Read Bottom Up : A Novel
Author(s): Neel Shah, Skye Chatham
A charming novel about falling in love (or like) in the digital age—the never-before-seen full story.
Madeline and Elliot meet at a New York City restaurant opening. Flirtation—online—ensues. A romance, potentially eternal, possibly doomed, begins.
And, like most things in life today, their early exchanges are available to be scrutinized and interpreted by well-intentioned friends who are a mere click away.
Madeline and Elliot's relationship unfolds through a series of thrilling, confounding, and funny exchanges with each other, and, of course, with their best friends and dubious confidants (Emily and David). The result is a brand-new kind of modern romantic comedy, in format, in content, and even in creation—the authors exchanged e-mails in real time, blind to each other's side conversations. You will nod in appreciation and roll your eyes in recognition; you'll learn a thing or two about how the other half approaches a new relationship . . . and you will cheer for an unexpected ending that just might restore your faith in falling in love, twenty-first-century style.
Review(s):
“It’s rare to pick up a book that perfectly captures love in the digital age, but that’s exactly what Neel Shah and Skye Chatham’s all-too-realistic novel succeeds in doing. . . . Anyone who has dated with technology will recognize themselves, or someone they’ve dated, in these pages.”
“Shah and Chatham pen a witty, inventive novel about a new couple’s romance--told entirely through their emails and texts.”
“Charming. . . . Shed(s) light on our digital dating habits and how they affect our happily-ever-afters.”
“A charming, clever look at modern romance. . . . Resounds with anyone who has dated in the digital age.”
“A romance told via a couple’s emails and texts to each other (and to their best friends), this insightful novel appeals to fans of (500) Days of Summer and How I Met Your Mother.” --A
“You will smile and laugh at the romantic follies of Read Bottom Up - until you realize you are not reading this book, it is reading you - at which point you will speed dial your therapist.”
“Read Bottom Up is witty, inventive, and (sometimes wickedly) fun -- an addictive novel readers will devour in one go.”
“A fun and surprisingly poignant way to tell a love story in this era of instant digital communication. . . . All too familiar for anyone who has dated in the last 10 years.”
“Shah and Chatham’s story of an attraction between New Yorkers Madeline and Elliot—and the smartphone-facilitated ways it plays out—is smart, happy, and dead-on.”
“A new novel that consists entirely of e-mails and texts through which the couple gets to know each other. . . . Shah a former Post reporter and Chatham deliver a fun, breezy take on dating in Internet age.”
ISBN: 9780062262189