Evvie Drake Starts Over

Zusatztext Evvie Drake Starts Over is a warm! witty! and wonderful romance about the art of creating second chances-or a whole second act. Linda Holmes's moving! smartly written debut is so engaging! you'll be tempted to wish Evvie could start over yet again! just for a sequel Informationen zum Autor Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for National Public Radio and the host of the podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour , which has held sold- out live shows in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, and elsewhere. She appears regularly on NPR's radio shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered , and Weekend Edition . Before NPR, she wrote for New York magazine online and for TV Guide , as well as for the influential website Television Without Pity. She shares her Washington, D.C., apartment with a dog who patiently indulges her desire to take his picture a lot. In her free time, she watches far too many romantic comedies, bakes bread, reads in bed, and recently knitted her first hat. Klappentext I guzzled it up' Pandora Sykes, The High Low ShowTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON THE TODAY SHOW 'Everything a romantic comedy should be: witty, relatable, and a little complicated' People'Effortlessly enjoyable . . . [a] pitch-perfect . . . adult love story that is as romantic as it is real' USA TodayIt's been a year since Evvie Drake's husband died, but she still can't leave the house. Her best friend Andy thinks it's because she's grieving, and she does nothing to make him think otherwise.Dean Tenney was once a sports star. Now he's a former sports star who has lost his ability to throw a ball better than anyone else, and he can't even explain why. When Dean moves into the apartment at the back of Evvie's house, the two make a deal: Dean won't ask about Evvie's dead husband, and Evvie won't ask about Dean's failed career. But as Dean and Evvie grow closer, could it be that these rules are the one thing in the way of them starting over? When you get a second chance, will you be brave enough to take it? Zusammenfassung When you get a second chance, will you be brave enough to take it?...

Evvie Drake Starts Over is a warm, witty, and wonderful romance about the art of creating second chances-or a whole second act. Linda Holmes's moving, smartly written debut is so engaging, you'll be tempted to wish Evvie could start over yet again, just for a sequel

Vorwort
When you get a second chance, will you be brave enough to take it?

Autorentext

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for National Public Radio and the host of the podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which has held sold- out live shows in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, and elsewhere. She appears regularly on NPR's radio shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition. Before NPR, she wrote for New York magazine online and for TV Guide, as well as for the influential website Television Without Pity. She shares her Washington, D.C., apartment with a dog who patiently indulges her desire to take his picture a lot. In her free time, she watches far too many romantic comedies, bakes bread, reads in bed, and recently knitted her first hat.

Klappentext

'I guzzled it up' -- Pandora Sykes, THE HIGH LOW SHOW

'A quirky, sweet, and splendid story of a woman coming into her own . . . an absolute delight' -- Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of DAISY JONES AND THE SIX and THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO

'Charming, hopeful and gently romantic. Evvie Drake is great company' -- Rainbow Rowell, author of ATTACHMENTS****

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON THE TODAY SHOW

'Everything a romantic comedy should be: witty, relatable, and a little complicated' People

'Effortlessly enjoyable . . . [a] pitch-perfect . . . adult love story that is as romantic as it is real' USA Today

It's been a year since Evvie Drake's husband died, but she still can't leave the house. Her best friend Andy thinks it's because she's grieving, and she does nothing to make him think otherwise.

Dean Tenney was once a sports star. Now he's a former sports star who has lost his ability to throw a ball better than anyone else, and he can't even explain why.

When Dean moves into the apartment at the back of Evvie's house, the two make a deal: Dean won't ask about Evvie's dead husband, and Evvie won't ask about Dean's failed career.

But as Dean and Evvie grow closer, could it be that these rules are the one thing in the way of them starting over?

Zusammenfassung
When you get a second chance, will you be brave enough to take it?