Good Material

Often referred to as the Nora Ephron for millennials, Dolly Alderton has emerged as a prominent voice on modern relationships and self-discovery. Through her memoir Everything I Know About Love, which details the relationship foibles of her twenties and has sold 800,000 copies, and in her debut novel Ghosts, Alderton exhibits a keen understanding of the complexities of love and relationships. Alderton’s work explores the realities of young adulthood, friendship, and the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated world. With a technique of finding comedy in everyday absurdities, Alderton’s work aims to be relatable to her audience and to maintain a sense of intimacy and connection with the reader. Alderton’s writing is distinctly contemporary, reflecting the realities of modern dating and relationships. Her characters are often flawed and complex, grappling with issues such as self-doubt, anxiety, and the pressures of social media prevalent today.

Though Alderton did go through a painful breakup while writing Good Material, she asserts that the book isn’t about her. Since most of her audience identifies as female and all her previous work focuses on the female viewpoint of modern relationships, Alderton wrote her second novel from the male

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