The Fixer Upper A Romantic Comedy for Exhausted Women by Lauren Forsythe (Paperback)

An astonishingly relevant, funny and heartfelt romantic comedy about a universal experience which is yet to really be explored in fiction: the emotional labour of dating men, The Fixer Upper introduces an exciting new debut voice: Lauren Forsythe. Aly has a problem: she can't stop helping her boyfriends. Whether she's doing their laundry - it's easier than watching them incorrectly load the washing machine - or writing job applications for them, she makes men better. Her best friends Eric and Tola call it 'The Aly Effect': every last one of her unemployed, guitar-strumming, man-child exes are now happily-married successes - while Aly is still single and waiting to be promoted after eight years in the same job. Deciding enough is enough, Aly, Eric and Tola create The Fixer Upper, an exclusive service for women who are tired of fixing clueless, commitment-phobic men. Before long, a mysterious celebrity client hires them for their biggest challenge yet: turning her boyfriend into the perfect fiance in three weeks. There's just one catch. He's Aly's first love. And he's not pleased to see her.