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Nick Hornby, author of Just Like You

Lucy used to handle her adult romantic life according to the script she'd been handed. She met a guy just like herself; they got married and started a family. Too bad he made her miserable. Now, two decades later, she's a nearly divorced 41-year-old teacher with two school-aged sons, and there is no script anymore. So when she meets Joseph, she isn't exactly looking for love --- she's more in the market for a babysitter. Joseph is 22, living at home with his mother and working several jobs. It's not a match anyone one could have predicted. But sometimes it turns out that the person who can make you happiest is the one you least expect, though it can take some maneuvering to see it through.

Week of September 27, 2021

Paperback releases for the week of September 27th include A GAMBLING MAN, a riveting thriller from David Baldacci that marks the return of Aloysius Archer, the straight-talking World War II veteran fresh out of prison; PIECE OF MY HEART by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke, in which television producer Laurie Moran must solve the kidnapping of her fiancée’s nephew --- just days before her wedding; THE OTHER EMILY, a relentless page-turning work of psychological suspense from Dean Koontz, who takes readers on a twisting journey of lost love, impossible second chances and terrifying promises; TALKING TO STRANGERS, Malcolm Gladwell's powerful examination of our interactions with strangers --- and why they often go wrong; and THIS TIME NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LAUGHING, Jacqueline Winspear's deeply personal memoir of her family’s resilience in the face of war and privation.