Hey Harry, Hey Matilda

A Novel

By: Rachel Hulin

Narrated by: Ari Fliakos, Kristen Sieh

Hey Harry, Hey Matilda is the story—told entirely in hilarious emails—of fraternal twins Harry and Matilda Goodman as they fumble into adulthood, telling lies and keeping secrets, and finally confronting their complicated twinship.

Matilda Goodman is an underemployed wedding photographer grappling with her failure to live as an artist and the very bad lie she has told her boyfriend (that she has a dead twin). Harry, her (totally alive) brother, is an untenured professor of literature, anxiously contemplating his publishing status (unpublished) and sleeping with a student. When Matilda invites her boyfriend home for Thanksgiving to meet the family, and when Harry makes a desperate—and unethical—move to save his career, they set off an avalanche of shame, scandal, and drunken hot tub revelations that force them to examine the truth about who they really are. A wonderfully subversive, sensitive novel of romantic entanglement and misguided ambition, Hey Harry, Hey Matilda is a joyful look at love and family in all its forms.

Critic reviews

“Hey Harry, Hey Matilda is a funny, tender look at the complexities of family. It also paints a frighteningly accurate picture of the elusive quest for adulthood. Witty, playful, and inventive, Rachel Hulin's debut is just plain fun to read.”'

–Swan Huntley, author of We Could Be Beautiful


“Rachel Hulin ably demonstrates that the age-old epistolary form is deeply satisfying to the modern reader; we're the voyeurs in a story that's often delightful and occasionally discomfiting.”
–Rumaan Alam, author of Rich and Pretty

“The twin protagonists of this sparkling epistolary novel, Harry and Matilda, are also actual twins. And though they communicate with each other regularly, they also do so irregularly—their letters, filled with inside jokes, culture references high and low, advice, questions, and lived-in philosophy, can be uproarious or wistful, glib or pained, brilliant or obtuse. Through their communiques, they paint a vibrant picture of their lives for each other, for themselves, and for us. Hulin does wonderful things with adult friendship and the language that describes it. Harry and Matilda map each other. They mirror each other. In short—and in long—they correspond.”

–Ben Greenman, author of The Slippage and What He's Poised To Do


“Endearing and indecent... Creative and funny... [Hulin’s] writing excels in its ability to make the twins appealing. The email-exchange format leaves the reader feeling closely connected to the characters… Humorous and intimate... A novel as remarkably witty as it is frightful.”

–Kirkus

So different so wonderful!

Looking for something different and don't mind some "language" download now and laugh and be shocked and enjoy!!

Sweet, surprising, and just delightful

If you could sum up Hey Harry, Hey Matilda in three words, what would they be?

millennial jewish siblings

What was one of the most memorable moments of Hey Harry, Hey Matilda?

Finding out their secret. It was hinted at so your not shocked, but you still.. kinda are

Which character – as performed by Ari Fliakos and Kristen Sieh – was your favorite?

I kinda fell in love with Matilda

If you could rename Hey Harry, Hey Matilda, what would you call it?

It's just you and me Harry

Any additional comments?

Take the time to read this book, This is a fun if a bit corky read. The story is told in emails so it seems a bit disjointed at first. It will all come together I promise.