- Softcover
- New
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United KingdomPBShop.store UK
AbeBooks seller since June 11, 1999
Condition: New
£ 13.04
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New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
Seller Inventory # L2-9798233671937
- Title
- The Boy In The Car
- Author
- Smith, Hope
- Publisher
- hope smith
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798233671937
- Item weight
- 153 grams
THE BOY IN THE CAR is a deeply moving literary romance about the families we inherit and the families we choose. It is about the courage it takes to open the door when every instinct screams to lock it. About the practice of trust, built not in grand gestures but in thousand small moments: a cup of coffee left on a desk, a shoulder squeeze that isn't pulled away from, a drawing of a horse taped above a bed, a Sunday phone call that comes at exactly 7 PM, year after year after year.
Hope Smith weaves a story that will break your heart and mend it in the same breath-a story about Sam, who lost a son and found a purpose; about Linda, who looked at her husband's ghost and chose to believe he could be human again; about Cora, who gave a drawing to a stranger and gained a brother; and about Jordan, who decided in a cold car on a colder night that he would not stop, would not break, would not give up-even when giving up was the only reasonable choice.
Spanning four years from a November night to a graduation podium, from a hospital room to a kitchen table to a courthouse where Jordan fights for people who cannot fight for themselves, THE BOY IN THE CAR asks the question that lives at the center of every great love story: What does it mean to belong to someone? And it answers with devastating, tender clarity: It means showing up. Again and again. Even when it's hard. Even when you're scared. Even when every reasonable argument says no.
This is not a romance in the traditional sense. There are no first kisses, no sweeping declarations, no sunset endings-only something far more profound: the slow, imperfect, miraculous building of a family from the wreckage of two broken lives. A love that is not about passion but about presence. A bond that is not born in a moment but forged in a thousand moments of choosing to stay.
Perfect for fans of:
- Fredrik Backman's A Man Called Ove
- Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- Kristin Hannah's The Nightingale
- Jojo Moyes's Me Before You
- Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie
Praise for THE BOY IN THE CAR:
"A masterclass in emotional storytelling. Hope Smith doesn't just write characters-she builds people so real you'll forget they're fiction, then breaks your heart with their beauty."
"The kind of book that stays with you long after the last page. I laughed, I cried, I called my father."
"Not all love stories are about romance. Some are about the radical act of choosing to love someone who isn't yours to love-and discovering they were yours all along."
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PBShop.store UK
Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since June 11, 1999
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 10 to 20 business days | 10 to 20 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 3.29 | £ 3.29 |
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