The Love Book: A Novel - Softcover

Solomon, Nina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617753173 ISBN 13: 9781617753176

Publisher: Akashic Books,U.S., 2015

Synopsis

It all starts when four unsuspecting women on a singles' bike trip through Normandy discover a mysterious red book about love. But did they discover it - or did the book bring them together? Magical words, spells, conjurations and a little dose of synchronicity abound in The Love Book, an anti-rom com about the misadventures of four women who embark on a soulmate-seeking journey. The four women - Emily, Beatrice, Max and Cathy - are each nudged, cajoled, inspired (or perhaps """"guided"""") despite themselves, to discover love, fulfilment and the nature of what being a soulmate means.

About this title

Review:

"Malfunctioning GPS systems, ferrets, house fires, pet funerals, pink hotel rooms, and old crushes on bad boyfriends send these four spirited--and often dispirited--women looking for love in all the unexpected places. Like the eponymous book that guides the women's quest for connection, The Love Book had me under its seductive spell. Filled with very funny and all-too-true moments of romantic humiliation, awkwardness, and revelation, this novel assures that love is out there waiting for us, even if the path to reach it can sometimes feel like a long hike through poison ivy."
--Hester Kaplan, author of Unravished

"Meet your new best friends: Emily, Max, Cathy, and Beatrice. From the hilariously disastrous rubble of a singles bike trip in France emerges the swift-moving story of a mysterious book that seems to have better plans for Nina Solomon's marvelously human characters than they may have for themselves. Sharp and thoughtful, funny and painfully real--my favorite kind of read."
--Elizabeth Crane, author of We Only Know So Much

About the Author:

Nina Solomon's first novel, Single Wife, was a Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Guild, and Quality Paperback Book Club selection and was optioned by Warner Bros. The Love Book was inspired by her own search for a soul mate, who, she is happy to report, only took twenty-seven days and thirty years to find his way to her. She was born and raised in New York City and has lived in the same zip code since she was five.

Kaylie Jones (editor) is the award-winning author of five novels and a memoir. She teaches writing at two MFA programs and lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Akashic Books,U.S.
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1617753173
• ISBN 13: 9781617753176
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320