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Author Abrams, Brooke (Novelist), author.

Title Penelope in retrograde : a novel / Brooke Abrams

Publication Info. Seattle : Lake Union Publishing, 2023
Location Call No. Status
 Naper Blvd. Adult Fiction-NEW  F ABRAMS    DUE 05-08-24
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Description 238 pages ; 21 cm
Summary 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
Subject Estranged families -- Fiction.
New business enterprises -- Fiction.
Loans -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
Thanksgiving Day -- Fiction.
Genre Romance fiction.
ISBN 9781662513251 (hardcover)
1662513259 (hardcover)
9781662513268 (pbk.)
1662513267 (hardcover)
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