By the book
Guillory, Jasmine2022
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A young, Black woman working in publishing makes a surprise connection with an author who has failed to deliver his highly anticipated manuscript. Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing after college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, still living at home, and one of the few Black employees at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to finally get the promotion she deserves. All she has to do is go to the author's Santa Barbara mansion and give him a pep talk or three. How hard could it be? But Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. Beau Towers is not some celebrity lightweight writing a tell-all memoir. He is jaded and withdrawn and-it turns out-just as lost as Izzy. But despite his standoffishness, Izzy needs Beau to deliver, and with her encouragement, his story begins to spill onto the page. They soon discover they have more in common than either of them expected, and as their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn't there before.
Main title:
By the book / Jasmine Guillory.
Author:
Guillory, Jasmine, author
Imprint:
Los Angeles : Hyperion Avenue, 2022.©2022
Collation:
313 pages ; 24 cm.
Series title:
Meant to be novel ; 2.
Notes:
Sequel to: If the shoe fits by Julie Murphy.
ISBN:
97813680533899781368053389
Dewey class:
813.6813.00
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
510828
More Information:
Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | GUIL | Available |
Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | 813.00 | On order |