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Slow Dance
- Author
- Rainbow Rowell
- Narrator
- Rebecca Lowman
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 30 July 2024
- Run Time
- 11 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick.
Rainbow Rowell is back with her first adult novel in ten years in this uplifting novel about star-crossed lovers and the power of second chances
Discover the big, beaming power ballad of a novel about a love so true it refuses to be forgotten . . .
Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary.
They were just friends. Best friends. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh’s porch steps, dreaming about the future. Shiloh was going to become an actress, and Cary was going to join the Navy. And nothing was ever going to change between them – Shiloh made him promise.
Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. But, somehow, everything changed.
Now it’s been fourteen years since Shiloh last spoke to Cary. She’s been married and divorced. She has two kids. And she’s back in north Omaha living in the same house she grew up in. Her life is nothing like she planned.
When Shiloh gets invited to an old friend’s wedding, all she can think about is whether Cary will be there – and whether she hopes he will be.
Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. And what will happen when they try to make their way back to each other.
'Sexy, sweet, wise and nostalgic – Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times’ Gabrielle Zevin
‘A gorgeous book . . . a beautiful, believable love story between two slightly broken people. So sweet, but never sentimental. I yearned for them to be happy and I miss it now it's over’ Marian Keyes
'Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell will break your heart and you’ll thank her for it' Leigh Bardugo
‘Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much . . . I loved every page of Slow Dance, a book that is romantic to its core, and as funny and smart as its wonderful characters' Emma Straub
'A will-they, won't-they second chance romance for the ages, this one is poised to be one of summer's breakout hits' People
‘A powerful and poignant tale of first love . . . Rich, real, and emotionally raw, this satisfying contemporary is sure to impress’ Publishers Weekly
© Rainbow Rowell 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
Critics Review
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If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, Slow Dance is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you’ve been. Slow Dance is sexy, sweet, wise, and nostalgic—Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times
Gabrielle Zevin
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Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much that you cannot bear to put it down, that you want to do nothing but keep flipping pages, that you want to immerse yourself fully and not come up for air until you are finished. I read Slow Dance in just that way, breathless and weeping. There is no one better than Rainbow at creating flawed, deeply human people. I loved every page of Slow Dance, a book that is romantic to its core, and as funny and smart as its wonderful characters. I will miss being in this world.
Emma Straub
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Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell tackles the challenges of love lost and rediscovered with nuance and candor. She will break your heart and you’ll thank her for it
Leigh Bardugo
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This slow-burn romance follows Shiloh and Cary, best friends who fell in love in their late teens, then split. In their 30s, they find themselves drawn together again, but will their history of misunderstandings get in the way? I loved this for its realism and the flawed, complicated characters.
Good Housekeeping
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Rainbow Rowell has an incredible ability to hide an emotional wallop in the middle of a light and romantic story
Cosmopolitan
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Rainbow writes such complicated, quirky characters - it's a great one
Today Show
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A beautiful 'will they, won't they' love story from the author of Eleanor & Park. . . . I loved these characters and the realness of their story
Prima
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Rainbow Rowell returns with a gorgeous, slow-burn second-chance love story . . . Raw, real and romantic, this got me right in the feels
Red
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'A will-they, won't-they second chance romance for the ages, this one is poised to be one of summer's breakout hits'
People
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If you adored One Day, make this your next read
Sun
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Details
- Author
- Rainbow Rowell
- Narrator
- Rebecca Lowman
- Duration
- 11 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 July 2024
- ISBN
- 9781405965804
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and Contemporary romance, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: coming of age, Narrative theme: identity / belonging
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick.Rainbow Rowell is back with her first adult novel in ten years in this uplifting novel about star-crossed lovers and the power of second chancesDiscover the big, beaming power ballad of a novel about a love so true it refuses to be forgotten . . . Back in high school, everybody thought Shiloh and Cary would end up together . . . everybody but Shiloh and Cary.They were just friends. Best friends. They spent entire summers sitting on Shiloh’s porch steps, dreaming about the future. Shiloh was going to become an actress, and Cary was going to join the Navy. And nothing was ever going to change between them – Shiloh made him promise.Well, Shiloh did go to college, and Cary did join the Navy. But, somehow, everything changed.Now it’s been fourteen years since Shiloh last spoke to Cary. She’s been married and divorced. She has two kids. And she’s back in north Omaha living in the same house she grew up in. Her life is nothing like she planned.When Shiloh gets invited to an old friend’s wedding, all she can think about is whether Cary will be there – and whether she hopes he will be.Slow Dance is the story of two kids who fell in love before they knew enough about love to recognize it. And what will happen when they try to make their way back to each other.'Sexy, sweet, wise and nostalgic – Jane Austen’s Persuasion for our times’ Gabrielle Zevin‘A gorgeous book . . . a beautiful, believable love story between two slightly broken people. So sweet, but never sentimental. I yearned for them to be happy and I miss it now it's over’ Marian Keyes'Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell will break your heart and you’ll thank her for it' Leigh Bardugo‘Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much . . . I loved every page of Slow Dance, a book that is romantic to its core, and as funny and smart as its wonderful characters' Emma Straub'A will-they, won't-they second chance romance for the ages, this one is poised to be one of summer's breakout hits' People‘A powerful and poignant tale of first love . . . Rich, real, and emotionally raw, this satisfying contemporary is sure to impress’ Publishers Weekly© Rainbow Rowell 2024 (P) Penguin Audio 2024
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