Rainbow Rowell

eBook, ePUB

Slow Dance (eBook, ePUB)

The Reese's Book Club Pick romance about star-crossed lovers and the power of second chances

Beschreibung

Lose yourself in the tender, sexy, utterly real second chance love story, which shows love in all its complexity - chosen as a Reese's Book Club Pick and an instant New York Times bestseller...

PRAISE FOR RAINBOW ROWELL AND SLOW DANCE

'SEXY, SWEET, WISE AND NOSTALGIC' Gabrielle Zevin

'A BEAUTIFUL, BELIEVABLE LOVE STORY' Marian Keyes

'CRACKING, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD DIALOGUE AND CHARACTERS THAT FEEL PAINFULLY REAL' Jodi Picoult

'ROWELL'S HUMOUR, TENDERNESS AND SENSE OF DETAIL ARE EXTRAORDINARY' Curtis Sittenfeld

'SHE WILL BREAK YOUR HEART AND YOU'LL THANK HER FOR IT' Leigh Bardugo

'A BOOK THAT IS ROMANTIC TO ITS CORE, AS FUNNY AND SMART AS ITS CHARACTERS' Emma Straub

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Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together - everybody but Shiloh and Cary.

They were best friends, that's all.

But, somehow, everything changed. Both left town - took different paths - and suddenly it's fourteen years since Shiloh last spoke to Cary.

She's been married, divorced, and is back living in the house she grew up in. But when she gets invited to an old friend's wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there - and whether she's dreading or dreaming if he will be . . .

Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. And what will happen when they try to make their way back to each other.

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EVERYONE LOVES SLOW DANCE:

'A will-they, won't-they second chance romance for the ages' People

'Raw, real and romantic, this one got me right in the feels' Red

'I can't even put into words what this book means to me' Reader review
'Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much . . . A book that is romantic to its core, and as funny and smart as its wonderful characters' Emma Straub

'No author makes me root for characters like Rainbow Rowell does' Reader review

'Rainbow Rowell has an incredible ability to hide an emotional wallop in the middle of a light and romantic story' Cosmopolitan

'This is the type of book that makes you fall in love with real life' Reader review

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 0.86MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech
• E-Mail des Verlags für Barrierefreiheitsfragen: [e-mail]
• Link zur Verlagsseite mit Barrierefreiheitsinformationen: https://www.penguin.co.uk/accessibility
• Alle Texte können hinsichtlich Größe, Schriftart und Farbe angepasst werden
• Hoher Kontrast zwischen Text und Hintergrund (min. 4.5 =>1)
• Text und Medien in logischer Lesereihenfolge angeordnet
• Navigierbares Inhaltsverzeichnis für direkten Zugriff auf Text und Medien
• Keine Einschränkung der Vorlesefunktionen, außer bei spezifischen Ausnahmen

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: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405964791
• Artikelnr.: 69101412

Rezensionen

"Fans of Rainbow Rowell may already know her signature style: Her books will make you gasp with recognition, laugh along with the characters' hijinks and probably leak a tear or two as they figure themselves out." - People

"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."
- Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author

"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)

"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

"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)

"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

"A gorgeous book. Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell is a beautiful, believable love story between two slightly broken people. It was so sweet, but never sentimental. I yearned for them to be happy, and I miss it now it's over." - International bestselling author Marian Keyes?

"Rich, real, and emotionally raw, this satisfying contemporary is sure to impress." - Publishers Weekly

"With tenderness and charm, Slow Dance describes what happens when someone finds their person, within a life and in a place where they'd rather not be, and how moving forward from calcified hurt is possible, given the brevity of life." - Shelf Awareness

"Witty, insightful and uncompromising, Rainbow Rowell's Slow Dance is an emotionally charged and beautifully real romance." - BookPage

"Readers who enjoyed Landline and Eleanor & Park will be glad to return to Rowell's unique storytelling style and lyrical prose... It's guaranteed to make hearts flutter, likely while bringing tears to readers' eyes." - Library Journal

"Rowell pulls off this impossible premise with great charm, and her depictions of the couple's sweet courtship and their later compromise-filled marriage are equally unsentimental and knowing." - The New Yorker on Landline

"Rowell is talented enough to be uncategorizable. . . . Landline belongs to a genre of its very own." - New York Times

"Her writing swings from profane to profound, but it's always real and always raw." - NPR on Eleanor & Park

"The funny, wised-up dialogue, the tumultuous, sweet, and sexy love story is grade-A Rowell . . . a book that readers will find almost impossible to put down." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Carry On

"Perfectly mixing sweet romance with deliciously tart wit, Rowell's literary debut is a complete charmer." - Chicago Tribune on Attachments