Slow Dance: The Reese's Book Club Pick romance about star-crossed lovers and the power of second chances - Softcover

Rowell, Rainbow

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405964782 ISBN 13: 9781405964784

Publisher: Penguin, 2025

Synopsis

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

THE REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK
FROM THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR


'Sexy, sweet, wise, nostalgic' Gabrielle Zevin
'A beautiful, believable love story' Marian Keyes
'I loved every page' Emma Straub
'Gorgeous, real, raw and romantic' Red


Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together – everybody but Shiloh and Cary.

They were best friends, that’s all.

But, somehow, everything changed. Both left town – took different paths – and suddenly it’s fourteen years since Shiloh last spoke to Cary.

She’s been married, divorced, and is back living in the house she grew up in. But when she gets invited to an old friend’s wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there – and whether she’s dreading or dreaming if he will be . . .

Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. And what will happen when they try to make their way back to each other.

About this title

About the Author

The New York Times once called Rainbow Rowell 'talented enough to be uncategorizable.' She writes novels, comics, short stories . . . She’s a #1 New York Times bestseller several times over, wrote an Indies Choice Book of the Year, and is a three-time Goodreads Choice Award winner. The thread that runs through all Rowell’s work is her sunlit, knife-sharp empathy and unflagging sense of humor. She writes about life – and usually love – in a way that feels painfully, wonderfully real. Visit rainbowrowell.com to learn more.

From the Back Cover

Everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together – everybody but Shiloh and Cary.

Slow Dance follows these star-crossed best friends from their inseparable teen years on the wrong side of the tracks to their far-flung adulthoods – through her marriage and motherhood and his time in the Navy – as they try to work out what they’re actually supposed to be to each other.

Told with Rowell’s trademark sensitivity and abundant wit, Slow Dance is a big, beaming power ballad of a novel about a love so true, it refuses to be forgotten.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405964782
• ISBN 13: 9781405964784
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432