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PRAISE
“Irresistibly fresh, bright, funny, and bursting with singular voice, this is the kind of romance I’ve been waiting for, and we’re so lucky to finally have it.”—CASEY MCQUISTON
“Best Woman absolutely sparkles with all the wit, charm, and drama of the best nineties rom-coms and does it in pitch-perfect prose. Who needs Julia Roberts when Rose Dommu has such star power?”—TORREY PETERS
“Part romance, part lit-fic, all wedding bells, Rose Dommu’s debut novel contains nostalgic nods to quintessential Nineties romcoms all while managing to revel in the joys of family and the messiness of a brand new life.”—ROLLING STONE
“Full of snappy pop culture references, Dommu is an especially tender writer of our awkward little yearnings.”—W MAGAZINE
“[The] near-universal contours of trans experience have rarely been articulated with such specificity in published fiction.”—THEM
“Destined to be optioned . . . [Best Woman] feel[s] deeply cinematic without ever sacrificing laughs or hewing to the audience’s expectations. (After all, who says a leading lady can’t sow a little pre-nuptial tumult in the estimable company of hot people of all genders?)”—VOGUE
“Queer literary Florida is alive and well in Rose Dommu’s Best Woman, a deliciously clever and relentlessly hilarious firecracker of a debut. The book is smart, sexy, and endlessly entertaining. Dommu really shines here.”—KRISTEN ARNETT
“Rose Dommu’s wickedly sharp wit and the romance genre are a match made in heaven. Irreverently funny and tear-jerkingly tender, Best Woman takes the wedding cake as my favorite debut of the year.”—JP BRAMMER
“[A] very queer and very charming story of love and family . . . Perfect for fans of Alexis Hall and TJ Alexander.”—BOOKLIST (STARRED)
BEST WOMAN
by ROSE DOMMU
An utterly contemporary send-up of My Best Friend’s Wedding.
Julia Rosenberg loves her brother. Really loves him. Enough to: be the “best woman” at his wedding; leave behind her hard-won New York life, brilliant best friends, and drag brunches for Boca Raton, Florida; entertain the uptight bride-to-be and her vicious cronies; try (and fail) to dodge the hometown hookup buddy she can’t resist; and navigate the tricky dynamics with her divorced parents.
She’s not that nervous. Her family stood by her when she came out as a woman a few years ago. And it’s just one week in Florida—a week of old memories and sisterly duties that will force Julia to confront the tensions that have been bubbling beneath the surface of her closest relationships. No big deal.
When it turns out that Kim Cameron, the gorgeous, self-assured girl that she crushed on hard in high school, is the maid of honor, Julia panics. She tells a teensy little lie to win Kim’s favor—a lie that snowballs out of control and threatens to undermine the blossoming attraction between them and complicate an already challenging relationship with her family. Using her wit, charm, and a suitcase full of couture “borrowed” from a pop star, Julia just might survive the horde of clone-like bridesmaids, go-kart racing bachelor parties, and alcohol-fueled speeches. But she won’t make it out unscathed. As best woman, she’s making the worst decisions of her life.
AUTHOR
Rose Dommu is the author of the Substack newsletter Mall Goth and host of the podcast Like a Virgin. Rose previously managed LGBTQ+ social media editorial strategy at Netflix. A former senior staff writer at Out magazine, Dommu also hosted the magazine’s podcast, The Outcast. As a journalist, she has written for Paper, Vice, Them, Gay Times, Elite Daily, and other publications. She is the co-founder of the queer art collective The Culture Whore, which staged large-scale art events across the United States and Europe. Dommu lives in Brooklyn with her alarmingly large collection of shoes.