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Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Oprah Daily ∙ Today ∙ Parade ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Bustle ∙ PopSugar ∙ Katie Couric Media ∙ Book Bub ∙ SheReads ∙ Medium ∙ The Washington Post ∙ and more! An insightful, delightful new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming... Nora Stephens' life is books--she's read them all--and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby. Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters' trip away--with visions of a small town transformation for Nora, who she's convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they've met many times and it's never been cute. If Nora knows she's not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he's nobody's hero, but as they are thrown together again and again--in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow--what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they've written about themselves. "Emily Henry never fails to deliver ... this may just be her best yet."--Taylor Jenkins Reid
Detaljer
- SprogEngelsk
- Sidetal384
- Udgivelsesdato03-05-2022
- ISBN139780593440872
- Forlag Penguin LCC US
- FormatHardback
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10 cm
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Alberte H 30/08/2023
Hvis du er interesseret i at drømme dig væk i en kærlighedsbog, så er denne en klar anbefaling! Siderne flyver væk, og det samme gør tårerne. Skøn bog.
Ingeborg T 15/08/2023
If, like me, you think the best pastime is disappearing into the world of books, then book lovers of Emily Henry will be in for a treat for you. I say this despite the fact that I generally don't read mainstream novels or classic romance novels. In the book we follow Nora who is a literary agent, she is perceived by everyone from the outside as a cold and sharp career woman. As the book progresses, however, facets of her personality emerge that make you really like her, and in my case, relate to her and her relationships for the family. She travels with her sister Libby to the small town of Sunshine Falls, which is the focal point of the latest book and bestseller by one of the authors she represents. Here she meets her biggest competitor Charlie and the chemistry between them comes as a surprise to both of them. After this, her life takes some unexpected turns, which are not easy to plan out of, no matter how many and thorough lists you make. The chemistry in the book is really captivating at the same time that the dialogues in the book seem natural and are really funny with a certain wit. It's the kind of dialogue and rap lines I wish I could dish out in real life. I can highly recommend this book. It is really good as a summer read and I could also imagine that it could be a really cozy winter read in front of a fireplace with snow falling outside the window (if such a thing actually existed in this country). I hope you will get as much joy and good laughs from the story as I did. Hvis man ligesom mig syntes, det bedste tidsfordriv er at forsvinde ind i bøgernes verden, så vil bogelskere af Emily Henry være lige noget for dig. Dette siger jeg på trods af, at jeg generelt ikke læser almindelige romaner eller klassiske kærlighedsromaner. I bogen følger vi Nora som er litterær agent, hun opfattes af alle udefra, som en kold og skarp karriere kvinde. Som bogen skrider frem, dukker der dog facetter op af hendes personlighed, der gør at man virkelig kommer til at holde af hende, og i mit tilfælde, relatere til hende og hendes forhold til familien. Hun rejser sammen med sin søster Libby til den lille by Sunshine Falls, som er omdrejningspunktet for den nyeste bog og bestseller af en af de forfattere hun repræsenterer. Her møder hun sin største konkurrent Charlie og kemien mellem dem kommer som en overraskelse for dem begge. Herefter tager hendes liv nogle uventede drejninger, som det ikke sådan lige er til at planlægge sig ud af, uanset hvor mange og grundige lister man laver. Kemien i bogen er virkelig fængende samtidig med, at de dialoger der er i bogen, virker naturlige og er virkelig sjove med en vis spydighed. Det er den slags dialoger og rappe replikker, jeg ville ønske, jeg kunne diske op med i virkeligheden. Jeg kan varmt anbefale denne bog. Den er rigtig god som sommer læsning og jeg kunne også forestille mig at den kunne være rigtig hyggelig vinter læsning foran en kamin med sne dalende uden for vinduet (hvis sådan nogen rent faktisk eksisterede her i landet). Jeg håber I vil få lige så stor glæde og gode grin af historien som jeg gjorde.