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Meant to be

Giffin, Emily. Book - 2022 Fiction / Giffin, Emily, Adult Book / Fiction / Romance / General / Giffin, Emily 5 On Shelf 1 request on 6 copies Community Rating: 2.6 out of 5

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"A restless golden boy and a girl with a troubled past navigate a love story that may be doomed before it even begins, in this irresistible new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted and The Lies That Bind. The Kingsley family is American royalty, beloved for their military heroics, political service, and unmatched elegance. In 1968, after Joseph S. Kingsley, Jr. is killed in a tragic accident, his charismatic son inherits the weight of that legacy. But Joe III is a free spirit-and a little bit reckless. Despite his best intentions, he has trouble meeting the expectations of a nation, as well as his exacting mother, Dottie. Meanwhile, no one ever expected anything of Cate Cooper. She, too, grew up fatherless-and after her mother remarried an abusive man, she was forced to fend for herself. After being discovered by a model scout at age sixteen, Cate decides that her good looks might be her ticket out of the cycle of disappointment that her mother has always inhabited. Before too long, Cate's face is appearing in magazines and on billboards. Yet, she has always felt like a fraud, faking it in a world to which she's never truly belonged. When Joe and Cate unexpectedly cross paths one afternoon, their connection is instant and intense. But can their relationship survive the glare of the spotlight and the so-called Kingsley Curse? In a beautifully written novel that captures a gilded moment in American history, Emily Giffin tells the story of two young people searching for belonging and identity, as well as the answer to the question: are certain love stories meant to be?"-- Publisher's description.

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Not a page-turner submitted by MCK313 on July 3, 2022, 3:49pm Categorize this as a summer beach read that is only mildly entertaining as it compares its main characters to the Kennedy clan.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Ballantine Books, [2022]
Year Published: 2022
Description: 350 pages ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780425286647

SUBJECTS
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Models (Persons) -- Fiction.
Rich people -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction.
Novellas.
Romance fiction.