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Does fate determine with whom we are destined to spend our lives, or is it simply chance? In MEANT TO BE MINE, Hannah Orenstein's delightful romance, Edie Meyer is forced to consider that very question. Her grandmother, Gloria, has correctly predicted the date on which all of her family members will meet their bashert, which is Yiddish for the true love that is meant to happen. She predicted her own meeting with Edie's grandfather, Ray, and the couple was blissfully married for many decades.
"MEANT TO BE MINE is sweet but not saccharine. It's charming and filled with feel-good family emotion. The premise is unique, and while it's a quick read, it's also thoughtfully written and features characters we root for."
Edie's twin sister, Rae, has met her true love, and they are finally getting engaged after being together for over 10 years. Now Edie's date is approaching, and she has spent years wondering and dreaming about what this encounter would be like. She is so sure of her grandmother's ability that she ended a relationship with a boyfriend she truly loved; she knew he couldn't be "the one" since they didn't meet on the "magic date." She still misses him and wonders if cutting ties with him was the right decision.
When she does meet someone on that magical date, Edie is convinced that he is "the one." Theo is a musician, and together they work in the creative arts. Edie envisions a perfect life together in New York City. She lives only blocks from Rae and her boyfriend, Max. So when Edie and Theo start to learn more about each other, Edie is dismayed that their life goals don't seem to mesh as seamlessly as she had assumed they would. But she also knows that her grandmother doesn't make mistakes.
When some family secrets are shared, Edie realizes that instead of just blindly trusting "fate," aka Gloria's vision, she might be better served to trust her own feelings. And just as we sagely nod and think to ourselves that, yes, blindly trusting fate is not sensible, Orenstein throws in a twist that makes us rethink even that notion.
MEANT TO BE MINE is sweet but not saccharine. It's charming and filled with feel-good family emotion. The premise is unique, and while it's a quick read, it's also thoughtfully written and features characters we root for. In what might be a sadly ironic twist considering recent events, the little brother of one of the characters was killed by a school shooter, which sparked his desire to work on gun control issues.
Book clubs looking for a lighter summer read that still has some discussion-worthy issues to ponder would do well to make MEANT TO BE MINE their next selection.
Teaser
What if you knew exactly when you’d meet the love of your life? Edie Meyer knows. When her Grandma Gloria was a young woman, she had a vision of the exact day she would meet her soul mate --- and then Grandpa Ray showed up. Since then, Gloria has accurately predicted the day every single member of the family has met their match. Edie’s day arrives on June 24, 2022, when she’s 29 years old. That morning, she boards an airplane to her twin sister’s surprise engagement, and when a handsome musician sits beside her, she knows it’s meant to be. But fate comes with more complications than Edie expected, and she can’t fight the nagging suspicion that her perfect guy doesn’t have perfect timing.
Promo
What if you knew exactly when you’d meet the love of your life? Edie Meyer knows. When her Grandma Gloria was a young woman, she had a vision of the exact day she would meet her soul mate --- and then Grandpa Ray showed up. Since then, Gloria has accurately predicted the day every single member of the family has met their match. Edie’s day arrives on June 24, 2022, when she’s 29 years old. That morning, she boards an airplane to her twin sister’s surprise engagement, and when a handsome musician sits beside her, she knows it’s meant to be. But fate comes with more complications than Edie expected, and she can’t fight the nagging suspicion that her perfect guy doesn’t have perfect timing.
About the Book
From the author of the “funny, sexy and absurdly entertaining” (Marie Claire) PLAYING WITH MATCHES, a sweeping love story in the vein of Rebecca Serle and Chloe Benjamin about a woman who knows the date she’ll meet her true love --- only he isn’t quite as perfect as she always imagined.
What if you knew exactly when you’d meet the love of your life? Edie Meyer knows. When her Grandma Gloria was a young woman, she had a vision of the exact day she would meet her soul mate --- and then Grandpa Ray showed up.
Since then, Gloria has accurately predicted the day every single member of the family has met their match. Edie’s day arrives on June 24, 2022, when she’s 29 years old. She has been waiting for it half her life. That morning, she boards an airplane to her twin sister’s surprise engagement, and when a handsome musician sits beside her, she knows it’s meant to be.
But fate comes with more complications than Edie expected and she can’t fight the nagging suspicion that her perfect guy doesn’t have perfect timing. After a tragedy and a shocking revelation rock Edie’s carefully constructed world, she’s forced to consider whether love chooses us, as simple as destiny, or if we choose it ourselves.
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