{"product_id":"9781451625899","title":"The Last Blind Date","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Last Blind Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Linda Yellin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fun, charming memoir about a woman who falls in love, packs her bags, and starts over in the city that eats its young.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Yellin's story is not only a delight to read but an inspiring example of the good that can come from taking risks, even when it's uncomfortable or scary.\"\u003cbr\u003e“A valentine for optimism, risk-taking, and love itself. With self-deprecating charm, Yellin takes her reader on a journey from Chicago to Manhattan, eviscerating New York City folkways with gentle yet biting wit.”\u003cbr\u003e“Filled with lots of girl-talk, this memoir will appeal to readers who can’t get enough of the beginning, middle and sweet endings of love stories.”\u003cbr\u003e\"This is why Linda Yellin's \u003ci\u003eThe Last Blind Date\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect story of falling in love: it doesn't exist in the fairy tale realm. It happened here - well, in New York City. What you'll take from this charming, breezy memoir of a long-distance love affair is that romance in reality is all the more rewarding for the practical ups and downs that come along for the ride…For Linda, love arrived with Randy, her almost-divorced, father of two,who lives in the entirely wrong city. These kind of mundane obstacles never appear in romance novels, but reading about Linda and Randy working through long-distance problems, blending a family, and breaking down the walls around her scarred heart will give you a renewed sense of joy. Fairy tales do come true.”\u003cbr\u003e\"Hilarious. Unexpected. Knife-in-the-Side Sharp. Somewhere, surely, Nora Ephron is smiling.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"As romantic and fun as \u003ci\u003eWhen Harry Met Sally\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eSleepless in Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e, Linda Yellin's hilarious, heartfelt novel is an urban fairy tale of sophisticated humor and touching charm.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Reading Linda Yellin is like spending much-needed time with your funniest, dearest friend.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Filled with a delightful cast of characters, \u003ci\u003eWhat Nora Knew\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart, laugh-out-loud love story with a sparkling heroine. I loved it!\"\u003cbr\u003e\"With \u003ci\u003eWhat Nora Knew\u003c\/i\u003e, Linda Yellin has written an irresistibly funny, authentic novel about the two-steps-forward-one-step-back pursuit of life, love and career in New York City. She writes for all of us with Molly Hallberg's laugh-out-loud, poignant inability to accept she's met her equal, while everyone around her takes the plunge. Yellin is a Nora Ephron inspired humorist with a voice of her own.\"\u003cbr\u003e“I laughed my way through Linda Yellin's \u003ci\u003eWhat Nora Knew\u003c\/i\u003e—when I wasn't nodding in recognition. Witty, wise, insightful,and altogether charming.”\u003cbr\u003e“Linda Yellin’s lively story sparkles and dances off the page.”\u003cbr\u003e“An engaging romp through one woman's quest to find love and happiness in Manhattan, Linda Yellin’s novel is by turns touching and funny, and her heroine has charm and \u003ci\u003echutzpah\u003c\/i\u003e to spare.”\u003cbr\u003e\"Warm and funny and honest.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"A writer with the wit and verve of Susan Isaacs.\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Linda Yellin has moved into Wendy Wasserstein territory and made it her own.”\u003cbr\u003e\"Such a rare, ringing clarity of tone and vision...the emotions, the dialogue, the scenery are just dead on...I couldn't put it down.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781451625899\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40591712747726,"sku":"9781451625899","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_ec5d5c80-30e0-4708-b032-d7b4c154b040.jpg?v=1637756348","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781451625899","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}