Summertime Punchline: A Novel

HBOs Hacks meets Carley Fortunes Every Summer After in this hilarious and sweeping love story about a comedian forced to return to her Jersey Shore hometown and confront everything she left behind ten summers beforeincluding the man who broke her heart.  "A wonderfully witty love letter to stand-up comedy, true love, and there being no place like home. Georgia Clark, author of It Had to Be You Then. Delfina Silva-Miller wants one thing: to leave behind Evergreen, New Jersey and never look back. Despite her adoring grandmothers best efforts, Del cant bear to live another moment at the whims of her deadbeat dad (so cliché) and her ever-temperamental crush, Eddie Rodriguez (humiliating).  Now. If theres one thing Del knows how to do, its spin her bad luck into a killer joke. After years of hard work, shes finally landed a coveted spot at a huge comedy festival, molding the often tragic raw material of her life into comedic gold. But when Del loses her job, boyfriend, and apartment in the span of a few hours, shes forced to pack her bags and return to the home she swore off at eighteen. Del is determined not to let her history with Evergreen distract her. She has 45 days to perfect a new comedy set and march into her new life. Instead, she marches right into Eddie Rodriguez. But hes nothing like the boy she left behind ten years ago. As the festival draws closer, Del is faced with the terrifying possibility that everything shes ever wanted isnt as far away as it once seemed.   Vividly evoking the boardwalks and beaches of the Jersey Shore, Summertime Punchline is a hilarious, vulnerable, and sweeping love story celebrating the complicated relationshipsromantic and notthat impact our lives, for better or worse.  I laughed, I swooned, I dabbed my eyes. Corrello is a voice to watch. Rachel Runya Katz, author of Thank You for Sharing Vivid, fresh, and wholly singular. Please welcome to the stage Betty Corrello! Julia Whelan, author of Thank You For Listening