Book Club Fiction
College is over, and Emma’s supposed to know what she’s doing. Her overbearing mother thinks she knows: law school and then the family firm. Too bad Emma doesn’t agree.
Meanwhile, her best friend Kim wants to set her up with the new guy in Kim’s office. This is a problem. Patrick is more alluring than Emma wants to admit—infuriatingly so.
Stuck between casebooks and a man who can’t seem to make up his mind, Emma jumps ship and heads for a summer study abroad in Ireland. Unfortunately, Ireland doesn’t make things any clearer, especially when she finds herself in bed with cute and studious Alex.
In the wake of her rebellions, Emma is left grasping for a sense of belonging.
Whatever she’s doing, and wherever she’s doing it, Emma will have to embrace the messiness of getting to know herself. Maybe for the first time.
Peter has always struggled with the opposite sex. His focus has been on unraveling the secrets of cancer’s DNA, immersing himself in research in pursuit of a breakthrough. But when Jane sits next to him at his best friend’s Friendsgiving, she seems like the first woman who can speak his language, and his attention begins to shift.
After the sudden death of her parents, and diagnosis of a lurking rare and life-threatening vascular condition, Jane dug her hands deep into the soil she studies for a living. When she sits next to Peter at Thanksgiving, she discovers someone who shares her affinity for science. But she wonders if he will truly understand her medical condition.
As the relationship deepens, Jane and Peter’s personal desires and insecurities collide. Their relationship comes under scrutiny during a single weekend with Peter’s family, causing the molecular structure of their bond to crack, propelling them both across Europe and deeper into their respective careers.
As they explore their new lives, a theory remains to be proven: can love transcend the boundaries of circumstance and biology?
