ISBN: 9781423319993

Three years ago, Emmy Everett made the painful decision to call off her engagement and leave New York City behind. Since then she has been hiding out in Rhode Island working at a bait and… More...

Three years ago, Emmy Everett made the painful decision to call off her engagement and leave New York City behind. Since then she has been hiding out in Rhode Island working at a bait and tackle shop and haphazardly shooting a documentary about fishermen's wives. July 4th weekend has rolled around again and Emmy is mustering up the courage to return home to New York (the site of her own failed romance) to celebrate her brother Josh's wedding. En route to his bachelor party, Emmy is shocked when her typically resolute brother confesses that he is having serious doubts about getting married - and he may even be in love with another woman. Emmy is determined to help her brother face up to this decision - the one she fled from herself. With less than twenty-four hours to go before the wedding, she takes Josh on a road trip to find this mystery woman. Along the way, Emmy embraces her own hard-earned lessons about romance, commitment and what happens when we refuse to let go of the past. Laura Dave, Books, Fiction and Literature, London Is the Best City in America Books>Fiction and Literature After making the difficult decision to call off her engagement, Emmy Everett left her life in New York City behind, and moved to a tiny fishing village in Rhode Island. She's been working on a documentary film, and generally avoiding the fact that she doesn't know what she wants to do with her life. But July 4th weekend has rolled around again, and Emmy is forced out of her self-imposed isolation she has to return to her hometown (which is also the site of her failed romance with her ex-fianci) for her brother Josh's wedding. Upon arrival, Emmy finds that Josh has a terrible case of cold feet. With less than twenty-four hours to go before the wedding, she takes him on an unforgettable road trip to help him figure out what he wants from life, and with whom he wants to spend it. Along the way Emmy learns some of her own lessons, and begins to realize that love, moving on, and happy endings that she thought were only found in movies, aren't a fantasy after all.<