Rainbow Rowell

Gebundenes Buch

Cherry Baby

Beschreibung

Pre-order the big-hearted, grown-up new novel about love and second chances from million-copy international bestselling author Rainbow Rowell Everybody knows that Cherry's husband is in Hollywood making a movie ... Almost nobody knows that he isn't coming home. Tom's the creator of Thursday, a comic strip that's become an international phenomenon. It's semi-autobiographical, which unfortunately means there's a character based on Cherry ... "Baby." Wide-hipped, double-chinned Baby. Cherry never wanted this. No fat girl wants to see herself caricatured on the page -- let alone the big screen. But there's no getting away from it. Baby looks so much like Cherry, strangers recognize her at the store. While Tom's in L.A., getting rich and famous and being the Internet's latest boyfriend, Cherry's stuck taking care of the dog he always wanted and the house they were going to raise a family in -- and wondering who she's supposed to be without him. Until the night Cherry ventures out to see her favourite band play, and someone recognizes her from across the room. Russ Sutton knew Cherry when she was a young art student with a fondness for pin-up dresses and patent leather heels. Russ knows Cherry. He likes Cherry. And best of all ... he's never heard of Thursday. Told with deep tenderness and shot through with Rowell's signature wit, Cherry Baby is a second-chance romance for grown-ups. For people who understand how rare it is to get even one chance at love, and how impossible -- and impossibly wonderful -- it can feel to make it work. _________________ Praise for Rainbow Rowell 'Sexy, sweet, wise and nostalgic - Jane Austen's Persuasion for our times' Gabrielle Zevin 'Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell will break your heart and you'll thank her for it' Leigh Bardugo 'Rainbow Rowell has an incredible ability to hide an emotional wallop in the middle of a light and romantic story' Cosmopolitan 'Rainbow writes such complicated, quirky characters - it's a great one' Today Show 'Rainbow Rowell returns with a gorgeous, slow-burn second-chance love story . . . Raw, real and romantic, this got me right in the feels' Red 'A will-they, won't-they second chance romance for the ages, this one is poised to be one of summer's breakout hits' People 'If you adored One Day, make this your next read' Sun 'A gorgeous book . . . a beautiful, believable love story between two slightly broken people. So sweet, but never sentimental. I yearned for them to be happy and I miss it now it's over' Marian Keyes

Autor

The New York Times once called Rainbow Rowell 'talented enough to be uncategorizable.' She writes novels, comics, short stories . . . She's a #1 New York Times bestseller several times over, wrote an Indies Choice Book of the Year, and is a three-time Goodreads Choice Award winner. The thread that runs through all Rowell's work is her sunlit, knife-sharp empathy and unflagging sense of humor. She writes about life - and usually love - in a way that feels painfully, wonderfully real. Visit rainbowrowell.com to learn more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 156mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 750g
• ISBN-13: 9780241688427
• ISBN-10: 0241688426
• Artikelnr.: 75015892

Rezensionen

"Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much that you cannot bear to put it down, that you want to do nothing but keep flipping pages, that you want to immerse yourself fully and not come up for air until you are finished. I read Slow Dance in just that way, breathless and weeping. There is no one better than Rainbow at creating flawed, deeply human people. I loved every page of Slow Dance, a book that is romantic to its core, and as funny and smart as its wonderful characters. I will miss being in this world."
- Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author on SLOW DANCE

"Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell tackles the challenges of love lost and rediscovered with nuance and candor. She will

break your heart and you'll thank her for it."
- Leigh Bardugo, New York Times bestselling author on SLOW DANCE

"If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, Slow Dance is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you've been. Slow Dance is sexy, sweet, wise, and nostalgic - Jane Austen's Persuasion for our times." - Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow on SLOW DANCE

"Rowell takes her time revealing the couple's origins as high-school besties, the conflicts they helped each other through as teens in working-class families and those they're dealing with now, the long period of silence between them, and the undeniable glimmers of their enduring mutual attraction. Their dance is sweet and sexy, and Rowell draws out the whole, simmering affair as she ping-pongs through her characters' past and present. . . . [Slow Dance is] sure to be a crowd-pleaser." - Booklist (starred review) on SLOW DANCE

"Rowell does longing like nobody's business. She pits epic love against relatable, painful foibles. ...Chapters that dip back in time play to Rowell's strength writing the confused passions of teenagers and show just how long these two have been absolutely gone for each other. Readers will be desperate to see them work it out. A treat for fans of Rowell and of realistic romance." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on SLOW DANCE