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Gallery Books
March 2017
On Sale: March 7, 2017
336 pages
ISBN: 1501139266
EAN: 9781501139260
Kindle: B01HMXRY7Y
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Romance | Women's Fiction Contemporary
From the author of Before I Go comes an unconventional love story perfect for fans of the emotional novels of Jodi Picoult and Jojo Moyes. One time a boy kissed me and I almost died... And so begins the story of Jubilee Jenkins, a young woman with a rare and debilitating medical condition: she's allergic to other humans. After a humiliating near-death experience in high school, Jubilee has become a recluse, living the past nine years in the confines of the small town New Jersey house her unaffectionate mother left to her when she ran off with a Long Island businessman. But now, her mother is dead, and without her financial support, Jubilee is forced to leave home and face the world--and the people in it--that she's been hiding from. One of those people is Eric Keegan, a man who just moved into town for work. With a daughter from his failed marriage who is no longer speaking to him, and a brilliant, if psychologically troubled, adopted son, Eric's struggling to figure out how his life got so off-course, and how to be the dad--and man--he wants so desperately to be. Then, one day, he meets a mysterious woman named Jubilee, with a unique condition... Close Enough to Touch is an evocative, poignant, and heartrending exploration of the power and possibilities of the human heart.
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