This Story Might Save Your Life
In one of the most creative meet-cutes I’ve read, Benny Abbott meets Joy Moore when he wakes her from her sleep. No … this isn’t some Sleeping Beauty silliness. Joy is fast asleep on the floor outside a bar bathroom where her severe narcolepsy has decided it’s naptime. Yep, I’m all in. How can I NOT love this book? This unusual first meeting is the beginning of a hilarious, heart-warming best friendship that eventually blossoms into a comedic podcast called This Story Might Save Your Life or TSMSYL for short. After beginning with Joy’s narcolepsy story, it features all manner of potentially life ending scenarios that they have to figure out how to avoid before the real answer is given. They seem to be perfect for each other, but as so often happens in life, the timing isn’t perfect and they never bridge that gap from friendship to something more, with Joy marrying Xander instead, who becomes their podcast manager. Things are going swimmingly, advertisers are onboard, the listene...
