"From the author of Stepdog and The Fool's Tale comes a romantic comedy that tells the story of one journalist secretly juggling two bylines for competing newspapers on a small island - Hepburn and Tracy meet Romeo and Juliet on Martha's Vineyard"--
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&;N. D. Galland has created a delectable romantic comedy set in her home town of Martha&;s Vineyard long after the summer crowds have departed. With a satirist&;s eye and a pitch-perfect ear for the social nuances of small-town life, it&;s Pride and Prejudice for the Bumble generation.&; &; Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March and The Secret ChordFrom the critically acclaimed author of Stepdog and The Fool&;s Tale comes a romantic comedy that tells the story of one journalist secretly juggling two bylines for competing newspapers on a small island.One island, two newspapers, and the reporter who played them bothJoanna Howes is a Martha&;s Vineyard native who left the Island at eighteen and moved to New York City to become a writer. Now in her thirties, she reluctantly returns to care for her cranky, injured uncle. Needing income, she freelances for one island newspaper (the one Uncle Hank likes). But that doesn&;t cover her bills, so she creates an alter ego to write for the rival paper (the one Uncle Hank doesn&;t like). The Vineyard has a split personality &; part elite summer resort, part working-class small town. The Island&;s two papers &;the Journal and the Newes &; are famously at odds with each other and reflect the seasonal schism in their reporting. Everybody&;s shoulder seems to have a chip on it.Joanna gets personally ensnared in a messy situation she&;s assigned to write about for both papers: a wealthy seasonal resident sues the town for the right to use his private helicopter. When Johanna agrees to a cup of coffee with the witty, handsome stranger she meets at a zoning board meeting, she has no idea she&;s made a date with Orion Smith, helicopter owner. Orion, meanwhile, doesn&;t realize Joanna is the niece of his political nemesis, Henry Holmes.Joanna scrambles to keep her disparate identities separate from each other in the tiny off-season community, but everything she does just gets her into deeper trouble&;and further complicates her budding romance with the exasperating charmer she&;s doing her best not to fall for.A story about the half-truths we tell ourselves &; and others &; especially when our hearts are on the line.&;The most exciting story of skullduggery, intrigue and drama on Martha&;s Vineyard since the last time Alan Dershowitz was snubbed at a cocktail party.&;&; Peter Sagal, Host of NPR&;s &;Wait, Wait...Don&;t Tell Me!&; and author of The Incomplete Book of Running&;[A] gem of a novel. . . . this rollicking rom-com unfolds on Martha&;s Vineyard, which has spun its own share of fables. Quick, somebody call Hollywood. This one is ready for the big screen.&;&; Bob Drogin, author of Curveball: Spies, Lies and the Con Man Who Caused a War
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