Conversation while stranded in an elevator,
exploring the city as the blackout continues,
but having just met, they must travel in opposite directions!
This long-distance “wondering what if?” story should be at your local library or independent bookstore – if not, ask for it! Jennifer also wrote The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love (my no-spoiler recommendation here).
Read the first chapter here (thank you, Poppy Books!) for the stuck-in-elevator meeting that starts it all.
Surprise someone by sending them a postcard today!
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Book info: The Geography of You and Me / Jennifer E. Smith. Little Brown Books for Young Readers, 2014 (hardcover); Poppy Books, 2015 (paperback). [author site] [publisher site] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.
My book talk: Stranded in an elevator during a blackout before moving away from New York City, Owen and Lucy send postcards from places they travel and think of each other more and more.
Owen wouldn’t even have been in the elevator if he and Dad hadn’t fled Pennsylvania after Mom died. Lucy had ridden this elevator for 16 years without getting stuck – why now, when her jetsetting parents are in Paris and her brothers away at college?
Lucy’s dad accepts a position in Scotland, not exactly the London job that her British mom had hoped for. Owen’s dad decides that they should head west, find a job somewhere away from NYC where they cannot see the stars.
No smartphone or email for Owen, by choice – he sends Lucy postcards from the road. He meets a beautiful girl at Lake Tahoe, and yet…
Each postcard spurs a lengthy email from Lucy, full of her life in Scotland, excluding mention of the handsome rugby player who’s interested in her, however…
When Lucy’s family gathers for a wedding near San Francisco where Owen’s dad is trying to get a job, the pair will get to see each other after all these months, but what if…
Does absence truly make the heart grow fonder?
Is “wish you were here?” ever enough?
A tale of travel, love, and learning from the author of The Statistical Probability of Falling in Love. (One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com)
