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Bestselling author Cynthia Hand delivers a funny, awkward, and altogether honest coming-of-age story about one girl’s attempt to make the most of a summer in paradise—perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han.
Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity, and she’s had it up to here with her gorgeous older sister’s unsolicited advice.
But things really hit the fan during a family vacation in Hawaii, where Ada discovers her own mother is having an affair. Apparently, everyone is falling into bed with people they shouldn’t. Everyone except Ada. But when Ada decides she’s going to stop trying and start doing—sex, that is—her best laid plan overlooks an inconvenient truth:
Feelings, romantic or not, always get in the way.
One messy family vacation in paradise. A summer of secrets, sisterhood, and figuring things out the hard way.
- Parental Infidelity: Ada thought her biggest problem was her own love life—until she discovers her mother's affair during their family trip to Hawaii.
- Complex Sisterhood: She and her gorgeous older sister Afton have always had a complicated relationship, but family secrets push them to their limit.
- A Messy First Time: After a humiliating attempt to lose her virginity ends with a cheating boyfriend, Ada decides to take matters into her own hands.
- Emotional and Funny: A perfect summer read that blends hilarious, awkward moments with heartfelt truths about love, family, and finding yourself.
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The Lady Janies are made up of New York Times bestselling authors Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows. They first met in 2012, when their publishers sent them on a book tour together, and they hit it off so well they decided to write My Lady Jane so they could go on book tours together all the time. Between the three of them they’ve written more than twenty published novels, a bunch of novellas, a handful of short stories, and a couple of really bad poems. They’re friends. They’re writers. They’re fixing history by rewriting one sad story at a time. Learn more at ladyjanies.com.
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Bestselling author Cynthia Hand delivers a funny, awkward, and altogether honest coming-of-age story about one girl’s attempt to make the most of a summer in paradise—perfect for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han.
Ada’s life is a mess. She just caught her boyfriend cheating on her after a humiliating attempt at losing her virginity, and she’s had it up to here with her gorgeous older sister’s unsolicited advice.
But things really hit the fan during a family vacation in Hawaii, where Ada discovers her own mother is having an affair. Apparently, everyone is falling into bed with people they shouldn’t. Everyone except Ada. But when Ada decides she’s going to stop trying and start doing—sex, that is—her best laid plan overlooks an inconvenient truth:
Feelings, romantic or not, always get in the way.
One messy family vacation in paradise. A summer of secrets, sisterhood, and figuring things out the hard way.
- Parental Infidelity: Ada thought her biggest problem was her own love life—until she discovers her mother’s affair during their family trip to Hawaii.
- Complex Sisterhood: She and her gorgeous older sister Afton have always had a complicated relationship, but family secrets push them to their limit.
- A Messy First Time: After a humiliating attempt to lose her virginity ends with a cheating boyfriend, Ada decides to take matters into her own hands.
- Emotional and Funny: A perfect summer read that blends hilarious, awkward moments with heartfelt truths about love, family, and finding yourself.
Testo aggiuntivo
“A thoughtful ode to consent and to taking sex, and its power to bring people closer and push them apart, seriously.”
