• Emily Henry's 'Funny Story' centers a new character in rom-com tropes

  • May 1 2024
  • Length: 9 mins
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Emily Henry's 'Funny Story' centers a new character in rom-com tropes

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  • Two childhood best friends realize they're in love and break up with their significant others to be together – that's a classic romantic-comedy storyline. But in her new book, Funny Story, author Emily Henry wonders about some of the other forgotten cast members: what happens to the people who got dumped along the way? In today's episode, NPR's Juana Summers asks Henry about writing male characters that go to therapy, leaning into the cringey moments of falling in love and looking up to her own parents' relationship.

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