Nick Hornby's Just Like You Novel 2020 Hardcover Edition-image
Nick Hornby's Just Like You Novel 2020 Hardcover Edition-image
Nick Hornby's Just Like You Novel 2020 Hardcover Edition-image
Nick Hornby's Just Like You Novel 2020 Hardcover Edition-image

Nick Hornby's Just Like You Novel 2020 Hardcover Edition

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Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Item Height: 1.2 in Intended Audience: Trade Genre: Fiction Topic: Contemporary Women, Romance / Contemporary, Literary, Romance / Romantic Comedy Number of Pages: 368 Pages Publication Year: 2020 brand: Penguin Publishing Group Item Length: 9.3 in Synopsis: "[A] charming, funny, touching, and relevant comedy." -- The Boston Globe "A provocative yet sweet romantic comedy." -- People, Best of Fall 2020 From the beloved author of Dickens and Prince , About A Boy , and High Fidelity, this warm, wise, highly entertaining twenty-first century love story is about what happens when the person who makes you happiest is someone you never expected Lucy used to handle her adult romantic life according to the script she'd been handed. She met a guy just like herself: same age, same background, same hopes and dreams; they got married and started a family. Too bad he made her miserable. Now, two decades later, she's a nearly divorced, forty-one-year-old schoolteacher with two school-aged sons, and there is no script anymore. So when she meets Joseph, she isn't exactly looking for love--she's more in the market for a babysitter. Joseph is twenty-two, living at home with his mother, and working several jobs, including the butcher counter where he and Lucy meet. It's not a match anyone one could have predicted. He's of a different class, a different culture, and a different generation. But sometimes it turns out that the person who can make you happiest is the one you least expect, though it can take some maneuvering to see it through. Just Like You is a brilliantly observed, tender, but also brutally funny new novel that gets to the heart of what it means to fall surprisingly and headlong in love with the best possible person--someone you didn't see coming., " A] charming, funny, touching, and relevant comedy." -- The Boston Globe "A provocative yet sweet romantic comedy." -- People, Best of Fall 2020 This warm, wise, highly entertaining twenty-first century love story is about what happens when the person who makes you happiest is someone you never expected Lucy used to handle her adult romantic life according to the script she'd been handed. She met a guy just like herself: same age, same background, same hopes and dreams; they got married and started a family. Too bad he made her miserable. Now, two decades later, she's a nearly divorced, forty-one-year-old schoolteacher with two school-aged sons, and there is no script anymore. So when she meets Joseph, she isn't exactly looking for love--she's more in the market for a babysitter. Joseph is twenty-two, living at home with his mother, and working several jobs, including the butcher counter where he and Lucy meet. It's not a match anyone one could have predicted. He's of a different class, a different culture, and a different generation. But sometimes it turns out that the person who can make you happiest is the one you least expect, though it can take some maneuvering to see it through. Just Like You is a brilliantly observed, tender, but also brutally funny new novel that gets to the heart of what it means to fall surprisingly and headlong in love with the best possible person--someone you didn't see coming. Item Width: 6.2 in LC Classification Number: PR6058.O689J87 2020 Author: Nick Hornby ISBN-10: 0593191382 Format: Hardcover gtin13: 9780593191385 Item Weight: 20 oz Language: English LCCN: 2020-008507 Reviews: Praise for Just Like You : "Another unputdownable story of love and heartbreak." -- Harper's Bazaar "In this age of lockdowns and social distancing, the novel asks timely questions about how people manage to connect when confronted with seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Sometimes, this brutally funny novel suggests, the perfect match might be the person who's utterly unlike you." -- The Millions "Effervescent with chemistry and quick dialogue." -- Booklist "A hopeful balm for our unsettled postpandemic times."-- Library Journal , STARRED rewew "Hornby lives up to his reputation as bard of the everyday in this thoughtful romance that crosses lines of race, age, and class...Hornby is good company on the page and offers insights on his characters with aplomb, demonstrating an investment in each of their voices and an interest in the forces that draw people to one another. This is great fun." -- Publishers Weekly "Hornby is as charming as ever in this nimble, optimistic take on the social novel." -- Kirkus Review, Praise for Just Like You : "Effervescent with chemistry and quick dialogue." -- Booklist "Another unputdownable story of love and heartbreak." - Harper's Bazaar "In this age of lockdowns and social distancing, the novel asks timely questions about how people manage to connect when confronted with seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Sometimes, this brutally funny novel suggests, the perfect match might be the person who's utterly unlike you." - The Millions "Hornby lives up to his reputation as bard of the everyday in this thoughtful romance that crosses lines of race, age, and class...Hornby is good company on the page and offers insights on his characters with aplomb, demonstrating an investment in each of their voices and an interest in the forces that draw people to one another. This is great fun." - Publishers Weekly "Hornby is as charming as ever in this nimble, optimistic take on the social novel." - Kirkus Review, Praise for Just Like You : "Hornby covers the issues of the day with snappy take-no prisoners commentary. . . As these scenes build toward a surprising, well-earned ending, Hornby continues to ask: Should we choose someone just like us, or take a risk?"-- The Boston Globe "With all the staples of a classic Hornby tale--humor, heart and emotion-- Just Like You is the unexpected love story you need to read right now." -- E! News "His most surprising courtship yet." -- Entertainment Weekly "A sweet and funny testament to the wonderful things that happen when you allow yourself to follow your heart."-- Real Simple "This bighearted book is all about the beautiful unpredictability of love." --PopSugar "A charming - and sharp - love story about what it means to fall for someone who is your polar opposite." -- The Sunday Telegraph "Sparkles with tip-top dialogue and pin-sharp comic timing." -- The Daily Mail "Frequently funny, consistently engaging ... it has great warmth in its heart." -- The Observer "This is in every regard a Nick Hornby novel--funny, precise, clever, and pointed--but it adds the element of surprise and the great charm of being a love story perfectly attuned to the strange days we're currently inhabiting." -- Vogue "Another unputdownable story of love and heartbreak." -- Harper's Bazaar "In this age of lockdowns and social distancing, the novel asks timely questions about how people manage to connect when confronted with seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Sometimes, this brutally funny novel suggests, the perfect match might be the person who's utterly unlike you." -- The Millions "Effervescent with chemistry and quick dialogue." -- Booklist "A hopeful balm for our unsettled postpandemic times."-- Library Journal , STARRED review "Hornby lives up to his reputation as bard of the everyday in this thoughtful romance that crosses lines of race, age, and class...Hornby is good company on the page and offers insights on his characters with aplomb, demonstrating an investment in each of their voices and an interest in the forces that draw people to one another. This is great fun." -- Publishers Weekly "Hornby is as charming as ever in this nimble, optimistic take on the social novel." -- Kirkus Review ISBN-13: 9780593191385 Book Title: Just like You : a Novel

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  1. This book is a heartfelt, witty read that captures the complexities of relationships with Hornby’s signature charm. The characters feel real, and the story keeps you hooked from start to finish. A must-read for fans of contemporary fiction!

    Sam Redmondb

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