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Title details for Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane - Available

Don't You Forget About Me

by Mhairi McFarlane
Madeline Gould
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If there's one thing worse than being fired, it's coming home to find your boyfriend in bed with someone else. Reeling from the indignity, Georgina snatches the next job that she's offered – barmaid in a newly opened pub, which just so happens to run by the boy she fell in love with at school: Lucas McCarthy. And whereas Georgina has done nothing but dead-end jobs in the last twelve years, Lucas has grown into a broodingly handsome grown-up with a business and a dog. Meeting Lucas again brings a dark secret from her past bubbling to the surface. Only she knows the truth about the last day of school, and why she's allowed it to chase her all these years...

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  • Release date

    May 1, 2019

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780008274252
      • File size: 296177 KB
      • Duration: 10:17:02

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Georgina is fired and comes home early to find her boyfriend in bed with someone else. It's a tired premise, but Madeline Gould is the perfect narrator for what follows--plenty of heart, comedy, and plot twists. Georgina's angry shouts give way to her witty and easy demeanor after a night out with friends, and Gould gives her a quick pace and an intimate tone among mates. Then, Georgina is offered another job, only to find that the co-owner is her first love. Instead of an awkward reunion, Georgina is shocked to find he doesn't remember her. Can she find closure with respect to the secret she's been carrying for years? Dialogue is vivid and passionate, thanks to Gould's smooth transitions between characters of different genders, ages, and accents. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from July 22, 2019
      McFarlane (Who’s That Girl?) strikes romantic comedy gold with this tale of reunited sweethearts who have to grapple with the past. During their last term of high school, popular Georgina Horspool and loner Lucas McCarthy fell in love. They planned to become each other’s first lover after the end-of-year party—but a traumatic event derailed that plan. Twelve years later, Georgina’s life is in a downward spiral. After being publicly fired from a dead-end waitressing job, catching her comedian boyfriend in bed with his assistant, and dealing with her critical family, she gets a job working for Lucas, who shows no signs of recognizing her. This is no standard lost-love-reunited tale; McFarlane builds it into a powerful exploration of grief and the way incomplete information can shape a narrative. As Georgina’s background is carefully revealed, readers will continually revise their ideas of who she is and gain a better understanding of her closest relationships, especially with her father and with Lucas. As a result, the ending, while not unexpected, is deeply satisfying on several levels, and Lucas’s final romantic speech is one for the ages. McFarlane strikes a beautiful balance of tenderness, wry humor, and deep emotion. Agent: Doug Kean, Gunn Media (U.K.).

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