Summertime Punchline

A Novel

De: Betty Corrello

Narrado por: Joy Nash

HBO’s Hacks meets Carley Fortune’s 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 before—including 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 grandmother’s best efforts, Del can’t bear to live another moment at the whims of her deadbeat dad (so cliché) and her ever-temperamental crush, Eddie Rodriguez (humiliating).

Now. If there’s one thing Del knows how to do, it’s spin her bad luck into a killer joke. After years of hard work, she’s 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, she’s 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 he’s nothing like the boy she left behind ten years ago.

As the festival draws closer, Del is faced with the terrifying possibility that everything she’s ever wanted isn’t 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 relationships—romantic and not—that 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

©2024 Betty Corrello (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

Could have listened to 1000 more hours

I really loved this story and characters. The dual timeline added heft and made the love feel so earned. The performance was great, I was sad it ended!

WOW WOW WOW ❤️❤️❤️

READ THIS BOOK. I don't know how to even put into words how good this was. It was riveting and sweet and raw and real and moving and just everything I never expected it to be. Del and Eddie are beautiful. It's an intimate story of finding yourself when everything you've built crumbles around you - and what you find is your home. Del finds peace in herself in her family and her friends and in Eddie. I couldnt put it down and even now that it's finished I still don't want to put it down.

Joy Nash can do no wrong. Whenever I see her on a title I pick it up she's completely underrated and incredibly talented. Amazing work. 👏