Please God, Find Me A Husband!

The author of Fluffy returns with the story of what happened when she asked God to find her a husband.

Hugely entertaining…the comic book equivalent of getting pleasantly squiffy on communion wine (or so I imagine)

Please God, Find Me a Husband! explains what it is like to be an ordinary person of faith struggling with singleness in a way that is both moving and honest, witty and endearing, as well as accessible and appealing to a wide audience of all faiths and none.

Please God Find Me A Husband! Published by Jonathan Cape is an autobiographical…

Please God Find Me a Husband! Explains what it is like to be an ordinary person of faith struggling with singleness in a way that is both moving and honest, witty and endearing, as well as accessible and appealing to a wide audience of all faiths and none

Simone Lia is a British-Maltese comic artist and author, known for her long-running weekly cartoon in The Observer, where her sharp wit and gentle humour bring to life a cast of memorable, often anthropomorphic characters. Her comic strips have appeared in The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Phoenix, and have been featured in exhibitions including the Rude Britannia show at the Tate Britain. Her graphic novels include Fluffy and Please God, Find Me a Husband!, alongside children’s books like Billy Bean’s Dream. Simone’s latest graphic novel, How to Make Life Better When it Feels Like It’s Getting Worse is out in September 2025.

Simone Lia's Fluffy is one of the best-loved books on the Cape graphic novel list. As her new book opens we find her in Leicester Square. She's just been dumped by her boyfriend and she's talking to God, telling Him that she's nearly thirty-four and if He wants her to get married He'd better get a move on. Amazingly, God sends a reply, prompting Simone to plan an 'Adventure with God' that starts with a fortnight in a nunnery, then takes her to Australia in search of a hermit. The one she finds proves a disappointment, unlike Brett, the handsome horseman who takes her riding. She thinks he looks just like Crocodile Dundee; he thinks she looks just like Penelope Cruz. Is this the man she's been searching for, or is God making fun of her? 
 
Funny, touching and even occasionally profound, Please God Find Me a Husband! will be essential reading for spinsters, seekers after enlightenment and lovers of the very best graphic novels.

Fluffy

A graphic novel of love, despair and happiness which will have you laughing out loud one minute and pondering the meaning of life the next.

Lia's pages are innovative and varied... compulsively readable

Simone Lia transforms what at first looks like another of her appealing children's books into an unpredictable and reflective human drama, while never losing her childlike playfulness... The result is a unique parable about the loving bunny inside us all

A humorous, beautiful tale about love, anxiety and adventure

Fluffy is story of unanswerable questions, love, despair, adventure and happiness. Fluffy is a baby rabbit who is being looked after by an anxious, single man called Michael Pulcino. Michael tries to make it clear to Fluffy that he is not his daddy, but Fluffy appears to be in denial. Michael is being pursued by Fluffy's nursery school teacher, and partly to escape her, he and Fluffy set off to visit his family in Sicily. 
 
Will Michael escape her? Will Fluffy come to terms with the reality that he is not a human being? All is at least partly resolved in Simone Lia's utterly irresistible graphic novel.

Simone Lia

I think we’ve all got a inner Fluffy, and reading this might help you get to know yours better... This is a lovely book

Philippa Perry, author of THE BOOK YOU WANT EVERYONE YOU LOVE* TO READ

'A lovely book' Philippa Perry 
 
Fluffy Pulcino is nearly all grown up. Nearly. But life in your early twenties can be complicated enough without the added quirk of being a bunny trying to function in a human world. 
 
No longer in denial about who he is, Fluffy sets out on the difficult task of finding his place in the world. His attempts at writing a self-help book lead him to reflect on a life plagued by failure - and by having to dodge people who just want to pick him up and stroke his ears. Fluffy’s coming of age is drawn with a heartbreaking veracity that hits its mark when the overtly sweet and fantastical meets with an unswerving ability to voice our darker, more painful truths. 
 
How to Make Life Better When It Feels Like it's Getting Worse is a buoyant return to a beloved character. Through the unlikely avatar of a small, fluffy bunny and gloriously irreverent storytelling, Simone Lia shows what it means to grow into adulthood, find purpose and live in this world.

Simone Lia

Praise for How to Make Life Better When it Feels Like it’s Getting Worse

I think we’ve all got a inner Fluffy, and reading this might help you get to know yours better... This is a lovely book

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