Sweet Misfortune - Softcover

Milne, Kevin Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599952963 ISBN 13: 9781599952963

Publisher: Center Street, 2011

Synopsis

Sophie Jones has had more than her share of misfortune. Orphaned young by a fatal car accident, her life has been the definition of tragedy and every time she tries to move forward, her past drags her back. Her one consolation is discovering she's not alone when she whips up a batch of Misfortune Cookies that become a surprise hit with customers at her chocolate shop. She's not depressed, just realistic and her luck seems true to form when Garrett Black walks into her shop as a birthday surprise. It's been almost a year since he broke off their engagement with no explanation and disappeared. Now he wants to explain but she proposes something else - Garrett is to take out a want add in the local paper seeking sustainable happiness. When he gets 100 acceptable responses, she'll go out on one last date and hear him out. Sophie knows he has no chance of winning but she doesn't count on his determination, or that the media picks up on the ad, causing it to go viral. Soon her PO box is flooded and in the midst of the overwhelming response and the impact it has on those around her, Sophie might have to concede that happiness isn't always fleeting.

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Review:

"I love this story...."--Diana Page Jordan, host of Open Book with Diana Page Jordan "I love this story...." "Diana Page Jordan, host of Open Book with Diana Page Jordan"" ."..the story is ultimately heartwarming, and readers will be cheering for Sophie the whole time. This short book might not contain long-lasting happiness for us all, but it's certainly a good place to start." "San Francisco Book Review, April 11, 2010"" "[An] affable yuletide yarn...The story is unexpectedly heartwarming, and Milne mostly avoids sap while delivering his warm fuzzies and dashes of Christmas hope and magic."--Publishers Weekly on The Paper Bag Christmas "Fans of Nicholas Sparks will enjoy this uplifting novel about second chances, circumstance, coincidence, and, of course, happiness."--Booklist, on Sweet Misfortune ..".the story is ultimately heartwarming, and readers will be cheering for Sophie the whole time. This short book might not contain long-lasting happiness for us all, but it's certainly a good place to start."--San Francisco Book Review, April 11, 2010 "Charming. Funny. Redemptive. All wrapped in a bittersweet and undeniably delicious flavor. Sweet Misfortune is Milne's best effort yet."--Jason Wright, New York Times bestselling author of Christmas Jars and The Wednesday Letters "I love this story...."--Diana Page Jordan, host of Open Book with Diana Page Jordan

Book Description:

Now in paperback, up-and-coming author Kevin Alan Milne's most touching, romantic, and funny novel to date.

About this edition

• Publisher: Center Street
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1599952963
• ISBN 13: 9781599952963
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288