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The Setup

by Lizzy Dent
Anna Gilthorpe
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From the author of The Summer Job comes a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming story about one woman’s impulsive fib that jump starts a summer of reinvention and learning about love, life, and what it means to accept yourself.
She has a plan. Fate has other ideas.
The last place very average thirty-one-year-old Mara Williams thought she’d be is on a solo vacation impersonating her fortune teller when she finally meets the one. Josef, a gorgeous Austrian cellist, sits down for a reading and before she knows it, she’s telling him his destiny will be sitting in a pub in the English seaside town of Broadgate on the last Friday of August. And her name is Mara.
 
Enter Project Mara: three months to turn herself into the stylish, confident woman she’s always hoped to be. Meanwhile, the crumbling, formerly glamorous beachside pool club where she works is under threat and her eccentric colleagues enlist her help to save it, just as a handsome new housemate casts doubts on her ideas about “the one.” Can Mara pull off the transformation of a lifetime? And by summer’s end, will she know who is her destiny?

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  • Release date

    June 7, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593589830
      • File size: 260564 KB
      • Duration: 09:02:50

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      June 10, 2024

      While on a solo trip to Budapest, Mara Williams, a big believer in astrology and psychics, visits a psychic who tells her that she will soon meet the man of her dreams. When the psychic goes into labor, Mara watches the shop, and in walks a man who fits the description perfectly. Impersonating the psychic, Mara tells him he will meet the love of his life in a pub in Broadgate in three months. Mara returns home, determined to turn herself into her true love's perfect woman, but matters are complicated by her feelings for her new roommate. Narrated by Anna Gilthorpe, Dent's (The Summer Job) adult debut is a light and fluffy summer romance that will keep listeners engaged and have them hoping that Mara will find her happy ending. Gilthorpe's depiction of Mara as somewhat immature, but spunky, rings true. As a bonus, Dent's descriptions of the various locations in this story--especially Budapest--are lush and add to the story. VERDICT Although this trope-filled romance occasionally strains credulity, listeners will find much to love. Recommend to fans of Emily Henry, Christina Lauren, and Abbi Waxman.--Elyssa Everling

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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