Millions of readers have come of age with Rainbow Rowell’s books. Titles like Fangirl, Carry On, and Eleanor & Park have made a lasting impression on young adult readers over the past decade.
Now Rowell returns to the world of adult literature for the first time since “Landline” in 2014.
With “Slow Dance” (Morrow), Rowell tells her long-time, now adult readers a love story.
Her new novel is a poignant, funny and heartfelt story about the confusing twists and turns of adulthood: the shattered dreams, lost loves, paths not taken and, through it all, the struggle to make sense of it all… again.
People magazine described it as “a romance for the ages that questions whether or not they get a second chance. It has the potential to be one of the surprise hits of the summer.”
Once upon a time, Shiloh and Cary promised each other that their friendship would never change. But when it needed to, it fell apart.
In high school, they were just friends. Best friends. Allies. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh’s porch steps, dreaming of the future. They would both leave North Omaha – Shiloh would go to college and become an actress, and Cary would join the Navy.
They promised each other that their friendship would never change. Everyone thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together – everyone except Shiloh and Cary.
Well, Shiloh went to college and Cary joined the Navy. And yet somehow everything changed.
Now Shiloh is 33 and it’s been 14 years since she last spoke to Cary. She’s been married and divorced. She has two children. And she’s back in the same house she grew up in. Her life is going completely differently than she planned.
When she is invited to the wedding of an old friend, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there – and whether she hopes so. Would Cary even want to talk to her? After everything that has happened?
The answer is yes. And yes. And yes.
In “Slow Dance,” the ill-fated best friends meet again years later.
Alternating timelines between past and present, Rowell tells the story of two children who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. Two friends who lost everything. Two adults who just feel lost. And maybe only now can they finally figure out what they are meant to be for each other. It is the story of Shiloh and Cary trying to find their way back to the beginning.
Source: BookTrib.com, People Magazine
