Flying solo : a novel / Linda Holmes.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780525619277
- ISBN: 0525619275
- Physical Description: 308 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | "A woman returns to her small Maine hometown, uncovering family secrets that take her on a journey of self-discovery and new love, in this warm and charming novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over. Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate of her great-aunt Dot, a spirited adventurer who lived to be ninety. Along with boxes of Polaroids and pottery, a mysterious wooden duck shows up at the bottom of a cedar chest. Laurie's curiosity is piqued, especially after she finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line, "And anyway, if you're ever desperate, there are always ducks, darling." Laurie is told that the duck has no financial value. But after it disappears under suspicious circumstances, she feels compelled to figure out why anyone would steal a wooden duck-and why Dot kept it hidden away in the first place. Suddenly Laurie finds herself swept up in a righteous caper that has her negotiating with antiques dealers and con artists, going on after-hours dates at the local library, and reconnecting with her oldest friend and first love. Desperate to uncover her great-aunt's secrets, Laurie must reckon with her past, her future, and ultimately embrace her own vision of flying solo"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Subject: | Single women > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Great-aunts > Fiction. Antiques > Fiction. Self-actualization (Psychology) > Fiction. Maine > Fiction. |
Genre: | Romance fiction. |
Available copies
- 46 of 51 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Easton Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 51 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Easton Public Library | FIC HOLMES, LINDA (Text) | 37777123612640 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Flying Solo : A Novel
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Author Notes
Flying Solo : A Novel
Linda Holmes is a novelist, a pop culture correspondent for NPR, and one of the hosts of the popular podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which has held sold-out live shows in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. She appears regularly on NPR radio shows including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Weekend Edition . Before NPR, she wrote for New York magazine online and for TV Guide, as well as for the groundbreaking website Television Without Pity . Her first novel, Evvie Drake Starts Over, was a New York Times bestseller. In her free time, she watches far too many romantic comedies, bakes bread, plays with her wonderful dog, and tries to keep various plants thriving.