Set in New England at the time of the American Bicentennial, BEST SELLER is the poignant story of a displaced young woman struggling to figure out who she is within the context of her hometown and the carefully masked dysfunction of her family.
"Everything can be fixed by writing a check." Words to live by for Robin Fortune's wealthy father, until he can't buy her way back into college after she's expelled for dealing pot. Now he chooses not to speak to her anymore, but that's just one of the out-of-whack situations Robin's facing. At nineteen, she feels rudderless, working in a diner by day and sleeping with a buddy from high school by night - all so strange for her because she was always the one with the plan. While her college friends plotted how to ensnare husbands, she plotted a novel, which she scratched out into a series of spiral-bound notebooks she hides in the closet. But now, there's nothing. No vision, no future, no point. In fact, the only thing she feels she has to look forward to is that her favorite author, Maryana Capture, is paying a visit to the local Thousand Words bookstore. Robin surmises that if she can convince Maryana to help her get her novel published, she'll finally get herself back on track. Except that life never takes a straight path in this intensely satisfying coming-of-age novel.
She and her husband live in Rhode Island, never far from the ocean.
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My review;
Even though Robin Fortune should have everything in the world that she wants but, she cannot go through her life without making mistakes. As she grows older she starts to think that her life has and is passing her by. Some of her friends are married and have children already. She puts her trust in someone she was sure she can trust and her future is changed forever. I really enjoyed this novel written by a fantastic author, Martha Reynolds. I give this book a 5/5. I was given this book for the purpose of a review and all opinions are my own.
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