Copyright Copyright Dedication Introduction: The Sweet Spot PART 1 1 The One That Almost Wasn’t 2 The One with Six Kids and a Fountain PART 2 3 The One with Marcel and George Clooney 4 The One Where Two Women Got Married 5 The One Where We All Got the Haircut 6 The One After “The One After the Super Bowl” 7 The One Where They All Go to London (and Everywhere Else in the World) PART 3 8 The One Where Everything Changed 9 The One Where Nobody Died 10 The One Where It Ended, Twice 11 The Comeback Acknowledgments Source Notes Interviews About the Publisher
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2018
Copyright © Kelsey Miller 2018
Kelsey Miller asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Ebook Edition © October 2018 ISBN: 9781474086158
Dedication Dedication Introduction: The Sweet Spot PART 1 1 The One That Almost Wasn’t 2 The One with Six Kids and a Fountain PART 2 3 The One with Marcel and George Clooney 4 The One Where Two Women Got Married 5 The One Where We All Got the Haircut 6 The One After “The One After the Super Bowl” 7 The One Where They All Go to London (and Everywhere Else in the World) PART 3 8 The One Where Everything Changed 9 The One Where Nobody Died 10 The One Where It Ended, Twice 11 The Comeback Acknowledgments Source Notes Interviews About the Publisher
For my friends
CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Copyright Copyright Dedication Introduction: The Sweet Spot PART 1 1 The One That Almost Wasn’t 2 The One with Six Kids and a Fountain PART 2 3 The One with Marcel and George Clooney 4 The One Where Two Women Got Married 5 The One Where We All Got the Haircut 6 The One After “The One After the Super Bowl” 7 The One Where They All Go to London (and Everywhere Else in the World) PART 3 8 The One Where Everything Changed 9 The One Where Nobody Died 10 The One Where It Ended, Twice 11 The Comeback Acknowledgments Source Notes Interviews About the Publisher An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2018 Copyright © Kelsey Miller 2018 Kelsey Miller asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Ebook Edition © October 2018 ISBN: 9781474086158
Dedication Dedication Dedication Introduction: The Sweet Spot PART 1 1 The One That Almost Wasn’t 2 The One with Six Kids and a Fountain PART 2 3 The One with Marcel and George Clooney 4 The One Where Two Women Got Married 5 The One Where We All Got the Haircut 6 The One After “The One After the Super Bowl” 7 The One Where They All Go to London (and Everywhere Else in the World) PART 3 8 The One Where Everything Changed 9 The One Where Nobody Died 10 The One Where It Ended, Twice 11 The Comeback Acknowledgments Source Notes Interviews About the Publisher For my friends
Introduction: The Sweet Spot
PART 1
1 The One That Almost Wasn’t
2 The One with Six Kids and a Fountain
PART 2
3 The One with Marcel and George Clooney
4 The One Where Two Women Got Married
5 The One Where We All Got the Haircut
6 The One After “The One After the Super Bowl”
7 The One Where They All Go to London (and Everywhere Else in the World)
PART 3
8 The One Where Everything Changed
9 The One Where Nobody Died
10 The One Where It Ended, Twice
11 The Comeback
Acknowledgments
Source Notes
Interviews
About the Publisher
INTRODUCTION
The Sweet Spot
A few months ago, I walked into the gym, hopped on my usual machine, and thumbed the worn-out little button on the monitor up to channel 46. It was very early evening—a kind of magic hour at the gym. The place was packed, but oddly quiet, save for the whirring of stationary bike wheels and rhythmic thumping of sneakers on the treadmill. Gyms in New York City have a reputation for being scene-y and intimidating, full of athletic wunderkinds and sweat-free medical marvels eyeing each other as they deadlift a thousand pounds and do pirouettes in the mirror. On the whole, this reputation is shockingly true. But not at 5:30 p.m. At that hour of the day, all is calm and no one is judging. And every TV seems to be tuned in to a basic cable channel, as New Yorkers unwind with some cardio and reruns. That day, I walked in and saw the usual array of familiar faces lined up above high-tech machines: some folks watched Grey’s Anatomy , others preferred Law & Order . Some even tuned in to Family Guy , right out in the open. Really, there’s no judgment at 5:30. Personally, I always went right to channel 46, where every afternoon TBS ran Friends .
I’d started this routine a few years prior, around the same time I started working out regularly. I was in my late twenties, and up until that point, exercise had been the kind of thing I did either obsessively or not at all. Like most young women (at least the ones I knew), I’d thought of working out as something you did to try to look better, or to “cancel out” the dollar-slice pizza you ate on the street with your friends after five glasses of revolting wine. Now, I’d entered a new phase of adulthood. I ordered the good pizza and ate it at home with my long-term boyfriend—and not too close to bedtime, or we’d both need a Zantac. I exercised for actual health reasons, like a grown-up. It was boring and consistent, and I actually liked it. There were other things I didn’t like about getting older (like always having to keep Zantac in the house), but the gym wasn’t one of them. Because there, every evening, I could turn on Friends and hop back in time for a moment.
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