Isn't It Nice We Both Hate the Same Things

Jessica Seaborn

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English

Penguin
05 August 2025

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

A moving and insightful Australian novel that examines the complexities of friendship in your thirties

- and celebrates the unique bond of best friends.

Ideal for fans of Dolly Alderton and Zoe Foster Blake.

'For so long we'd been on the same path together. But somehow, along the way, I turned around and Genevieve kept going.'

Charlie, a prime-time radio producer in her early thirties, has always had a big group of friends - until she left her husband, and they all sided with him. Now she finds herself floundering in a sea of awkward run-ins and silent group chats. When her best friend Genevieve starts moving on with her life, too, Charlie realises how few significant people she has around her, and what a lonely place that can be.

Dreading the prospect of returning to her childhood home for the anniversary of her father's death, she busies herself by seeking new friendships - book clubs, pub crawls, team sports, the works. But Charlie's determination to surround herself with unfamiliar people forces her to confront her insecurities. What kind of life does she want? And who does she really want to spend it with?

For fans of Dolly Alderton and Zoe Foster Blake, Isn't It Nice We Both Hate the Same Things is a bitingly witty yet moving take on the struggles of maintaining relationships and creating new ones as an adult - a story that ultimately celebrates the importance and complexities of best friends.

Praise for Jessica Seaborn-

'Fast-paced and funny' 'Jess Seaborn's writing is a warm hug from the first page to the last' 'Compulsively readable, extremely interesting, and at times, laugh out loud funny'

By: Jessica Seaborn
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 1mm, Width: 1mm,
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781761340109
ISBN 10: 1761340107
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 05 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Born and raised in Brisbane, Jessica Seaborn lives in Sydney and works as a television and film publicist at Stan. Prior to this, she worked at SBS, Allen & Unwin and HarperCollins. Her writing has been published in The Sydney Morning Herald, NewsCorp's Body & Soul and Feminartsy. In 2020, she did Curtis Brown Creative where she completed the first draft of her debut novel, Perfect-ish. She lives in Western Sydney with her partner and a 50 kg bull mastiff named Boof. She turned thirty in August 2022.