Cherry Baby

Pre-order the big-hearted, grown-up new novel about love and second chances from million-copy international bestselling author Rainbow Rowell 
 
Everybody knows that Cherry's husband is in Hollywood making a movie ... Almost nobody knows that he isn't coming home. 
 
Tom's the creator of Thursday, a comic strip that's become an international phenomenon. It's semi-autobiographical, which unfortunately means there's a character based on Cherry ... "Baby." 
 
Wide-hipped, double-chinned Baby. 
 
Cherry never wanted this. No fat girl wants to see herself caricatured on the page -- let alone the big screen. But there's no getting away from it. Baby looks so much like Cherry, strangers recognize her at the store. 
 
While Tom's in L.A., getting rich and famous and being the Internet's latest boyfriend, Cherry's stuck taking care of the dog he always wanted and the house they were going to raise a family in -- and wondering who she's supposed to be without him. 
 
Until the night Cherry ventures out to see her favourite band play, and someone recognizes her from across the room. 
 
Russ Sutton knew Cherry when she was a young art student with a fondness for pin-up dresses and patent leather heels. 
 
Russ knows Cherry. He likes Cherry. 
 
And best of all ... he's never heard of Thursday. 
 
Told with deep tenderness and shot through with Rowell's signature wit, Cherry Baby is a second-chance romance for grown-ups. For people who understand how rare it is to get even one chance at love, and how impossible -- and impossibly wonderful -- it can feel to make it work. 
 
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Praise for Rainbow Rowell 
 
'Sexy, sweet, wise and nostalgic – Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times’ Gabrielle Zevin 
 
'Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell will break your heart and you’ll thank her for it' Leigh Bardugo 
 
 
‘Rainbow Rowell has an incredible ability to hide an emotional wallop in the middle of a light and romantic story’ Cosmopolitan 
 
‘Rainbow writes such complicated, quirky characters - it's a great one’ Today Show 
 
‘Rainbow Rowell returns with a gorgeous, slow-burn second-chance love story . . . Raw, real and romantic, this got me right in the feels’ Red 
 
'A will-they, won't-they second chance romance for the ages, this one is poised to be one of summer's breakout hits' People 
 
‘If you adored One Day, make this your next read’ Sun 
 
‘A gorgeous book . . . a beautiful, believable love story between two slightly broken people. So sweet, but never sentimental. I yearned for them to be happy and I miss it now it's over’ Marian Keyes

The New York Times once called Rainbow Rowell “talented enough to be uncategorizable.” She writes novels, comics, short stories . . . She’s a #1 New York Times bestseller several times over, wrote an Indies Choice Book of the Year, and is a three-time Goodreads Choice Award winner. The thread that runs through all Rowell’s work is her sunlit, knife-sharp empathy and unflagging sense of humor. She writes about life – and usually love – in a way that feels painfully, wonderfully real. Visit rainbowrowell.com to learn more.

Everybody knows that Cherry's husband is in Hollywood making a movie. 
 
Nobody knows that he isn't coming home. 
 
While Tom's in L.A. getting rich and famous off his comic Thursday (with a character based entirely on Cherry), Cherry's stuck taking care of their dog and the house they were going to raise a family in – wondering who she's supposed to be without him. 
 
Until one night, Cherry ventures out to see her favourite band play, and someone recognizes her from across the room. 
 
Russ Sutton is a blast from Cherry’s past. 
 
Russ knows Cherry. He likes Cherry. 
 
And best of all... he's never heard of Thursday.

Rainbow Rowell

If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, Slow Dance is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you’ve been. Slow Dance is sexy, sweet, wise, and nostalgic—Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times

Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much that you cannot bear to put it down, that you want to do nothing but keep flipping pages, that you want to immerse yourself fully and not come up for air until you are finished. I read Slow Dance in just that way, breathless and weeping. There is no one better than Rainbow at creating flawed, deeply human people. I loved every page of Slow Dance, a book that is romantic to its core, and as funny and smart as its wonderful characters. I will miss being in this world.

Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell tackles the challenges of love lost and rediscovered with nuance and candor. She will break your heart and you’ll thank her for it

This slow-burn romance follows Shiloh and Cary, best friends who fell in love in their late teens, then split. In their 30s, they find themselves drawn together again, but will their history of misunderstandings get in the way? I loved this for its realism and the flawed, complicated characters.

Rainbow Rowell has an incredible ability to hide an emotional wallop in the middle of a light and romantic story

Rainbow writes such complicated, quirky characters - it's a great one

A beautiful 'will they, won't they' love story from the author of Eleanor & Park. . . . I loved these characters and the realness of their story

Rainbow Rowell returns with a gorgeous, slow-burn second-chance love story . . . Raw, real and romantic, this got me right in the feels

'A will-they, won't-they second chance romance for the ages, this one is poised to be one of summer's breakout hits'

If you adored One Day, make this your next read

‘A powerful and poignant tale of first love . . . Rich, real, and emotionally raw, this satisfying contemporary is sure to impress’

Rowell's signature warmth and authenticity shine through, with its heartfelt narrative and relatable characters . . . brimming with hope.

A gorgeous and warm will they, won't they story

Rowell is talented enough to be uncategorizable

Cracking, laugh-out-loud dialogue, characters that feel painfully real

Reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it's like to be young and in love with a book

A breathless, achingly good read about love and outsiders

This sexy, smart, tender romance thrums with punk rock and true love. Teen readers--not to mention their Gen X parents--will swoon

Sweet, gritty and affecting...an unforgettable story about two misfits in love

Reading [Rainbow Rowell's] work feels like listening to your hilariously insightful best friend tell her best stories

Rowell is, as always, a fluent and enjoyable writer--the pages whip by

Keen psychological insight and irrepressible humor

The dialogue flows naturally; it's zippy, funny, and fresh

A joy from sentence to sentence, and on that intimate level there's absolutely nothing unoriginal or clichéd in the way Rowell thinks. Her work is dense with moments of sharp observation...and humor

Everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together – everybody but Shiloh and Cary. 
 
Slow Dance follows these star-crossed best friends from their inseparable teen years on the wrong side of the tracks to their far-flung adulthoods – through her marriage and motherhood and his time in the Navy – as they try to work out what they’re actually supposed to be to each other. 
 
Told with Rowell’s trademark sensitivity and abundant wit, Slow Dance is a big, beaming power ballad of a novel about a love so true, it refuses to be forgotten.

Rainbow Rowell

Praise for Slow Dance

If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, Slow Dance is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you’ve been

Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much that you cannot bear to put it down, that you want to do nothing but keep flipping pages, that you want to immerse yourself fully and not co ...

Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell tackles the challenges of love lost and rediscovered with nuance and candor. She will break your heart and you’ll thank her for it

If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, Slow Dance is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you’ve been

Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much that you cannot bear to put it down, that you want to do nothing but keep flipping pages, that you want to immerse yourself fully and not co ...

Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell tackles the challenges of love lost and rediscovered with nuance and candor. She will break your heart and you’ll thank her for it

If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, Slow Dance is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you’ve been

Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much that you cannot bear to put it down, that you want to do nothing but keep flipping pages, that you want to immerse yourself fully and not co ...

Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell tackles the challenges of love lost and rediscovered with nuance and candor. She will break your heart and you’ll thank her for it

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