LoveReading Says
Packed with pace, crazy farce and outlandish one-liners, Jesse Sutanto’s Dial A for Aunties is a laugh-every-few-lines black comedy, driven by undying family support, and a simmering “will-they-won’t-they?” love story.
Photography student Meddy has been set-up on a date by her well-meaning, larger-than-life mum and Chinese Indonesian aunties. Despite still holding a torch for her college sweetheart, she agrees, but pretty soon things go wrong. Very wrong. When her arrogant date makes a move and won’t take no for an answer, Meddy winds up murdering him in self-defence. It’s an accident, but murder is murder. Naturally Meddy turns to her family for help, and naturally they step in to help her hide the body. But with their family wedding business due to work on the wedding of the year, and the body proving problematic to deal with, a fabulous female-fronted farce ensues, replete with mad twists, a hilariously hapless sheriff, and a sweet love story to boot.
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Dial A For Aunties Synopsis
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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Jesse Sutanto Press Reviews
'Had me laughing aloud within its first five pages. Charming, hilarious and heartfelt' Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read
'A dazzling debut full of humour and love. A comedy caper, doused in black humour, comical references, mixed with romance - fans of Crazy Rich Asians will love it'
My Weekly
'Brilliant, wicked and dead, dead funny' Andi Osho, Asking For A Friend
'A gloriously screwball crime caper (with a dusting of romance) which will have you snort-laughing'
Red
'Dial A For Aunties is one of the funniest, smartest, most compelling books I've read in a long time and I couldn't put it down' Lucy Vine, Hot Mess
'Rejoice over Dial A For Aunties'
Elle
'This smart, funny charming novel has all the right ingredients to make you laugh out loud... A heartfelt rom-com'
Platinum
'A tightly-plotted, highly comic romp, Dial A For Aunties
keeps you guessing till the very last twist' Lauren Ho, Last Tang Standing
'Has redefined what
page-turner
means with laugh-out-loud humour and delightful twists and turns at every corner' Buzzfeed
'A rip-roaring treat! Dark comedy at its finest and a set of catastrophes that had me roaring' Abigail Mann, The Lonely Fajita
'This laugh-out-loud read is a real breath of fresh air'
Fabulous
'Dark humour at its best. We had such a laugh reading through' Magic Radio Bookclub
'The comedy jackpot! Fresh, funny and fabulous' Kirsty Eyre, Cow Girl
'A laugh-out-loud read'
Bella
'Genuine laugh-out-loud funny'
Frost
'A comedy of errors, by turns macabre and romantic, hilarious and affectionate'
Saga
