Monica Heisey, bestselling author of Really Good, Actually, has announced her second novel, Small Pond, set for release in June 2027. The Canadian author, screenwriter and comedian has also written for television series including Schitt’s Creek, Workin’ Moms, Everything I Know About Love and Too Much, and created the romantic comedy series Smothered.
So, what’s it about? In a city where rents are rising and dreams are quietly downsizing, Carolina holds court in her apartment – home to Noble Failure, a chaotic, monthly performance night. It’s where once-aspiring artists met and fell in love: where Sophie, a young TV director hustling her way up the ladder, found her boyfriend Owen, a mercurial artist currently voicing a daisy on a children’s tv show. And where they both orbited Will – once a wunderkind comedy writer, now wondering if he peaked too soon. It goes without saying: they are all insufferable.
Sophie and Owen and Will and Carolina aren’t unhappy, exactly. Their lives are vaguely in the territory of where they imagined they’d be. So why does it not feel … complete? Sophie has started texting Will – innocent jokes, small asides – but what began as nothing is feeling dangerously close to something. When their one now-famous friend announces she’s returning for the Noble Failure anniversary show, an existential panic sets in – and soon the big life choices that seemed so distant arrive at each of their doors.
Described as wickedly funny, wise and tender, Small Pond promises another sharp and painfully relatable examination of modern life from Heisey.
And while the UK and AU/NZ covers are yet to be revealed, the American edition is looking SO good! We cannot wait to get our hands on Small Ponds.
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