Nice to Come Home To - Hardcover

Flowers, Rebecca

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594489610 ISBN 13: 9781594489617

Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover, 2008

Synopsis

Panicking when her two-year relationship with a mediocre boyfriend ends at the same time her friends are committing to marriage and parenthood, thirty-six-year-old Prudence Whistler finds herself redefining her concepts of family and happiness when she opens her home to her dysfunctional family and launches a dress shop. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Rebecca Flowers is the author of the novel Nice to Come Home To. She is an independent radio producer and commentator whose work has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered and Day to Day. A recipient of the DOnald Barthelme Prize for short fiction, she lives in western Massachusetts with her husband and two children.

From Publishers Weekly:

Though she's methodically navigated 36 years by making lists and plans, D.C. resident Prudence Whistler's carefully constructed life is about to get shaken up. She's let go from the nonprofit job that never did much to fulfill her in the first place. Then Rudy—who she's finally decided will suffice as The One—condescendingly dumps her. But before she has too much time to stew, her loved ones rally 'round: catty, coupled college friends; her younger sister, Patsy, the unmarried mother of a two-year-old; and John Owen, the in-divorce-proceedings diner owner Pru first encounters while schlepping Rudy's television out to the curb. This crew's the catalyst for a series of adventures and lifestyle shakeups that has retail-addict Pru wondering whether her love for fashion could deliver more than the latest Marc Jacobs dress. And then there's the ongoing coffee klatch at John's diner that inspires the big question: is Pru in the market for getting-each-other-through-a-bad-time-love with John, or is it time to stick her neck out for real-love love? Readers may find Pru's early bad luck streak contrived, but as her lovable friends and neighbors spring into action, the well-written story rounds out and rolls toward a satisfying finish. (Apr.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1594489610
• ISBN 13: 9781594489617
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 324