Any Other Night - Softcover

Pfeffer, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1477601961 ISBN 13: 9781477601969

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Any other night, Ryan Mills would have driven his best friend, Michael, to Emily's sweet sixteen party at the Breakers Club. Instead, determined to win over the birthday girl, he goes to the party early and alone, setting off a chain of events that ends with Michael's death in a car accident. Ryan blames himself for what happened to Michael. As far as he's concerned, he doesn't deserve to have love or ever be happy again. Then he learns Michael left a secret behind. Ryan feels compelled to take on his friend's unfinished business and, in the process, changes his life forever and becomes a man. This book was previously published under the title Loving Emily. A Note About Content: some characters in this book occasionally use profanity, engage in nonexplicit sexual activity, or take illegal drugs.

About this title

About the Author:

How Does Living In California Inspire Your Writing?I find Los Angeles endlessly interesting, and because I've lived here for thirty-five years, a lot of my personal experiences serve as springboards for the fictional stories I write.  For example, I lived for years on a tiny road in the Hollywood Hills very similar to the Trail of Terror in What We Do for Love. I was married on Catalina Island, and my wedding cake was made by a woman who did all the wedding cakes on the island. Hence, the inspiration for The Wedding Cake Girl, my island-based tale of a girl who wants to leave buttercream frosting behind for college. How Did You Get Into Writing Novels?When I first started writing, I wanted to be Dr. Seuss and write lovely stories in perfect rhyming verse. I composed long tales about the adventures of two white rabbits named Peri and Winkle, all the while striving to write perfect rhythm and rhyme. I'm not sure I succeeded, but I do think that trying is not a bad exercise for someone learning to write. I later turned to prose and began writing children's and YA books. I've published four novels in the YA/New Adult genre and am now publishing a work of women's fiction called What We Do for Love.

Review:

Judge's Comments, Writer's Digest Self-Published Books Competition:
"Anne Pfeffer has written a wonderfully compelling novel . . . Middle/YA readers . . . will find it real and honest and possibly hear themselves in the words. This is certainly a book that I would add to my middle or high school library and would recommend to my students . . . I enjoyed it from beginning to end."
 
Kirkus Indie Reviews:
"Beautifully realized characters in a gripping, page-turning plot . . . This lively, fresh young-adult romance is Say Anything for a new generation." --Reviewed as Loving Emily
"Author Anne Pfeffer has done a lovely job of creating characters that feel naive and young in the beginning of the story and then shows their growth throughout the novel." --CompulsionReads.com

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1477601961
• ISBN 13: 9781477601969
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260