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Absolute gutwrenching heartswooning storytelling perfection
ANNABEL MONAGHAN
bestselling author of Same Time Next Summer

Youve Got Mail for a new generation set in the days of AOL and instant messenger banterabout a freshly engaged editorial assistant who winds up spending her summerFridays with the person she least expects

Summer 1999Twentysomething Sawyer is striving to make it in New York Between her assistant job in publishing her secret dreams of becoming a writer and her upcoming wedding to her college boyfriend her is plate full Only one problem She is facing an incrediblylonely summer as her fianc has been spending longer and longer hours at work with an alltooclose female colleague Kendra

When Kendras boyfriend Nick invites Sawyer to meet up and compare notes about their suspicions the meeting goes awryShe finds Nick cocky and cynical and he finds her stuck in her own head But then Nick seeks out Sawyer online to apologize and a friendship develops

Soon Sawyers lonely summertakes an unexpected turn She and Nick begin an unofficial ritualexploring New York City together every summer Friday From hot dogs on the Staten Island Ferry and Sea Breezes in a muggy East Village bar to swimming at Coney Island Sawyer feels seen by Nick in a way that surprises her He pushes her to be braver To ask for what she wants Meanwhile Sawyer draws Nick out of his hard shell revealing a surprisingly vulnerable side They both begin living for their Friday afternoons together

But what happens when the summer is over

Summer Fridays is a witty and emotional love letter to New York City that also captures the feeling of being young and starting out uncertain what to do on your summer Friday Its also perfect for readers who remember when going online meant tying up the phone line and the timeless thrill of seeing a certain someones name in your inbox