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Random House, Inc.
February 2011
On Sale: February 8, 2011
336 pages
ISBN: 1400042356
EAN: 9781400042357
Hardcover
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Fiction
The new novel from the best-selling author of I Don’t Know
How She Does It takes us on an unforgettable journey into
first love, and—with the emotional intensity and penetrating
wit that have made her beloved among readers all over the
world—reminds us of how the ardor of our youth can ignite
our adult lives. Wales, 1974. Petra and Sharon, two thirteen-year-old girls,
are obsessed with David Cassidy. His fan magazine is their
Bible, and some days his letters are the only things that
keep them going as they struggle through the humiliating
daily rituals of adolescence—confronting their bewildering
new bodies, fighting with mothers who don’t understand them
at all. Together they tackle the Ultimate David Cassidy
Quiz, a contest whose winners will be flown to America to
meet Cassidy in person. London, 1998. Petra is pushing forty, on the brink of
divorce, and fighting with her own thirteen-year-old
daughter when she discovers a dusty letter in her mother’s
closet declaring her the winner of the contest she and
Sharon had labored over with such hope and determination.
More than twenty years later, twenty pounds heavier, bruised
by grief and the disappointments of middle age, Petra
reunites with Sharon for an all-expenses-paid trip to Las
Vegas to meet their teen idol at last, and finds her life
utterly transformed. Funny, moving, full of beautiful observations about the
awakenings of both youth and middle age, Allison Pearson’s
long-awaited new novel will speak across generations to
mothers and daughters and women of all ages.
Comments
1 comment posted.
Re: I Think I Love You
I am so intrigued by the synopsis - can't wait to read!
(Karen Cherubino 8:31pm February 17, 2011)
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