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008    230806s2023    wau    e      000|1 eng|d 
010    bl2023175160 
015    GBC3F4620|2bnb 
020    9781662513251|q(hardcover) 
020    1662513259|q(hardcover) 
020    9781662513268|q(pbk.) 
020    1662513267|q(hardcover) 
035    CPL 
040    StDuBDS|beng|erda|cStDuBDS|dStDuBDS|dSKYRV|dUtOrBLW 
092    |fF|aABRAMS 
100 1  Abrams, Brooke|c(Novelist),|eauthor. 
245 10 Penelope in retrograde :|ba novel /|cBrooke Abrams 
264  1 Seattle :|bLake Union Publishing,|c2023 
300    238 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
520 8  In this witty and heartfelt debut from author Brooke 
       Abrams, a romance writer with a passion for astrology 
       reluctantly travels home for Thanksgiving to make amends 
       with her estranged familyand possibly manifest her own 
       happily ever after. Romance writer Penelope Banks can 
       write the perfect love story, but when it comes to family,
       all shes got is a rough draft. Penny shelved the idea of 
       fitting in with her high-achieving family years ago, but 
       when her new business venturea romance bookstoreis at risk
       of closing before its doors have opened, shes forced to 
       ask for help from the one place she never expected. 
       Home.Pennys prepared for the usual Thanksgiving lineup: 
       her perfect sister, meddling nana, matchmaking mother, and
       workaholic father. The guest she didnt anticipate? Her ex-
       husband, Smith. After an awkward rideshare with Smith 
       leaves Penny questioning why the romance in her life 
       exists only in her novels, Penny adds some fiction to 
       reality and turns her fathers colleague into the perfect 
       fake boyfriend.With only four days to mend damaged 
       relationships, and her bookstores future at stake, all the
       stars must align for Penny to finally write a happily ever
       after for herself and her family 
650  0 Estranged families|vFiction. 
650  0 New business enterprises|vFiction. 
650  0 Loans|vFiction. 
650  0 Man-woman relationships|vFiction. 
650  0 Thanksgiving Day|vFiction. 
655  7 Romance fiction.|2lcgft