Summary
Eve Prince is done—with college, with her mom, with guys, and with her dream of fashion design. But when her best friend goes MIA, Eve must gather together the broken threads of her life in order to search for her.
When Eve’s grandmother, Boop, a retiree dripping with Southern charm, finds out about the trip, she—desperate to see her sister, and also hoping to alleviate Eve’s growing depression—hijacks her granddaughter’s road trip. Boop knows from experience that healing Eve will req…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781631527630 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1631527630 |
| Author: | Mary Helen Sheriff |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 6 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 394g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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2020 American Fiction Awards Winner in Coming of Age
2021 Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal Finalist
2021 Eric Hoffer Category Finalist
Buzzfeed’s “12 Most Anticipated Books of Fall”
Popsugar’s “The 21 Most Exciting New Releases Hitting Bookshelves Throughout October”
Parade’s “Highly Anticipated Books of Fall”
Frolic’s “Ten Books Perfect for Your Book Club”
“A touching intergenerational romp through the coastal South.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Book and Eve’s Road Trip will touch your heart. A beautiful andemotional story of sisterhood, family, and friendship. From the firstpage, Mary Helen Sheriff’s lush and lyrical writing draws you in. Fansof Patti Callahan Henry and Kristy Woodson Harvey will adore thisdebut.”
—Kerry Lonsdale, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Last Summer
“Boop and Eve’s Road Trip is warm, witty, and wise, withcharacters I loved and characters I loved to hate. Filled with twistsand turns and many a bump in the road, this trip is a delight frombeginning to end.”
—Han Nolan, National Book Award–winning author of Dancing on the Edge
“Debut author Mary Helen Sheriff has woven a contemporary, heartwarmingsaga about women, for women. Peppered with surprises and humor, herstory follows three generations of a dysfunctional family through theirhurt, anger, and regret and toward reconciliation and hope.”
—Pam Webber, best-selling author of The Wiregrass and Moon Water
“Boop and Eve’s Road Trip is a delightful, funny, poignant ridefilled with laughter, tears, and mystery. It is both a physical andemotional journey that Boop and Eve undertake, and the healing they bothexperience is something that might just heal a little part ofeveryone.”
—Kathy Hepinstall, author of The Book of Polly
“Three generations of women, one agonizing secret. Boop and Eve willsteal your heart as they travel together—one seeking her future and theother forced to face her past. Sheriff’s novel will make you laugh andcry, sometimes on the very same page.”
—T. Greenwood, award-winning author of Keeping Lucy and Rust & Stardust
About The Author
Mary Helen Sheriff
Mary Helen Sheriff spent fourteen years in classrooms teaching elementary school, middle school, college, and professionals. During that time, she also had the pleasure of dabbling in writing for children, teenagers, and adults in a variety of forms including fiction, poetry, blogs, and nonfiction. She spent several summers immersed in an MFA program in children’s literature at Hollins University. Currently, she lives and writes in Richmond, Virginia, with her two kids, two cats, and husband.
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