The Do-Over
From the author of the “genuinely funny” and “delightful” Loathe at First Sight (NPR) and “cinematic, charming” So We Meet Again (Emily Henry), a fun rom-com about a young Korean-American woman having to return to college after discovering she’s a few credits shy of completing her degree—only to find one of her TAs is her old college boyfriend.Bestselling author Lily Lee is on a short deadline to deliver her new career guide How to Land the Perfect Job, and she’s been interviewing at all the top companies around town. But when she’s offered a coveted position at her dream company, the employer’s background check reveals she never actually finished her college degree. Unbelievably, her worst nightmare has come true.Lily returns to her alma mater to relive her senior year of college, after walking across the stage at graduation a decade earlier. Just as she starts getting used to the idea of being a student again, things get even more weird and chaotic when she discovers her computer science TA is her old college boyfriend, Jake Cho. As Lily and Jake reconnect, she sees that her late-blooming ex has done well for himself: the handsome, charming grad student appears to have his life together, while Lily’s on the brink of losing her reputation and her book deal. Told in present day with glimpses of the past, The Do-Over is a delightfully warm and hopeful story about second chances in life and love, and how the future might not be a straight line, but we still end up exactly where we’re supposed to be.
From the author of the ?genuinely funny? and ?delightful? Loathe at First Sight (NPR) and ?cinematic, charming? So We Meet Again (Emily Henry), a fun rom-com about a young Korean-American woman having to return to college after discovering she's a few credits shy of completing her degree?only to find one of her TAs is her old college boyfriend.Lily Lee is a bestselling author of the How to Be a Supernova At Work series, and her editor wants her to strike while the iron's hot with a new book, How to Land the Perfect Job. But when Lily is offered a coveted position at a top firm, the employer background check reveals she's short a few college credits and never actually completed her degree. Unbelievably, her worst nightmare has come true.Lily returns to her alma mater, reliving her senior year of college ten years later. She enrolls in classes, gets invited to frat parties, eats most of her meals with ?dining dollars,? and to make things even more weird and chaotic, she discovers that her computer science TA is her old college boyfriend, Jake Cho.As Lily and Jake reconnect, she sees that her ex has done well for himself: the handsome, charming grad student appears to have his life together while Lily's so close to losing her dream job opportunity and her book deal. Things aren't so simple the second time around.The Do-Over is a delightfully warm and hopeful story about second chances in love and life, and how the future we want may turn out far different than we imagined.
Autor: | Park, Suzanne |
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ISBN: | 9780063216051 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Verlag: | Harper Collins (US) |
Veröffentlicht: | 04.04.2023 |
Schlagworte: | Contemporary lifestyle fiction FICTION / Romance / Romantic Comedy FICTION: Asian American FICTION: Romance / Contemporary FICTION: Romance / Multicultural & Interracial FICTION: Romance / Romantic Comedy FICTION: Women Fiction: general and literary Modern and Contemporary romance Narrative theme: Diversity, equality, inclusion Romance |
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