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Zusatztext Praise for The Jessica Darling Series “Megan McCafferty’s hilarious coming-of-age novels are getting better as Jess gets older. . . . Acidly funny! imaginatively profane and! above all! a sharp reflection of the what-do-I-do-now! postcollege dilemma.” — Miami Herald “Judy Blume meets Dorothy Parker.” — The Wall Street Journal “McCafferty looks at travails with humor as well as heart.” — People “Jessica offers brilliant and cutting insights into the world of the adolescent about-to-be-a-woman.” — Chicago Sun-Times “The books are a springboard for McCafferty’s hilarious pop-culture riffs. . . . The series has won her a legion of fans! from teens and college students to twentysomethings! mothers! and the occasional grandmother.” — Star-Ledger Informationen zum Autor Megan McCafferty is the New York Times bestselling author of the Jessica Darling series! which includes Sloppy Firsts ! Second Helpings ! Charmed Thirds ! Fourth Comings ! and Perfect Fifths . To find out more about Megan and the Jessica Darling series! visit MeganMcCafferty.com. Klappentext Old flames are reignited in the fifth and final book in the New York Times bestselling Jessica Darling series. Captivated readers have followed Jessica through every step and misstep: from her life as a tormented! tart-tongued teenager to her years as a college grad stumbling toward adulthood. Now a young professional in her mid-twenties! Jess is off to a Caribbean wedding. As she rushes to her gate at the airport! she literally runs into her former boyfriend! Marcus Flutie. It's the first time she's seen him since she reluctantly turned down his marriage proposal three years earlier-and emotions run high. Marcus and Jessica have both changed dramatically! yet their connection feels as familiar as ever. Is their reunion just a fluke or has fate orchestrated this collision of their lives once again? Told partly from Marcus's point of view! Perfect Fifths finally lets readers inside the mind of the one person who's both troubled and titillated Jessica Darling for years. Expect nothing less than the satisfying conclusion fans have been waiting for! one perfect in its imperfection. . . . one When Jessica Darling blindly collides into Marcus Flutie on this crisp, unclouded January morning, she can't remember the last time she had imagined where she would be-and who he would be-at the moment of their inevitable collision. For him, however, it's a very different story. two Regrets. Jessica has so many regrets. She should have stopped pouring after that first glass of wine last night. Shouldn't have watched the ceiling swirl for hours. Should have resorted to a narcotic sleep aid sooner. Shouldn't have hit the snooze button one, two, three times before rocketing ("I'm late!") out of bed this morning. Should have skipped the shower, not breakfast. Shouldn't have turned down her dad's offer to drive her to the airport instead of proving her mother right about the unpunctual local car service. Should have chosen the security screening line to the right, not the left, not the one that put her directly behind the starving and savage middle-aged trafficker of more than three ounces of the liquid weight-loss supplement with the funny name, a name Jessica keeps repeating in her head in rhythm with her sneakered feet sprinting across Concourse C. Hoodia. Hoodia. Hoodia. So many split decisions and judgment calls and incorrect esti?mations have led to this. To being late. She's late late late late for Gate C-88. She likes the rhyme, especially when timed with the beat of her feet, and chooses this staccato incantation over the silly-sounding appetite suppressant. I'm late late late late for Gate C-88. She recalls h...
