Slow Dance (UK Edition)
Publisher,Michael Joseph
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 432
Shelf: FICTION
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Rainbow Rowell is back with her first adult novel in ten years in this uplifting novel about star-crossed lovers and the power of second chances
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.
About the Author
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.
Reviews
"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." ―Gabrielle Zevin
"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." ―Emma Straub
"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" ―Leigh Bardugo
"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
"‘A powerful and poignant tale of first love ... Rich, real, and emotionally raw, this satisfying contemporary is sure to impress" ―Publishers Weekly
Dimensions: 15.3 x 3.8 x 23.4 cm
