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""Consider me David Levithan and Jens Lekman's new number one groupie. Songs for Other People's Weddings is a hilarious, heartfelt, and tremendously wise exploration of love in all its beguiling and bittersweet absurdity. And like the best kind of pop songs, you'll still be thinking about it long after it's done.""-- ""GRANT GINDER, author of The People We Hate at the Wedding"" ""The very best prose has a certain lyricism, so perhaps the pairing of a novelist and a songwriter seems obvious. The love story they create, however, is anything but. It's surprising, funny, compassionate--it's not just lyrical, it sings.""-- ""STEVEN ROWLEY, New York Times bestselling author of The Celebrants and The Guncle"" ""What's better than a witty and romantic novel about a beloved Swedish musician? How about a novel written with a beloved Swedish musician? This book is deeply satisfying to those of us who have loved both David Levithan and Jens Lekman for years, and reads like a supergroup of two, a combo the world didn't even know to dream of!""-- ""EMMA STRAUB, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow and All Adults Here""

The concept is immensely clever . . . Much like a good love song, this story demands to be felt. * KIRKUS, starred review * An accomplished novel . . . Levithan’s heartfelt prose and Lekman’s songs for each of the novel’s 10 weddings offer genuine and often funny depictions of love’s messiness. It adds up to an impressive meditation on love and letting go. * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * Songs for Other People’s Weddings is something special . . . A sweet, clever and romantic read. * AMAZON, Editors' Pick * A charming, unique, and unconventional exploration of relationships. * LIBRARY JOURNAL, starred review * “This beautifully bittersweet novel . . . is a refreshingly honest take on the many shapes and sizes romance can take as well as both the hope and heartbreak that falling in love can bring.” * BOOKLIST * “Consider me David Levithan and Jens Lekman’s new number one groupie. Songs for Other People's Weddings is a hilarious, heartfelt, and tremendously wise exploration of love in all its beguiling and bittersweet absurdity. And like the best kind of pop songs, you’ll still be thinking about it long after it’s done.” * GRANT GINDER, author of The People We Hate at the Wedding * “The very best prose has a certain lyricism, so perhaps the pairing of a novelist and a songwriter seems obvious. The love story they create, however, is anything but. It's surprising, funny, compassionate—it's not just lyrical, it sings.” * STEVEN ROWLEY, New York Times bestselling author of The Celebrants and The Guncle * “What’s better than a witty and romantic novel about a beloved Swedish musician? How about a novel written with a beloved Swedish musician? This book is deeply satisfying to those of us who have loved both David Levithan and Jens Lekman for years, and reads like a supergroup of two, a combo the world didn't even know to dream of!” * EMMA STRAUB, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Tomorrow and All Adults Here *

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David Levithan is the author of numerous acclaimed novels, including The Lover’s Dictionary, Every Day, Boy Meets Boy, and Two Boys Kissing. His other collaborations include Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist with Rachel Cohn and Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green. He can often be found with headphones on, a devoted music listener . . . but it’s safe to say that nobody will ever ask him to sing at a wedding. Jens Lekman is a singer and songwriter from Sweden with several beloved albums such as Life Will See You Now, Night Falls Over Kortedala, and Oh You’re So Silent Jens. He was once voted the fifteenth-sexiest man in Sweden by ELLE. Then he dropped down to number thirty-three, and since then he hasn’t been included in their list. He works part-time as a wedding singer.

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