Jennifer Johnson Is Sick of Being Married: A Novel

No so terribly long ago, Heather McElhatton’s flawed, neurotic, yet lovable average American heroine Jennifer Johnson was sick of being single. Now Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Married. The author who brought us the wildly popular Pretty Little Mistakes now favors readers with the next delectably eventful chapter in Jennifer’s life, as her new fairy tale marriage (to the wealthy son of a department store tycoon) hits a serious snag, thanks in no small part to a honeymoon-from-hell in a fundamentalist Christian compound and the prospect of a life of bizarre servitude to her devout mother-in-law’s church committee. This is outrageously funny, wonderfully edgy contemporary women’s fiction in the Helen Fielding and Sophie Kinsella mode that anyone who has ever laughed at the raunchy humor of Sarah Silverman or Chelsea Handler is going to love.
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Sometimes tying the knot just means getting strangled

Not too long ago, Jennifer Johnson was stuck in a cubicle, lovelorn and addicted to Cinnabon frosting. Now she's married to her Prince Charming—the handsome, wealthy son of a midwestern department-store magnate. But the grass on this too-manicured other side is not as green as she'd thought.

After a honeymoon from hell at a gated Christian resort in the Virgin Islands—bought and paid for by the in-laws and complete with alcohol-free drinks, curfews, and Satan-free yoga—Jennifer is beginning to have her doubts about the whole "happily-ever-after" thing. Soon she finds herself organizing Valentine's Day abstinence dances with her mother-in-law's church committee and dining with the ladies of the country club, who have their own theories about how to hold on to their men.

Is this really all there is to married life?

From Heather McElhatton, bestselling author of Pretty Little Mistakes and Jennifer Johnson Is Sick of Being Single, comes the next laugh-out-loud chapter in the story of an all-American everywoman whose every thought, flaw, and neurosis is on glorious display.

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“sharp, funny writing...McElhatton crafts an explosive ending, where, finally, after two books, cosmic justice prevails.” - Booklist

“The book is about subverting the fairy-tale expectations of the genre, smashing some tired and overly familiar tropes on the way to a dark and deflating (though satisfying) ending.” - The Onion

“Pretty Little Mistakes is like a literary vending machine where you—the main character—choose from 150 succulent endings.” - Miami Herald

“McElhatton’s witty writing style echoes that of the top chick-lit writers on the market. As in books such as The Nanny Diaries and Bridget Jones Diary, the protagonist (remember—that’s you) is a sassy, occasionally promiscuous female in search of the perfect career and the perfect man…With Pretty Little Mistakes, happily ever after may take a few do- over’s, but eventually, you’ll get there.” - Fort Worth Star-Telegram

“McElhatton’s debut novel is chicklit-meets-noir where the choices are tougher, the stakes higher, and the characters sexier and far more disturbed….Solid, addictively dark prose leads readers to one of 150 different outcomes.” - Curve magazine

“Jennifer’s a wonderful narrator—honest, witty, self-deprecating and sharply observant—which more than redeems the story’s familiar aspects (gay best friend, high maintenance sibling’s pending nuptials, lame Internet dates). McElhatton blends just enough cynicism into the whimsical narrative, creating a fun romp through a woman’s manifold insecurities.” - Publishers Weekly

“Bawdy, occasionally lewd and often funny, this follow-up to Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Single (2009) returns us to the screwball adventures of a likable screw-up. A cross between chick-lit fare and Bridesmaids.” - Kirkus Reviews

“This brash and funny novel plays with the form, with a dark, intelligent and wholly unexpected conclusion…Jennifer is uncomfortable, wickedly funny and ultimately likable….” - Minneapolis Star Tribune