{"product_id":"9780062105660","title":"Someone Else's Love Story : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSomeone Else's Love Story\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Joshilyn Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomeone Else's Love Story\u003c\/em\u003e is beloved and highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Joshilyn Jackson's funny, charming, and poignant novel about science and miracles, secrets and truths, faith and forgiveness; about falling in love, and learning that things aren't always what they seem—or what we hope they will be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShandi Pierce is juggling finishing college, raising her delightful three-year-old genius son Nathan, aka Natty Bumppo, and keeping the peace between her eternally warring, long-divorced parents. She's got enough complications without getting caught in the middle of a stick-up and falling in love with William Ashe, who willingly steps between the robber and her son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShandi doesn't know that her blond god Thor has his own complications. When he looked down the barrel of that gun he believed it was destiny: It's been one year to the day since a tragic act of physics shattered his world. But William doesn't define destiny the way others do. A brilliant geneticist who believes in facts and numbers, destiny to him is about choice. Now, he and Shandi are about to meet their so-called destinies head on, making choices that will reveal unexpected truths about love, life, and the world they think they know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Witty, cleverly constructed and including a truly surprising twist, \u003ci\u003eSomeone Else’s Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e turns out to be a nuanced exploration of faith, family and the things we do for love.”\u003cbr\u003e“Witty and insightful...a novel at once funny and touching.”\u003cbr\u003e“An inspiring story of love, faith and redemption...All of the characters... are so vividly drawn, they fairly leap off the page.”\u003cbr\u003e“That rare woman’s novel that is sure to please readers of popular fiction as well as literary fiction. A terrific pageturner!”\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSomeone Else’s Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e is worth reading, even studying. Expressions of love come in many forms, as Jackson shows.”\u003cbr\u003e“Finely drawn characters make the miraculous plausible, from the opening hostage scene in a North Georgia convenience store to an ending that hits the mark of ‘surprising yet inevitable’ mastered and articulated by Flannery O’Connor.”\u003cbr\u003e“A surprising novel, both graceful and tender. You won’t be able to put it down.”\u003cbr\u003e“ \u003ci\u003eSomeone Else’s Love Story\u003c\/i\u003e is never predictable, full of humor and heart and characters you can’t help but love.”\u003cbr\u003e“[T]here is love at [this novel’s] heart… there is much to gain from a closer read.” (3 out of 4 stars)\u003cbr\u003e“Joshilyn Jackson is a brilliant storyteller and has a unique gift of bringing quirkiness to her characters and a lot of twists and turns to her tale.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062105660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"William Morrow Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41102809596110,"sku":"9780062105660","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062105660_3046ca34-3bb4-4616-8fc0-30d15aec23fa.jpg?v=1652144213","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062105660","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}