Logan has spent her whole life in the same small town of Vista Summit, Washington. She is in her 30s, she still lives with her father, and she even teaches at her old high school. She never lets anyone get too close, so everyone thinks she’s a self-centered asshole, and she doesn't seem to care. She even thinks of herself as a fuckboy.
Rosemary was Logan’s childhood best friend, until one night when they were 14 and everything changed. From then on, they’ve strongly disliked one another. Rosemary left town to go to college and make a living, but then she came back to Vista Summit, and teaches in the same school Logan does.
Both Rosemary and Logan are never-ending sources of aggravation for one another. But when their beloved high school English teacher, Joe, tells them he only has a few months to live, he makes a request they can’t refuse: he asks them both to drive him to Bar Harbor, Maine, so he can die at a house he has owned for decades rather than die in the hospital.
The thought of having to spend that much time together in close quarters fills both of them with dread, but Joe means more to them than almost anyone. There’s so much they want to say to one another, so many misunderstandings to be corrected, so many feelings to finally be expressed. But given how different each of them is, will they even survive the drive?
Cochrun’s debut, The Charm Offensive,” was one of my absolute favorites, and this was utterly amazing. It’s sexy, funny, complicated, sad, and hopeful, but it may be triggering for some who have recently experienced loss. This really moved me.
The book publishes 4/2.
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