Chaperoned
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ISBN: 1611090245 / Publisher: Amazon Crossing, July 2012
Thirty years have passed since Christine and her father Heinz had a disasterous vacation together, when her father left her at a gas station to teach her a lesson. But now Christine's mother is insisting that Christine and her best friend, Dorothea, takeHeinz along on a relaxing girls' trip to the beach. Will this vacation also be a disaster? Or will Christine realize that she many not be too grown up to need her father?
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When an old friend invites her to help renovate a bar in a posh resort town, single gal Christine immediately agrees, anticipating two blissful weeks of sun, cocktails, and gorgeous men. Her excitement is short-lived, however, thanks in no small part to her overbearing mother and one heavy-handed guilt trip. Now, for the first time in nearly thirty years, Christine and her best friend Dorothea find themselves saddled with an unexpected chaperone: Christine’s father, Heinz.The trip is a catastrophe from the get-go. For starters, Heinz insists on taking charge of the bar’s overhaul. And when he learns that the locals are hunting for an escaped con artist, he promptly joins the investigation. At the top of his suspect list? Johann, the handsome, mysterious traveler who makes Christine go weak at the knees. But just when she thinks she can’t take one more day of his “father knows best” routine, Christine makes a poignant realization that will forever change the way she looks at Heinz.Sparkling with humor, this delightful novel, which spent over one hundred weeks on Germany’s bestseller list, captures the unique—and occasionally exasperating—bond between fathers and daughters.
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