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Welcome, book lovers. How could you not want to seize the book! LOL
My feature today will typically feature books on my radar:
a) That maybe I'll buy/maybe I won't
b) Most books are released on Tuesday, so most of my picks are released the same day I'm posting this blog (if not - I'll let you know).
c) Books deserve a Happy Book Day!
today
june 25
indiebound
june 25
In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death in a car crash. Everyone in town, even her best friend, Andy, thinks grief keeps her locked inside, and Evvie doesn’t correct them.
Meanwhile, in New York City, Dean Tenney, former Major League pitcher and Andy’s childhood best friend, is wrestling with what miserable athletes living out their worst nightmares call the “yips”: he can’t throw straight anymore, and, even worse, he can’t figure out why. As the media storm heats up, an invitation from Andy to stay in Maine seems like the perfect chance to hit the reset button on Dean’s future.
When he moves into an apartment at the back of Evvie’s house, the two make a deal: Dean won’t ask about Evvie’s late husband, and Evvie won’t ask about Dean’s baseball career. Rules, though, have a funny way of being broken—and what starts as an unexpected friendship soon turns into something more. To move forward, Evvie and Dean will have to reckon with their pasts—the friendships they’ve damaged, the secrets they’ve kept—but in life, as in baseball, there’s always a chance—up until the last out.
Meanwhile, in New York City, Dean Tenney, former Major League pitcher and Andy’s childhood best friend, is wrestling with what miserable athletes living out their worst nightmares call the “yips”: he can’t throw straight anymore, and, even worse, he can’t figure out why. As the media storm heats up, an invitation from Andy to stay in Maine seems like the perfect chance to hit the reset button on Dean’s future.
When he moves into an apartment at the back of Evvie’s house, the two make a deal: Dean won’t ask about Evvie’s late husband, and Evvie won’t ask about Dean’s baseball career. Rules, though, have a funny way of being broken—and what starts as an unexpected friendship soon turns into something more. To move forward, Evvie and Dean will have to reckon with their pasts—the friendships they’ve damaged, the secrets they’ve kept—but in life, as in baseball, there’s always a chance—up until the last out.
i can't say enough about how much i LOVED this book. i didn't want it to end...
i'll call this women's fiction but only because the other more serious plot points are more of the focus here rather than the romance. I will say the romance between Evvie and Dean- which by the was is utterly charming and romantic-does play a HUGE role in the novel so i think a romance reader wouldn't feel cheated.
i will also add that Ms Holmes writes the serious issues she deals with her with a lighter touch and this is shining/best part of the novel- in other words she is REALISTIC and BELIEVABLE here in this novel and doesn't shy away from some things.
i can't wait for more from this debut author. and yes even though it sounds cheesy- it's a huge grand slam.
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