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St. Martin's Press
July 2011
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Featuring: Desirée Christian-Cohen; Patrick
272 pages
ISBN: 0312573596
EAN: 9780312573591
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Romance Contemporary
Even life in the greatest city in the world can sometimes
feel like a little too much. For this New Yorker, running
away to the Heartland may be just the antidote. When New
York City native Desiree Christian-Cohen flees her
sometime-boyfriend, unhappy mother, Nina (who's recently
learned her soon-to-be ex-husband Patrick is gay), and
failing grandfather, she picks the flight plan by randomly
dropping her finger on a map and hitting: Honey Creek,
Kansas, population 1,623. And if being a "tourist" in Honey
Creek weren't noticeable enough, try hanging out in the
Sweet Tooth luncheonette, where you're referred to as "half
a Jew." Wary of , but wanting to, fit in with the local
populace, Desiree is forced to defend herself and define
herself in a world that feels vastly different from her own.
Her Yale boyfriends were never like Bobby McVicar, the son
of two ageing hippies, who finds all he needs in his
pinprick of a hometown. And nevereven as an only child of
typically doting Manhattan parentshas anyone paid so much
attention to Desiree. Over one surprising, transformative
and sometimes very funny summer, Desiree Christian-Cohen,
member-in-good-standing of the Self Esteem Generation,
discovers how an impulsive escape from home and family turns
out to be much more than that.
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