Not sure how this one has passed us by, but Allison Pearson has a brand new book coming out on 24th June called I Think I Love You. First thing I have to say is that I love the cover, its really fun looking and would definitely be one I’d pick up off the shelf! The story sounds fantastic too, so I hope I get a chance to read this one! Here’s the synopsis:
“Meet two unforgettable friends: thirteen-year-old Petra and Sharon, stoking their dreams in 1970s Wales, and whose screams can be heard in California when they receive the midriff portion of their life-size poster of their teen idol, David Cassidy. Said midriff is stapled into the official fanzine, an almost-Bible for the girls; and they memories David’s ‘letters’ to his fans, hoovering up apparently insignificant details, in the hope it will help them qualify as a future Mrs Cassidy. But unbeknownst to Petra (and the thousands of other hopefuls) David’s ‘letters’ are all penned in a grotty London office, miles from the LA set of the Partridge Family. Bill Finn, English graduate turned reluctant pop impersonator, is forced to compile the Ultimate David Cassidy Quiz which Petra and Sharon enter, in the hope of winning the trip of a lifetime to meet their crush…
Some twenty years later, bruised by grief and her husband’s departure, Petra is living with Molly, her thirteen-year-old daughter (whose bedroom walls are papered with the new boy on the block, Leonardo DiCaprio). Petra discovers a decades-old letter addressed to her from the now defunct David Cassidy fanzine, informing her that she was the winner the Ultimate Quiz back in ’74. Nearly a quarter of a century late, with her dreams in tatters, Petra decides to claim her prize. It’s not long before Bill is forced to confront the obsessions of her youth with a confession of his own…”
Since November 2009
When they were children, Caz, Beth, Sarah and Doris all made a pact together that they’d be each other bridesmaids, no matter what. But as we all know, the path from childhood to adulthood doesn’t run smoothly, and this definitely the case for these 4 girls. When we meet them as grown ups, Caz is no longer a part of the group, Beth is having problems conceiving a baby and not talking to her friends about it, Sarah’s marriage is in real trouble and Doris is hiding a terrible secret that might change the group before her special wedding day. But has Doris got what it takes to reunite the group once more and let them finally be able to deliver on the pact they made all those years ago?
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