to the people inside it--she's forced to confront what, and who, she's really been trying to outrun. Sometimes, the place you're desperate to leave is the one that finally shows you who you are.

Wise, heartfelt, and laugh-out-loud funny, Natalie Sue's sophomore novel is a story about burning out, starting over, and finding your people in the most unexpected places--perfect for fans of The Wedding People and Anxious People.

Review Quotes

"There are some books that contain characters so real that you find yourself wondering what they are up to long after you finish reading. Such is the case with Jolene, the protagonist of Natalie Sue's excellent I Hope This Finds You Well, whose inner life, anxieties, fears, and thoughts are so utterly believable that she leaps off the page. ... It's a true delight." - Glamour on I Hope This Finds You Well
"I Hope This Finds You Well is like a donut in a break room: unexpected, surprisingly sweet, and totally made my day. Which is to say: I devoured it! While fans of The Office will delight in a modern send-up of workplace shenanigans, that comparison oversimplifies, because Natalie Sue has infused her main character with so much nuanced baggage that it echoes the movie Bridesmaids. We are all cheering wholeheartedly for this messy main character. We hope life, eventually, finds her well." - Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures, on I Hope This Finds You Well
"Natalie Sue delivers an amusing workplace comedy that gains depth as it goes along." - Parade on I Hope This Finds You Well
"This one was so good and also so unexpected . . . This book is snarky and funny, and then it sneaks up on you by being way deeper and more emotional than you'd guess from the premise. I could not put it down." - Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series, Today.com, on I Hope This Finds You Well
"Delightfully quirky . . . The workplace hijinks produce steady laughs, and Sue adds depth through the backstory of Ellie, with whom Jolene found solace as a fellow misfit. This is a must-read." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) on I Hope This Finds You Well
"Snarky, romantic, and wickedly heartfelt, I Hope This Finds You Well is like the first perfect cup of coffee out of the office coffee pot. If you're looking for your next favorite read, this book has everything--vengeful coworkers, fake engagements, and a hero with a heart of gold. Natalie Sue's debut is an absolute stunner!" - Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics, on I Hope This Finds You Well
"This laugh-out-loud funny workplace drama is a balm for anyone who's ever gotten fed up at work." - Good Housekeeping (Pick of the Month), on I Hope This Finds You Well
"Wickedly funny skewering of office culture. . . This sparkling debut will have you snickering in the break room." - People, Best New Books Pick, on I Hope This Finds You Well
"A love story for our relentless information age, this comedic debut novel from author Natalie Sue proceeds from a delicious premise: Jolene, unhappy employee at Supershops, Inc., has accidentally been given access to her entire department's private emails. Things get weird. Author Sue delivers a workplace adventure with humor, heart, and some highly relatable temptations." - Goodreads, The Big Books of Summer, on I Hope This Finds You Well
"If you enjoyed the dry wit of Monica Heisey's Really Good, Actually, then you'll love I Hope This Finds You Well. . . . A darkly funny satire that cuts right to the quick of modern office life, this will resonate with anyone who's ever rolled their eyes at the water cooler." - Harper's Bazaar on I Hope This Finds You Well
"I've been savoring this debut . . . I've been calling it a rom-com for nosey people, aka me. . . There's something about it that reminds me of the best parts of Bridget Jones (the book), The Office (US version), and Severance (my new obsession on Apple+)." - Yulin Kuang, Bookbub, on I Hope This Finds You Well
"This is likely the cutest-ever take on an inexcusable, wholly unethical invasion of privacy. ... This is a cheerful book about people who do terrible things but are not, themselves, terrible. Who can't relate?" - NPR on I Hope This Finds You Well
"In her debut, Sue creates a vivid portrait of a truly lonely, heartbroken woman. Anyone who has worked in an office will appreciate the level of detail Sue uses to describe the experience--the particular bleakness of a sad office party, the petty gossip, the alliances and enmities. . . . A beautiful, honest, and often funny look at loneliness and the courage it takes to simply keep going." - Kirkus (starred review) on I Hope This Finds You Well
"A hilarious and heartfelt exploration of the secrets we keep in order to get ahead and what happens when those painful truths no longer hold us back. Full of wickedly sharp banter and spectacularly funny office shenanigans, Jolene's story stole my heart, and I cheered her on through every page of it." - Elle Cosimano, New York Times bestselling author of Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, on I Hope This Finds You Well
"I knew I would fall in love with I Hope This Finds You Well from the first page, and I was right. This is a book you're going to want to read as slowly as possible to savor every hilarious, heartfelt moment with these lovable, broken, all-too-real characters!" - Jesse Q. Sutanto, USA Today bestselling author of Dial A For Aunties, on I Hope This Finds You Well
"For someone who needs a good laugh... It's about this woman, who basically, by accident, is allowed to read her coworkers' emails. Hilarity ensues." - Taylor Jenkins Reid, Time, on I Hope This Finds You Well
"Let's not underestimate the schadenfreude of delving into fictional office drama from a safe distance . . . Natalie Sue's I Hope This Finds You Well over-delivers in this department, putting a funny twist on misery in cubicle land. . . . Sue takes a clever concept and ratchets up the stakes while "shining a light," as corporate folk like to say, on the dusty plants, awkward birthday cakes and printer paper politics that loom large in workaday life." - New York Times Book Review on I Hope This Finds You Well
"An amusing, accessible debut that's no less warm for its depressing setting, I Hope This Finds You Well is something of a workplace sitcom transformed into a romantic comedy novel." - Elle on I Hope This Finds You Well