Synopses & Reviews
From E. Lockhart, author of the highly acclaimed,
New York Times bestseller
We Were Liars, which John Green called "utterly unforgettable," comes
Real Live Boyfriends, the fourth book in the uproarious and heartwarming Ruby Oliver novels
that
finds Ruby Oliver as neurotic and hyperverbal as ever as she interviews her friends for a documentary on love and popularity and while doing so turns up some uncomfortable truths.
She’s lost most of her friends. She’s lost her true love more than once. She’s lost her grandmother, her job, her reputation, and possibly her mind. But she’s never lost her sense of humor. The Ruby Oliver books are the record of her survival.
From the Hardcover edition.
Synopsis
In this fourth hilarious episode of Ruby Oliver's high school career, the neurotic, hyperverbal heroine of The Boyfriend List and its companions The Boy Book and The Treasure Map of Boys interviews her friends for a documentary on love and popularity. While doing so, she turns up some uncomfortable truths—and searches for a way to get back what she had with Noel.
Roo has lost most of her friends. She's lost her true love more than once. She's lost her grandmother, her job, her reputation, and possibly her mind. But she's never lost her sense of humor. The Ruby Oliver books are the record of her survival.
About the Author
E. Lockhart is the author of the highly acclaimed
New York Times bestseller
We Were Liars and the Ruby Oliver quartet (
The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys, and
Real Live Boyfriends), as well as
Fly on the Wall, Dramarama, and
How to Be Bad (the last with Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle). Her novel
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks was a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book, a finalist for the National Book Award, and winner of a Cybils Award for Best Young Adult Novel. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
From the Hardcover edition.