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The state we're in
Title:
The state we're in
Author:
Parks, Adele.
ISBN:
9780755371396
Publication Information:
London : Headline Review, 2014.
Physical Description:
436 p. ; 20 cm
General Note:
First published: 2013.
Abstract:
Contemporary fiction. Meet Jo. She's an incurable romantic, ever hopeful that life will bring her the things she wants most: a husband, children a family. She wants what her parents have had the happiest marriage ever. Meet Dean. He's a self-made, self sufficient man, who doesn't believe in happy-ever-afters. Why would he when his father walked out on his mother and sister and left them to fend for themselves? A chance phone call, a reckless decision and a twist of fate bring these two utterly different people together neither of them will ever be the same again.
Subject:
Strangers -- Fiction.
Airplane occupants -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Summary:
Contemporary fiction. Meet Jo. She's an incurable romantic, ever hopeful that life will bring her the things she wants most: a husband, children a family. She wants what her parents have had the happiest marriage ever. Meet Dean. He's a self-made, self sufficient man, who doesn't believe in happy-ever-afters. Why would he when his father walked out on his mother and sister and left them to fend for themselves? A chance phone call, a reckless decision and a twist of fate bring these two utterly different people together neither of them will ever be the same again.