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Taking Things Literally

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Taking Things Literally is a novel in English. Chapters 1 and 2 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

Sloane is a literalist who has never understood jokes, and her habit of taking every remark at face value has taught everyone around her to keep their distance. When her fiancé Julian's best friend Kelly taunts her at a pre-wedding party with intimate knowledge of Julian's body, Sloane demands proof on the spot and exposes a video Kelly sent her the day before.

Julian's family insists it was all harmless fun, and Julian himself warns Sloane to behave, reminding her that the merger between their families depends on the engagement. Sloane plays along, but she has already planted a camera in Julian's suit lapel before his birthday banquet.

What the camera captures on the balcony leaves the Vance family speechless, and Sloane keeps asking, with wide-eyed innocence, which parts are jokes and which are not.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

When my grandmother said I was found in a dumpster, I taped "Missing Mother" flyers on every trash can for a week.

When a boy remarked my wide hips were good for bearing sons, I went to his house and measured his mother’s hips for comparison.

People soon learned not to joke around me—my presence made rooms polite and terrified.

Then came my engagement, and my fiancé’s "just one of the guys" best friend.

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Contents

Chapters 1 and 2 are on this page. Chapters marked with a lock continue in the official app.

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Questions at the counter

Which chapters of Taking Things Literally are free?

Chapters 1 and 2 are free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 3 the book continues in the official app.

Where do I keep reading Taking Things Literally after chapter 2?

In the official app. Install it, enter code 583926, and the book opens where this preview stops — chapter 3.

What is Taking Things Literally about?

Sloane is a literalist who has never understood jokes, and her habit of taking every remark at face value has taught everyone around her to keep their distance. When her fiancé Julian's best friend Kelly taunts her at a pre-wedding party with intimate knowledge of Julian's body, Sloane demands proof on the spot and exposes a video Kelly sent her the day before.

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