Synopses & Reviews
Girl meets dog in this effervescent "feel-good debut" (People) by the author of Why Can't I Be You
Savannah "Van" Leone has been in love with Peter Clarke since their first day of college. Six years later, Peter is marrying Van's best friend, Janie. Loyal to a fault, Van dons her pumpkin-orange, maid-of- honor gown and stands up for the couple, struggling to hide her true feelings even when she couldn't be more conspicuous. After the wedding, nursing her broken heart with a Rin Tin Tin marathon plus a vodka chaser, Van accidentally orders a German Shepherd puppy over the Internet. When "Joe" turns out to be a hundred-pound beast who only responds to commands in Slovak, Van is at the end of her rope-until she realizes that sometimes life needs to get more complicated before it can get better.
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"Stay has everything ... humor, heart-and, endearingly, buckets of dog slobber." -Miami Herald
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"Stay has everything ... humor, heart-and, endearingly, buckets of dog slobber." —Miami Herald
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"Gilmore Girls meets Marley & Me in this funny and compelling debut." -Library Journal
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"A charming, heart-felt story of love, laughter, and borrowed identity,
Why Can't I Be You explores the brilliant notion that it's not until we've let go of who we think we should be that we can discover who we actually are."
-Amy Hatvany, USA Today bestselling author of Outside the Lines
Synopsis
Girl meets dog in this effervescent "feel-good debut"(People) from the author of Why Can't I Be You--now celebrating it's 10th Anniversary Savannah "Van" Leone has been in love with Peter Clarke since their first day of college. Six years later, Peter is marrying Van's best friend, Janie. Loyal to a fault, Van dons her pumpkin-orange, maid-of- honor gown and stands up for the couple, struggling to hide her true feelings even when she couldn't be more conspicuous. After the wedding, nursing her broken heart with a Rin Tin Tin marathon plus a vodka chaser, Van accidentally orders a German Shepherd puppy over the Internet. When "Joe" turns out to be a hundred-pound beast who only responds to commands in Slovak, Van is at the end of her rope-until she realizes that sometimes life needs to get more complicated before it can get better.
Synopsis
Soon to be a major motion picture
At one time or another, everyone has wished they could be someone else. Exploring this universal longing, Allie Larkin follows up the success of her debut novel, Stay, with a moving portrait of friendship and identity.
When Jenny Shaw hears someone shout Jessie!” across a hotel lobby, she impulsively answers. All her life, Jenny has toed the line, but something propels her to seize the opportunity to become Jessie Morgan, a woman to whom she bears an uncanny resemblance. Lonely in her own life, Jenny is embraced by Jessies warm circle of friendsand finds unexpected romance. But when she delves into Jessies past, Jenny discovers a secret that spurs her to take another leap into the unknown.
About the Author
Allie Larkin lives in Rochester, New York, with her husband and their two German Shepherds. Stay is her first novel. Her second book, Why Can't I Be You, will be released in March 2013.