Synopses & Reviews
Emmy just wants to be in charge of her own life.
She wants to stay out late, surf at her favorite beach — go anywhere without her parents' relentless worrying. But Emmy's parents can't seem to let her go — not since the day ten years ago when her best friend, Oliver, disappeared.
Oliver needs a moment to figure it all out.
He'd thought, all these years, that his father was the good guy. He never knew that his dad had kidnapped him and kept him on the run. Discovering it all at once — and returning to his old hometown — has his heart aching and his thoughts swirling.
Emmy and Oliver were going to be best friends forever.
They could have been even more, before their futures were ripped apart. To Emmy, despite the space and time between them, their connection has never been severed. But is their story still meant to be? Or are their hearts like the pieces of two different puzzles — impossible to fit together?
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Emmy and Oliver is wonderful. Funny, heartbreaking, and true... just like life. Robin Benway has written characters I felt like I'd known forever, and was so sad to see go. A must read. Morgan Matson, author of Since You've Been Gone
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“Robin Benway writes with her full heart. Emmy and Oliver is a genuinely sweet and funny novel bursting with the inextinguishable forces of love-between parents and children, distant and inseparable friends, new and reunited lovers.” Stephanie Perkins, New York Times bestselling author of Isla and the Happily Ever After
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“At times heartfelt, funny, irreverent, and ultimately satisfying… a good choice for fans of Stephanie Perkins's Anna and the French Kiss or any of Sarah Dessen's novels.” School Library Journal
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“Benway peels away the surface and digs down to the raw emotions the teens and their families feel… as a portrait of the emerging adolescent, it engages.” Kirkus
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“Benway examines split loyalties, the impact of confessionals, and how broken bonds can be mended… Benway's intriguing premise and honest tone are a winning combination as she movingly portrays the growing trust between her characters.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“Benway fearlessly examines the effects of loss and return from every perspective… Hope, confusion, frustration, and love coexist without shame as teens and parents come to grips with the realization that nothing stays the same no matter how desperately we want it to.” Booklist
About the Author
Robin Benway is the acclaimed author of the Also Known As series; Audrey, Wait!; and The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June. Benway's books have been published in sixteen languages, have won international awards, and have been bestsellers in several countries. Formerly a bookseller and book publicist, she lives in Los Angeles.