A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK
AN INSTANT
NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER
From #1
New York Times
bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes
Slow Dance
– her smartest, funniest, most
romantic
novel yet.
“If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot,
is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you’ve been.
is sexy, sweet, wise, and nostalgic—Jane Austen’s
Persuasion
for our times.”
— Gabrielle Zevin,
bestselling author of
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary.
They were just friends.
Best
friends. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh’s porch steps, dreaming about the future. They promised each other that, no matter what, their friendship would never change.
Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. And yet, somehow,
everything
changed.
Now Shiloh’s thirty-three, and it’s been fourteen years since she talked to Cary. She’s been married and divorced. She has two kids. And she’s back living in the same house she grew up in. Her life is nothing like she planned.
When she’s invited to an old friend’s wedding, all Shiloh can think about is whether Cary will be there
—
and whether she hopes he will be. Would Cary even
want
to talk to her? After
?
The answer is yes. And yes. And
yes
.
is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. . .  Two friends who lost everything. . . Two adults who just feel lost.
It’s the story of Shiloh and Cary, who everyone thought would end up together, trying to find their way back to the start.