Good Joy, Bad Joy

She's lived by the rules. Now she's breaking them . . . 
 
For more than eighty years, Joy Bridport has followed the rules - devoted wife, loving mother, steadfast neighbor in her small town. But when her best friend Hazel is given only months to live, Joy is forced to confront the truth: Hazel has lived fully, while she has only played it safe. 
 
Determined to change, Joy vows to live boldly in the time she and Hazel have left together. What begins as small rebellions soon snowballs into petty crimes, and Joy must decide whether she can embrace the freedom of 'Bad Joy' without losing the life and legacy she's built. 
 
With humor, heart, and irresistible mischief, Good Joy, Bad Joy is a wise, bighearted celebration of friendship, second chances, and the courage to become who we were always meant to be. 
 
 
'A beautifully reflective story of lifelong friendship, legacy, and what it truly means to lead a "good" life.' Natalie Sue, author of I Hope This Finds You Well 
 
'Uplifting, charming, and wonderful, it will make you call your oldest friend to say "I love you, I'm so glad you're alive, and also, please read this book".' Annie Hartnett, author of The Road to Tender Hearts 
 
'A multilayered love letter to the wonder and resilience of female friendship, but also a tender reminder that at any stage of life, even at 89, it is never too late to bloom . and to rediscover joy.' Jessica George, author of Maame

This is a beautiful and moving story about friendship and second chances late in life. Uplifting, charming, and wonderful, it will make you call your oldest friend to say 'I love you, I’m so glad you’re alive, and also, please read this book.

Annie Hartnett, author of The Road to Tender Hearts

Good Joy, Bad Joy is a book that everyone should read. A beautifully reflective story of lifelong friendship, legacy, and what it truly means to lead a “good” life. I adored the colorful cast of characters, and watching Joy come of age?to her nineties! This was a deep, life affirming and entertaining experience full of hijinks, tender insights, and a reminder that it’s never too late to redefine your life..

Natalie Sue, author of I Hope This Finds You Well

Once again, Mikki delivers a beautiful story, one that balances the complexity of grief with moments of levity and warmth in the deft, unmistakable style she is becoming known for. Good Joy, Bad Joy is not only a multilayered love letter to the wonder and resilience of female friendship, but also a tender reminder that at any stage of life, even at 89, it is never too late to bloom, to forge new connections, and to rediscover joy.

Jessica George, New York Times bestselling author of Maame

Mikki Brammer is an Australian journalist currently based in New York. She spent her childhood in Tasmania surrounded by a flock of quirky great aunts and uncles who instilled her with a passion for adventure, curiosity and storytelling. She has spent the past nine years writing about design, architecture and art for publications including Architectural Digest, Dwell and Lonely Planet. The Collected Regrets of Clover is her first novel.

She's lived by the rules. Now she's breaking them . . . 
 
For more than eighty years, Joy Bridport has followed the rules - devoted wife, loving mother, steadfast neighbor in her small town. But when her best friend Hazel is given only months to live, Joy is forced to confront the truth: Hazel has lived fully, while she has only played it safe. 
 
Determined to change, Joy vows to live boldly in the time she and Hazel have left together. What begins as small rebellions soon snowballs into petty crimes, and Joy must decide whether she can embrace the freedom of 'Bad Joy' without losing the life and legacy she's built. 
 
With humor, heart, and irresistible mischief, Good Joy, Bad Joy is a wise, bighearted celebration of friendship, second chances, and the courage to become who we were always meant to be.

Mikki Brammer

A beautiful, uplifting novel about unexpected friendship, a decades-old love story, and finding the courage to live your best life

I fell in love with Clover and cheered when she finally realised that comfort zones are designed to be stepped out of

Jill Mansell, author of Should I Tell You

It made me want to pack up my things and move somewhere abroad . . . Beautiful, poignant and the literary antidote to when life feels a little stationary

This book will be one that I remember for a long time, and it's a story that we can all learn something from

Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things

This lovely and sweetly satisfying novel [is] engaging and accessible...Brammer's take on death and grieving is profound enough to feel genuinely instructional

Clover Brooks has forgotten how to live. 
 
It might be because she spends her time caring for people in their final days, working as a death doula in New York City. 
 
Or it might be because she has a regret of her own - one she can't bring herself to let go of. 
 
But then she meets Claudia: a feisty old woman who has one last wish . . . 
 
As Clover begins a new adventure, will she remember how to live her own big, beautiful life?

Mikki Brammer

Praise for The Collected Regrets of Clover

A beautiful, uplifting novel about unexpected friendship, a decades-old love story, and finding the courage to live your best life

I fell in love with Clover and cheered when she finally realised that comfort zones are designed to be stepped out of

It made me want to pack up my things and move somewhere abroad . . . Beautiful, poignant and the literary antidote to when life feels a little stationary

A beautiful, uplifting novel about unexpected friendship, a decades-old love story, and finding the courage to live your best life

I fell in love with Clover and cheered when she finally realised that comfort zones are designed to be stepped out of

It made me want to pack up my things and move somewhere abroad . . . Beautiful, poignant and the literary antidote to when life feels a little stationary

A beautiful, uplifting novel about unexpected friendship, a decades-old love story, and finding the courage to live your best life

I fell in love with Clover and cheered when she finally realised that comfort zones are designed to be stepped out of

It made me want to pack up my things and move somewhere abroad . . . Beautiful, poignant and the literary antidote to when life feels a little stationary

Books by Mikki Brammer

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