Time Flies: A Novel - Softcover

Cook, Claire

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145167368X ISBN 13: 9781451673685

Publisher: Touchstone, 2014

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of the beloved book Must Love Dogs, later made into a film starring John Cusack and Diane Lane, comes a new novel about what happens when we think everything is falling apart, and discover that we can pick up the pieces after all.

Years ago, Melanie followed her husband, Kurt, from the New England beach town where their two young sons were thriving to the suburbs of Atlanta. She's carved out a life as a successful metal sculptor, but when Kurt leaves her for another woman, having the tools to cut up their marriage bed is small consolation.

She's old enough to know that high school reunions are often a big disappointment, but when her best friend makes her buy a ticket and an old flame gets in touch to see if she'll be going, she fantasizes that returning to her past might help her find her future...until her highway driving phobia resurfaces and threatens to hold her back from the adventure of a lifetime.

Time Flies is an epic trip filled with fun, heartbreak, and friendship that explores what it takes to conquer your worst fears...so you can start living your future.

About this title

Review:

"Claire Cook has an original voice, sparkling style, and a window into family life that will make you laugh and cry."--Adriana Trigiani

"Reading Claire Cook might be the most fun you have all summer."--Elin Hilderbrand

"Charming, engagingly quirky, and full of fun, Claire Cook just gets it."--Meg Cabot

"More than a beach read, Claire Cook's Time Flies is an absorbing and humorous look at lives lived during a particular era. . . . The author's facility with setting evocative scenes past and present is refreshing."--New York Journal of Books

"Full of engaging characters and humorous situations. . .This lighthearted story will have readers plumbing its hidden depths and enjoying the ride."--Romance Reviews Today

"The perfect summer beach read...Funny, charming, and downright lovable!"--Times Record News

"[Cook] delivers again. . . . Past and present riotously collide and give birth to an ending as heartfelt as it is hopeful."--Shelf Awareness

"A spunky, lighthearted road trip down memory lane...The banter is a lot of fun, and the characters' realization of what is important is certain to make readers yearn for reconnections of their own. Another delightful beach read from the author of Wallflower in Bloom."--Booklist

"A funny, bittersweet novel . . . Fans of Elizabeth Buchan and Mary Kay Andrews will enjoy Cook's strong characters and the sense of humor that infuses her latest heartwarming novel."--Library Journal

"Time Flies shows it's never too late to reinvent yourself. . . . [A] charming saga."--Boston Globe

About the Author:

Claire Cook wrote her first novel in her minivan when she was forty-five. At fifty, she walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the film adaptation of her second novel, Must Love Dogs, starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. She is the bestselling author of nine other novels and divides her time between the suburbs of Atlanta and Boston. Visit her at ClaireCook.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Touchstone
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 145167368X
• ISBN 13: 9781451673685
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336