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    Dial A For Aunties

    By Jesse Sutanto

    3.5/5

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    About this ebook

    Winner of the Comedy Women In Print Prize 2021

    ‘Whip-smart, original and so funny. I found it impossible to put down and lost count of the number of times I laughed out loud’ Beth O’Leary, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Road Trip

    Your family would kill to see you happy

    ‘ARE YOU…DEAD?’
    OH MY GOD. I THINK HE IS.
    When Meddy Chan accidentally kills her blind date, she turns to her aunties for help. Their meddling set her up on the date so they kind of owe her.

    WELL, THAT DIDN’T QUITE GO TO PLAN.
    Although hiding this goddamn dead body is going to be harder than they thought especially when her family’s wedding business has THE biggest wedding of the year happening right now.

    IT’S PRETTY BAD TIMING REALLY.
    It turns out the wedding venue just happens to be managed by Meddy’s ex, aka the one who got away. It’s the worst time to see him again, or…is it? Can Meddy finally find love and make her overbearing family happy?

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    Readers LOVE Dial A For Aunties!

    ‘Its dark humour and hilarious family dynamics had me in stitches from start to finish’
    ‘I loved every second of reading it and couldn’t predict what was going to happen next’
    ‘I couldn’t stop laughing throughout’
    ‘The characters felt so relatable’
    ‘What a great book this is – a really fun read’
    ‘A hilariously funny rom-com’
    ‘Escapist fun that’ll keep you turning the pages and giggling throughout’

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateApr 27, 2021
    ISBN9780008445867
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    • 5/5
      This book! I tell you I don’t normally laugh out loud when reading…but on one section I laughed so hard I cried! This was somewhat of a cozy mystery and a Romcom mixed into one plus a heavy dose of family fun drama that this is one you can’t miss.
    • 5/5
      Hilarious misadventure in romance, murder and familiy.
    • 4/5
      Meddy Chan comes from a close-knit family, so when a blind date goes way wrong (she accidentally kills the guy when he starts to get threatening), she does the only thing she can think of: puts the body in the trunk of her car and takes it home to her mom and aunties. She knows they'll have her back, and they do -- but as it turns out, disposing of a dead body isn't exactly the easiest thing to do, especially when you're in the middle of coordinating a 2,000-guest high-society wedding. . .This was a light and funny read, kind of Finlay Donovan meets Crazy Rich Asians. Prepare to have your credulity stretched, but if you're up for some wacky fun, this book brings the humor.
    • 4/5
      So, I've started reading romcoms because they are A Thing and because these days sometimes you just need something silly with a guaranteed happy ending. This fits that bill in the greatest of ways. It reads like an absurdist heist movie crossed with a light romance novel, is populated by a cadre of hilarious aunties, and follows the most ridiculous series of plot events I've ever read. I enjoyed the shit out of it.
    • 4/5
      Absolutely hilarious! Wild story unfolds following the singular mishap that embroils Meddy, her mother, and the Aunties in a cover-up at a beautiful wedding on location. I won't give away spoilers here but I have to say the way the story is told is highly entertaining and quite the page-turner. I cannot wait for the movie. I laughed out loud at some of the discussions they had. This story reminded me of how awesome it is to be raised with an extended family (numerous Aunts, Uncles and Cousins) who love fiercely, bicker often, and would totally have my back if/when the chips are down. Meddy, her ma and the Aunts are perfectly imperfect and this book is definitely worth every minute of your time.
    • 3/5
      This is a very silly book, that often didn't make sense. It was fun, but absurd. The narrator in the audio version was very good.
    • 5/5
      A hilarious, laugh out loud story about Meddy, a young Indo-Chinese-American wedding photographer who accidentally kills her blind date, her mother and aunts who help cover it up, and the hijinks that ensue when they end up trying to stash the body while working at a billionaire's wedding, all while also running into and trying to rekindle a romance with an ex-boyfriend Meddy never got over. Super fun ride!
    • 4/5
      Big, silly fun in the Crazy Rich Asian vein, this time featuring Indonesian-Chinese sisters and daughter. Unlikely romances but still a blast.
    • 4/5
      This is a fun read!
    • 4/5
      DIAL “A” FOR AUNTIES by Jessie Q SutantoAn accidental murder, a collection of “helpful” aunties in an Indonesian/Chinese immigrant family, a wedding at a posh estate, and a wedding cake cart that appears and disappears all combine for a comedy of errors. Deftly plotted with a cast of developed characters, this funny novel is a winner for a light hearted afternoon read.4 of 5 stars
    • 4/5
      This book is totally bonkers, like all the characters in it. it bounce along lurching from one disaster and you really start of wonder how it's going to end happily. Love all the dialogue with Indonesian and Chinese words strung into them.
    • 5/5
      i loved it .. so funny plus the unexpected plot twists ..i enjoyed this book
    • 4/5
      There is no question whodunnit. It was Meddy, with a taser, in the front seat of her own car. The real question is: how will Meddy, her mother, and her 3 overbearing aunties deal with the dead body in the trunk while working a wedding that could make or break their company. But that's not all Meddy has to deal with because obviously during this drama is the perfect time to have a surprise reunion with her super hot college ex-boyfriend.

      This movie had c drama worthy twists and turns. Plot developments I never saw coming. Laugh out loud moments. This begs to be made into a movie. The only question is what genre it actually falls under: cozy mystery? Romance? Heist? Comedy of errors?
    • 4/5
      When people ask me what I like to read, I generally tell them that it's easier to tell them what I don't since that's a much smaller list. Then I go on to tell them that I don't read books with bodies or blood in them. But sometimes I do, especially when the book is a delightful caper of a book like Jesse Q. Sutanto's Dial A for Aunties. This is not a mystery. You know from the very start that Meddelin Chan, the twenty-six year old photographer for her family's wedding industry business, has inadvertently killed the blind date her mother arranged for her via a dating app. This is a rom-com of sorts but it is also a goofy and entertaining tale of family and what we do for those we love. Meddy has always done what was expected of her in her large, female Indo-Chinese family. Unlike her father and uncles and male cousins, she hasn't left her mother and her aunties at the first opportunity. In fact, she hasn't left them at any opportunity she's had. They may be slightly kooky, but she knows what she owes them: everything. Except she sacrificed her dream college to go to school close to home. She agreed to be a wedding photographer when she had different photography aspirations. She even gave up her college boyfriend, never introducing him to her family, when he asked her to move across the country with him, so she could be there for her mother and aunties. She is the very image of a dutiful daughter. And now her dutifulness is causing her problems, having gone on the date that her mother arranged and unintentionally killed him. But when she tells her mother, who tells her aunties, what has happened, they are determined to help her get rid of the body in what becomes a complete comedy of errors during an enormous wedding they're working and that has the potential to make or break almost everything.With the love of Meddy's life, her college boyfriend reappearing in the person of the exclusive resort owner, her aunties and her mom coming up with crackpot ideas that only complicate an already out of control situation, and a dead body that keeps getting moved around a la Weekend at Bernie's, this is a nutty and highly entertaining screwball read. Sutanto has managed to work some things about Indonesian Chinese culture in and around the delightful and highly improbable plot and the characters of the mother and aunties are clearly a love letter to Sutanto's own family. Meddy narrates the story both in the present and during her years in college dating Nathan, weaving what went wrong then with everything that is going wrong now. She is a fun, empathetic character, exasperated with her family but as fiercely loyal to them as they are to her. The family dynamics might be exaggerated and the aunties can be caricatures but it will all make you laugh. The plot is completely over the top bananas. The effect of the whole thing is utterly charming and I plan to run right out and buy the next book.