Meant to Be
Book Feature - Meant to Be by Emily Giffin
HBL Note: I became a fan of Emily Giffin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author, probably when most of you did, with the publication of Something Borrowed and Something Blue. I was in high school, or maybe it was my first year of college when they came out, and I devoured them. Fast forward 18 years and I get to interview Emily Giffin and talk about her latest novel, MEANT TO BE, on June 3 at 7pm in Naperville, an event hosted by Anderson's Bookshop. Click here for more details.
Emily’s latest novel, MEANT TO BE, was loosely inspired by the love story of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bassett Kennedy. It is more of a re-imagination of what their story could have been, if only… But even if you aren’t familiar with America’s Camelot, you will still enjoy Emily Giffin’s return to romance in several novels. Much like her debut and sophomore novels, I devoured this book in just two sittings. I adored Joe and Cate from the get-go, two of the most likable characters with difficult pasts.
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Book Feature - Meant to Be by Emily Giffin
Book Feature - Meant to Be by Emily Giffin
From the publisher:
The Kingsley family is American royalty, beloved for their military heroics, political service, and unmatched elegance. In 1967, after Joseph S. Kingsley, Jr. is killed in a tragic accident, his charismatic son inherits the weight of that legacy. But Joe III is a free spirit—and a little bit reckless. Despite his best intentions, he has trouble meeting the expectations of a nation, as well as those of his exacting mother, Dottie.
Meanwhile, no one ever expected anything of Cate Cooper. She, too, grew up fatherless—and after her mother marries an abusive man, she is forced to fend for herself. After being discovered by a model scout at age sixteen, Cate decides that her looks may be her only ticket out of the cycle of disappointment that her mother has always inhabited. Before too long, Cate’s face is in magazines and on billboards. Yet she feels like a fraud, faking it in a world to which she’s never truly belonged.
When Joe and Cate unexpectedly cross paths one afternoon, their connection is instant and intense. But can their relationship survive the glare of the spotlight and the so-called Kingsley curse? In a beautifully written novel that captures a gilded moment in American history, Emily Giffin tells the story of two people searching for belonging and identity, as well as the answer to the question: Are certain love stories meant to be?
Book Feature - Meant to Be by Emily Giffin
