Main Character: Lessons from a Real-life Romcom
By (Author) Lizzie Frainier
Little, Brown Book Group
Piatkus Books
13th May 2025
6th February 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Dating, relationships, living together and marriage: advice and issues
306.73092
Hardback
256
Width 136mm, Height 220mm, Spine 28mm
381g
Many of us who grew up in the golden era of the romcom will recognise a perfect meet cute that turns into a head-over-heels relationship and ends in happily ever after. So when Lizzie was offered the chance to take part in a The Holiday-style festive house swap with a stranger in New York for an article, she said yes. But in real life things are a little more complicated.
Main Character captures the highs and the lows, the good and the bad of dating - and everything in between. Charting a decade of electric first dates, meaningful connections, and the unavoidable hideous Hinge messages that come with the territory, Lizzie shares her experiences of the intensity of falling in love, the heartbreak of falling out of it and the friendships that have seen her through it all. This book is both a love letter to romcoms and to the many ways in which love can show up in our lives.Lizzie Frainier is associate travel editor at The Times and Sunday Times and has a decade of experience as a journalist for Britain's leading magazines and newspapers. She is known for recreating popular romcoms from The Holiday to Bridget Jones and celebrating the joy and adventure of singledom in her articles. Her stories have resonated with readers of all ages, leading to national radio and television appearances on Woman's Hour, Times Radio and CBS Mornings.