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ISBN:
9781474942867
Content:
" Audrey is over romance. Since her parents' relationship imploded her mother's been catatonic, so she takes a cinema job to get out of the house. But there she meets wannabe film-maker Harry. Nobody expects Audrey and Harry to fall in love as hard and fast as they do. But that doesn't mean things are easy. Because real love isn't like the movies...The greatest love story ever told doesn't feature kissing in the snow or racing to airports. It features pain and confusion and hope and wonder and a ban on cheesy clichés. Oh, and zombies... YA star Holly Bourne tackles real love in this hugely funny and poignant novel. "
Content:
Biographisches: "Holly Bourne is an author and a journalist. Holly's first two books, Soulmates and The Manifesto on How to be Interesting, have been critically acclaimed and translated into six languages. The first book in the Spinster Club series, Am I Normal Yet?, was chosen as a World Book Night book for 2016 and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize. The Spinster Club series has also inspired the formation of Spinster Clubs across the UK and Ireland. Before becoming a full-time author, Holly was editor of TheSite.org - a charity-run advice and information website for young people." Rezension(2): "The Guardian: There is more clear-sighted feminist analysis (and many more belly laughs) in Holly Bourne's latest young adult novel... Boasting emotional depth and believable heartbreak alongside such memorable lines as frostbite of the bumhole, this is Bourne at her courageous, necessary best. " Rezension(3): "ReadingZone: A great reflection on all things relationship, first love, betrayal and the strength of friendship. A MUST read for all teenagers, confident readers and reluctant. " Rezension(4): "Lots of Livres: If you're looking for a YA contemporary novel that's a little bit different, and includes family, messed up relationships and feminist rants –" Rezension(5): "The Telegraph: Funny, poignant and heartbreakingly real, It Only Happens in the Movies is partly about falling in love and getting swept away despite yourself, and brilliantly captures what this can feel like. " Rezension(6): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 26, 2020 Audrey Winters is off romance. Her mother is still suffering from her father’s abrupt departure, and Audrey’s not entirely over having “bought the I-lost-my-virginity-to-an-attractive-but-morally-bankrupt-asshole T-shirt.” When she starts a new job at a fancy movie theater in Bridgely-upon-Thames, she recognizes coworker Harry as a charming flirt who hits on everyone. This doesn’t make her immune to his charms, however, especially once she’s starring in his zombie movie, a return to acting after her post-breakup retirement from high school theater. Seventeen-year-old Audrey is also working on a school project about romance movies, which she thinks encourage unsustainable relationship expectations. Alongside snippets of Audrey’s rom-com essay, British author Bourne draws her protagonist as a believable mix of self-awareness and inexperience as she does her best to cope with her selfish father and hurting mother, her largely absent brother, and Harry’s omnipresent ex. Audrey’s struggles with whether to trust Harry and whether love is worth the pain it can cause are plausible, and though the book does fall prey to an old trope, with Audrey pitted against Harry’s ex, it’s a smart, funny, and emotionally satisfying rom-com. Ages 14–up. Agent: Madeleine Milburn, Madeleine Milburn Literary. "
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