How To Sleep At Night

By Elizabeth Harris

‘Sparkles with wit and insight… I found myself laughing and gasping in equal measure. A must-read’ DOLLY ALDERTON

SHARED BED. DIFFERENT DREAMS…

Meet Ethan and Gabe: a devoted couple with an adorable daughter and a house in the suburbs. They may have drifted to different ends of the political spectrum, but their marriage still has its spark. Then Ethan makes a shocking announcement: he wants to run for Congress as a Republican. And he will only do it with progressive Gabe’s blessing.

Kate is a political reporter at a major newspaper, but the adrenaline rush of chasing a story has lost its thrill. When her ex-girlfriend Nicole – now married and feeling like an accessory in her husband’s life – slides into her DMs just as her brother Ethan starts his controversial congressional run, Kate’s life is thrown into a tailspin that threatens to derail the success she’s worked so hard to achieve.

A sharply observed comedy of manners about public image versus private life, How to Sleep at Night is a witty and whip-smart novel that dissects family ties stretched thin by politics.

‘Has the feel of whispered secrets exchanged over cocktails with your smartest friend’ JENNY JACKSON

‘Insightful, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny… a delight’ J. COURTNEY SULLIVAN

‘Wonderful… about the rough and tumble road that true love represents for all of us’ JAMES MCBRIDE

Format: Hardback
Release Date: 16 Jan 2025
Pages: 368
ISBN: 978-0-00-872684-3
Elizabeth Harris has been a reporter at the New York Times since 2009. During that time, she’s covered a range of beats, including education, business, politics, and the arts. Her work has been honored with awards from the New York Press Club and the Silurians Press Club, and a series she wrote about book banning received an award from the Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists. Elizabeth grew up in New York City and studied English at Oberlin college.

'I tore through this timely novel of family, marriage, love and politics. By turns insightful, poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, How to Sleep at Night is a delight' J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Friends and Strangers -

'A sharply funny exploration of marriage and ambition, How to Sleep at Night has the feel of whispered secrets exchanged over cocktails with your smartest friend' Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street -

'This wonderful debut is about the rough and tumble road that true love represents for all of us' James McBride, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store -