Get a Life, Chloe Brown is a 2019 romance novel written by Talia Hibbert and published by Avon Romance. It is Hibbert's first traditionally published book from and is the first book of a trilogy following the Brown sisters.[1][2][3] The novel was followed by Take A Hint, Dani Brown in 2020 and Act Your Age, Eve Brown in 2021.
The audiobook of Get a Life, Chloe Brown was narrated by Adjoa Andoh and published by HarperAudio.[4]
Background
Hibbert has identified Get a Life, Chloe Brown as an #OwnVoices work;[5] the main character lives with chronic pain, like Hibbert herself.[1][6] For much of her life, Hibbert struggled with undiagnosed health issues, until it was diagnosed as fibromyalgia.[1][7][8] Hibbert's multiple issues with doctors influenced the topic of medical discrimination in her novel.[7]
The novel explores the strain that chronic pain can place on both familial and romantic relationships,[9][8] as well as showing a person with chronic pain is deserving and capable of having a loving relationship.[10] The book explores methods of reasserting a sense of control within a life that was once ruled by illness.[11][12]
Get a Life, Chloe Brown has been reviewed in The Washington Post.[16] and twice on NPR.[17][18]Roxane Gay gave the novel a 4 star review on Goodreads, calling it a "Charming romance novel involving a woman with chronic pain and an attitude to mask it and her building’s super, a giant man with long flowing red hair and a tender, wounded heart. Well written, great banter, sexy vibes."[19] Jaime Green's review for The New York Times called Hibbert a "brilliant writer."[20]
