Slow Dance
By Rainbow Rowell

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKDiscover the big, beaming power ballad of a novel about a love so true it refuses to be forgotten . . .'Sexy, sweet, wise and nostalgic - Jane Austen'sand Persuasionand for our times'and Gabrielle Zevin Aand gorgeousand book . . . aand beautiful, believable love storyand between two slightly broken people.and So sweet,and but never sentimental. Iand yearned for them to be happyand and I miss it now it's over' Marian Keyes----Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary.They were just friends.and Bestand friends. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh's porch steps, dreaming about the future. Shiloh was going to become an actress, and Cary was going to join the Navy. And nothing was ever going to change between them - Shiloh made him promise.Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. But, somehow,and everythingand changed.Now it's been fourteen years since Shiloh last spoke to Cary. She's been married and divorced. She has two kids. And she's back in north Omaha living in the same house she grew up in. Her life is nothing like she planned.When Shiloh gets invited to an old friend's wedding, all she can think about is whether Cary will be there - and whether she hopes he will be.Slow Danceand is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. And what will happen when they try to make their way back to each other.----'Deeply human, profoundly romantic.and Rowelland will break your heartand and you'll thank her for it' Leigh Bardugo'Rainbow Rowell returns withand a gorgeous, slow-burn second-chance love storyand . . . Raw, real and romantic, thisand got me right in the feels'and Red Who can deny the absolute,and dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so muchand . . . I loved every page ofand Slow Dance, a book that isand romantic to its core, andand asand funnyand andand smartand as its wonderful characters' Emma Straub'Rainbow Rowell has an incredible ability to hideand an emotional wallopand in the middle ofand a light and romantic storyand 'and Cosmopolitan'A will-they, won't-theyand second chance romance for the ages,and this one is poised to be one of summer's breakout hits'and People Aand powerful and poignant tale of first loveand . . . Rich, real, and emotionally raw, this satisfying contemporary is sure to impress'and Publishers WeeklyReeses' Book Cluband Pick, August 2024