The Bookish Life of Nina Hill

$14.40 $16.00

Staff Pick!

Nina loves to read, works in a bookstore, struggles with anxiety, and just found out who her father is and that he included her in his will (much to his family’s chagrin).  You will love and sympathize with Nina as you walk with her through some fun, surprising, and hard life situations.  With book references throughout, it’s clear that the author is a book person who wrote Nina for book people.  So if you think of yourself as a book person and you want a fun and charming read, this is the book for you! -- Mary Laura

 

Description

Instant USA Today bestseller!

 

"Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin

 

"Meet our bookish millennial heroine--a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet, if you will... Waxman's wit and wry humor stand out. She is funny and imaginative, and "Bookish" lands a step above run-of-the-mill romantic comedy fare."--The Washington Post

 

"Abbi Waxman offers up a quirky, eccentric romance that will charm any bookworm.... For anyone who's ever wondered if their greatest romance might come between the pages of books they read, Waxman offers a heartwarming tribute to that possibility."--Entertainment Weekly

 

The author of Other People's Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone's radar.

Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own...shell.

 

The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.

When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They're all--or mostly all--excited to meet her! She'll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It's a disaster! And as if that wasn't enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn't he realize what a terrible idea that is?

 

Nina considers her options.
1. Completely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)
2. Flee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee).
3. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.)

 

It's time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn't convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. It's going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page.

Product Details

Publisher: Berkley Books
Published Date: July 09, 2019
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 5.3 X 0.9 X 8.0 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language: English
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780451491879