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Last Wish by Donna Freitas audiobook

Last Wish

By Donna Freitas

Blackstone Publishing 9798228810662
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Last Wish is a fun and funny, sweet and sexy, will they/won’t they second-chance romance—a moving testament to how an unlikely combo of laughter and grief can become the touchstone for lasting love. Ellie Cardoso has worked her whole life to make a name for herself as a New York City gallerist. Just as her career—and her love life, thanks to artist Max Jacobs—start to take off, Ellie’s beloved father dies. This unexpected tragedy calls her back to her working-class hometown in Rhode Island and all she left behind. Struggling to navigate the practical and emotional aftershocks of losing her dad while dodging his inquisitive but well-intentioned friends, Ellie can’t escape the nagging feeling that her dad is meddling in her romantic pursuits even from beyond the grave. The day he died, Ellie’s father made her promise she’d leave herself open to finding happiness, no matter how or when it might appear. So when Eric, Ellie’s long-lost high school crush, shows up unexpectedly at her father’s wake, she wonders if her dad is trying to send her a message about second chances, despite her budding relationship with Max. And when some biblical-scale events— seriously, she starts to worry frogs will fall from the sky—force an extended stay, she finds herself suspecting that happiness might lie in the very place she’s spent her whole life trying to escape.

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Last Wish is a fun and funny, sweet and sexy, will they/won’t they second-chance romance—a moving testament to how an unlikely combo of laughter and grief can become the touchstone for lasting love.

Ellie Cardoso has worked her whole life to make a name for herself as a New York City gallerist. Just as her career—and her love life, thanks to artist Max Jacobs—start to take off, Ellie’s beloved father dies. This unexpected tragedy calls her back to her working-class hometown in Rhode Island and all she left behind. Struggling to navigate the practical and emotional aftershocks of losing her dad while dodging his inquisitive but well-intentioned friends, Ellie can’t escape the nagging feeling that her dad is meddling in her romantic pursuits even from beyond the grave.

The day he died, Ellie’s father made her promise she’d leave herself open to finding happiness, no matter how or when it might appear. So when Eric, Ellie’s long-lost high school crush, shows up unexpectedly at her father’s wake, she wonders if her dad is trying to send her a message about second chances, despite her budding relationship with Max. And when some biblical-scale events— seriously, she starts to worry frogs will fall from the sky—force an extended stay, she finds herself suspecting that happiness might lie in the very place she’s spent her whole life trying to escape.

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Editorial Reviews

“Ambitious, compelling, and provocative, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano delves deep into love, motherhood, and the complicated dance that is navigating the world as a woman—its intricate structure kept me turning pages and the questions posed therein kept me awake at night.” —Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“A structurally ambitious, deeply thoughtful, and even-handed consideration of many of the most complex decisions women make about their families and futures—not to mention a generally wise meditation on the control we all do and don’t have over our fates.”  —Linda Holmes, host of NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour and New York Times bestselling author of Evvie Drake Starts Over, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“Donna Freitas brilliantly unfurls the most urgent questions of a woman’s life…creating a dazzling kaleidoscope of love, pain and possibility.” —Martha McPhee, National Book Award finalist and author of An Elegant Woman, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“Reminiscent of Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life or the movie Sliding Doors, Freitas’s novel explores nine (but certainly not all) possible outcomes when a woman who has never wanted children marries a man who gradually decides he does…Following the maze of numbered takes becomes an addictive game, highly literate escapism, like watching The Queen’s Gambit…Highly readable and provocative.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“Fans of Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life, Liane Moriarty’s What Alice Forgot, and the film Sliding Doors will find themselves happily lost in this charming, heartfelt, thought-provoking novel.” —Booklist (starred review) on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“A serious yet fantastical look at relationships, family, and feminism told in a unique voice, and book groups should take note. The closest read-alikes are Life After Life by Kate Atkinson and Replay by Ken Grimwood.” —Library Journal (starred review) on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“Many of us have had that moment where we wondered what might happen if we took a different path. Rose is adamant that she doesn’t want to be a mother, but then she caves to save her relationship. But what if she makes a different choice? In this inventive novel about love, loss, identity, and compromise, we get to find out.” —Woman’s Day on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“In a powerful exploration of motherhood and feminism, Donna Freitas probes the ties that bind us all to one another through love, through obligation and through choice. At once thought-provoking and emotionally moving, this novel will have readers examining their own relationships and their own ‘what-ifs.’” —Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost and Everything After, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“In captivating Sliding Doors-style, we’re offered an intimate glimpse into the nine different lives of one woman as she struggles to define womanhood. Riveting, astute and brazenly honest, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano has left an indelible mark—I won’t soon forget it.” —Karma Brown, bestselling author of Recipe for a Perfect Wife, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“Sometimes the right book finds you at the perfect time, and that’s exactly what happened in the case of The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano. I read this novel in one greedy gulp. It brilliantly turns the prism on what it means to be a woman: More than the sum of our joys and pains, we are also etched with the roads not taken and opportunities lost. The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano is a trenchant portrait of womanhood, and everything I look for in a novel: intimate, thought-provoking, and terribly moving.”   —Lauren Mechling, author of How Could She, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“This book is so good. I spent a day completely ignoring my family while I finished it. The only downside was I cried at the playground. But, really, who hasn’t?” —Emily Oster, New York Times bestselling author of Cribsheet, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“Donna Freitas writes about the mysteries surrounding motherhood and the choice to remain childless with disarming directness and feeling. This is a thought-provoking, absorbing book.” —René Steinke, author of Friendswood, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitan
“Nine choices, nine fates, one woman. Donna Freitas takes a woman’s most intimate decision and casts a refracting light on the pressures, regrets, and joys that can accompany it. With crystalline prose that crackles with wit and emotional intensity, she reveals how a woman’s effort to be true to her own choices can be a struggle that requires not only everything she has, but everything she might become. Starkly honest, absorbing, and wholly original.”  —Judy Blundell, bestselling author of The High Season, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitan
“Ambitious, compelling, and provocative, The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano delves deep into love, motherhood, and the complicated dance that is navigating the world as a woman—its intricate structure kept me turning pages and the questions posed therein kept me awake at night.” —Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had, on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano
“Freitas’s prose is engaging and precise, and her what-if format proves ideal for elegantly unpacking the tensions of the plot. She balances tightly written scenes of confrontation with Rose’s poignant reflections on how much she can compromise without losing herself completely. This isn’t one to miss.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano

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Author Bio: Donna Freitas

Author Bio: Donna Freitas

Donna Freitas is the author of a number of award-winning, critically acclaimed books, including the novel The Nine Lives of Rose Napolitano (published in twenty languages), the memoirs Consent and Wishful Thinking, and over a dozen novels for children and young adults. She has a PhD in Gender Studies and Religion, and teaches creative writing. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Sunday Times, and many other newspapers and magazines, and she has been interviewed on The Today Show, CNN, and All Things Considered. A native Rhode Islander, she splits her time between the US and Barcelona.

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Available Formats : CD, MP3 CD, Hardcover, Paperback
Category: Fiction/Romance
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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