The Roxy Letters
A Novel
by Mary Pauline Lowry
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Pub Date Apr 07 2020 | Archive Date May 31 2020
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Description
Bridget Jones penned a diary; Roxy writes letters. Specifically: she writes letters to her hapless, rent-avoidant ex-boyfriend—and current roommate—Everett. This charming and funny twenty-something is under-employed (and under-romanced), and she’s decidedly fed up with the indignities she endures as a deli maid at Whole Foods (the original), and the dismaying speed at which her beloved Austin is becoming corporatized. When a new Lululemon pops up at the intersection of Sixth and Lamar where the old Waterloo Video used to be, Roxy can stay silent no longer.
As her letters to Everett become less about overdue rent and more about the state of her life, Roxy realizes she’s ready to be the heroine of her own story. She decides to team up with her two best friends to save Austin—and rescue Roxy’s love life—in whatever way they can. But can this spunky, unforgettable millennial keep Austin weird, avoid arrest, and find romance—and even creative inspiration—in the process?
Advance Praise
“Tom Robbins meets Bridget Jones' Diary, eccentric, fun, delicious, for the thinking woman who loves her vagina." —Rufi Thorpe, author of Dear Fang, with Love
"Mary Pauline Lowry’s THE ROXY LETTERS is too smart and clever to be called a romp, but whatever, it’s a total romp. I fell in love with Roxy, our hilarious, flawed, screwball narrator, and her quest to find herself in the muck of her twenties. Fun as heck.” —Annie Hartnett, author of Rabbit Cake
“THE ROXY LETTERS is bursting with originality, quirky wit, and delightful charm. This rollercoaster of a story is snappy, heartwarming, raunchy, and absurdly enjoyable. Roxy is an unforgettable narrator, and seeing Austin through her eyes is a real treat." —Hannah Orenstein, author of Playing with Matches
"Roxy and Mary Pauline Lowry are keeping Austin weird and wacky in THE ROXY LETTERS. If you’ve ever shaken your fist at gentrification, been in a creative rut, had a wild best friend, or wondered where the hell your Prince Charming is, this peppy, confident, rollicking ride is for you!" —Georgia Clark, author of The Bucket List
“Naughty, effervescent fun. A novel abounding in dachshunds, tweakers, real fulfillment centers, aisles of strange beer, and shrines to Venus (they work!). Roxy rocks Austin. And rights the world.” —Joy Williams, author of The Visiting Privilege
“Bawdy, frank and laugh-out-loud funny, THE ROXY LETTERS brings to antic life all the hilarity and peppy horrors of being rootless and questing in your twenties.” —Julia Claiborne Johnson, author of Be Frank With Me
"The enormously talented Mary Pauline Lowry has given us a wonderful and compelling contradiction, a novel at once wicked and extravagant and vulnerable and pure. For comedy, for sheer joyous energy and deadly charm, you cannot do better than THE ROXY LETTERS." —Brady Udall, author of The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
"Breezy, charming, laugh-out-loud-funny…Part love goddess, part urban warrior, part best-friend-you-wish-you-had, Roxy takes Austin by storm. You will fall in love with her. " —Francesa Lia Block, author of Weetzie Bat
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781982121433 |
| PRICE | $26.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 320 |
Featured Reviews
Reviewer 532010
This book is reminiscent of Bridget Jones's Diary or Where'd You Go Bernadette in that it's told through letters written by the main character, addressing an ex-boyfriend, but essentially as a diary. It's silly and far-fetched but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I wanted to know what happened, even though the ending was entirely predictable. It's a quick, easy read. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advance copy.
Shelly C, Reviewer
The Roxy Letters was a fantastic read! It has a certain Bridget Jones Diary quality to it . There were laugh out loud moments as Roxy tries to navigate through live, love, and saving her town of Austin from becoming gentrified. Her story takes the form of letters she writes to her ex-boyfriend and sometime roommate Everett..
Roxy's life is far from perfect she is not happy with her current job, her lack of solid finances, her bleak love life, and the fact that her artistic talent has been stifled by a horrible break up. She sees her one chance to make a difference, by staging a protest of a new box store , so Austin can stay the unique way it has been.
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Roxy and her two friends personify the idea of strong women, with the speed bumps of real life. Boyfriends, jobs, and entangled relationships are cause for laughs and tears and an overall sense of the lives of young women today.
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