London Is the Best City in America - Hardcover

Dave, Laura

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670037567 ISBN 13: 9780670037568

Publisher: Viking Books, 2006

Synopsis

Working at a tiny Rhode Island bait and tackle shop in the three years after ending her engagement and leaving the city, Emmy Everett learns that her brother is experiencing cold feet twenty-four hours before his own wedding, a situation in which Emmy accompanies her brother on a road trip to help him make the right decision. A first novel. 35,000 first printing.

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Review:

Impossible to put down . . . lyrical, witty and honest. ("Jane Magazine")

Incredibly deft, utterly satisfying, a triumph of a first novel. (Melissa Bank)

Endearingly quirky . . . Ưa¨ charming, offbeat debut . . . that winningly explores the romantic choices we make. ("USA Today")

Such a satisfying read . . . The relationships among her cast are complicated, fraught and tender. Her story reads sweet but real. ("The Washington Post")

Endearingly quirky . . . [a] charming, offbeat debut . . . that winningly explores the romantic choices we make. (USA Today)
Incredibly deft, utterly satisfying, a triumph of a first novel. (Melissa Bank)
Such a satisfying read . . . The relationships among her cast are complicated, fraught and tender. Her story reads sweet but real. (The Washington Post)
Impossible to put down . . . lyrical, witty and honest. (Jane Magazine)

About the Author:

Laura Dave was born in New York City in 1977. Her writing has appeared in Glamour, Self, and ESPN the Magazine. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, she is the recipient of a Henry Hoyns Fellowship, a Tennessee Williams Scholarship, and an AWP Intro Award in Short Fiction. This is her first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0670037567
• ISBN 13: 9780670037568
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 246