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(3.64) | 14 | Stuck in a bus full of strangers, mother-and-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into something they never expected. Jessica and Emily have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it's a last-ditch effort to get excited about her future, because every day in the present feels like such a slog. Can't she just skip straight to the adulting part? It looks so much easier . . . at least on social media. For Jessica, it's a chance to bond with the daughter she seems to have lost. They used to be so close, but then Goldfish crackers and Play-Doh were no longer enough of a draw. She isn't even sure if Emily likes her anymore. To be honest, Jessica isn't entirely sure she likes herself. Together with a dozen strangers - and two familiar enemies - Jessica and Emily travel the East Coast, visiting one prospective college after another, meeting up with family and old friends along the way. Surprises and secrets test their relationship and, in the end, change it forever.… (more) |
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All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
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This novel is dedicated to the memory of the wise, warm, and wonderful John Melissinos, and to his wife, Candice, and daughters, Chesney and Logan. I love you all very much and always will. | |
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I left the house this morning, determined to take the day by the horns and throw it over my shoulder like a scarf, if necessary. | |
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That's the thing with data; if you pull any graph out far enough, the peaks and troughs flatten out. Live long enough and life averages out. It's just as well parents get a decade of cute and cuddly children before they turn into teenagers, otherwise humans would have died out long ago. Regret is one of those emotions that out punches reality: Even if you 100 percent could not have done things differently, it still pops up and takes a jab. | |
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None ▾Book descriptions Stuck in a bus full of strangers, mother-and-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into something they never expected. Jessica and Emily have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it's a last-ditch effort to get excited about her future, because every day in the present feels like such a slog. Can't she just skip straight to the adulting part? It looks so much easier . . . at least on social media. For Jessica, it's a chance to bond with the daughter she seems to have lost. They used to be so close, but then Goldfish crackers and Play-Doh were no longer enough of a draw. She isn't even sure if Emily likes her anymore. To be honest, Jessica isn't entirely sure she likes herself. Together with a dozen strangers - and two familiar enemies - Jessica and Emily travel the East Coast, visiting one prospective college after another, meeting up with family and old friends along the way. Surprises and secrets test their relationship and, in the end, change it forever. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description |
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So why am I reading stuff about lives so different from mine?? Because she is hilarious, wise, fascinating, and she just grabs the reader and never lets go. LOVE her characters, love her use of POV (which I am usually not a fan of switching around), and the slow unfold of what is really going on.
Thank you, Abbi Waxman, for another nearly sleepless night, gobbling down your delicious conclusion.
You are a master of "Show, don't tell." (