“Blindsided by her mother’s sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child golf prodigy, she now waits tables in Harvard Square and rents a tiny, mouldy room at the side of a garage, where she works on the novel she’s been writing for six years. At thirty-one, Casey is still clutching on to something nearly all her old friends have let go of: the determination to live a creative life. When she falls for two very different men at the same time, her world fractures even more. Casey’s fight to fulfill her creative ambitions and balance the conflicting demands of art and life is challenged in ways that push her to the brink.”
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I was so excited to receive and read this book but my excitement withered away when I actually started reading it. This book let me down. I could not get into it at all. I pushed through for about 6 hours total and I had to DNF. Too many characters too early on and the lack of dialogue was disappointing. I’m not sure where this story was headed but I just couldn’t push through to finish and find out. I will be very skeptical about choosing a Jenna pick in the future.
1/5⭐️