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THE WAY WE WEREN'T
PHOEBE FOX
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An unlikely friendship between an elderly man and a younger woman becomes a story of broken trust, lost love, and the unexpected blooming of hope against the longest odds in the newest novel by author
Phoebe Fox.
After penning the highly acclaimed Breakup Doctor series, Fox returns to the page with
THE WAY WE WEREN’T (Berkley
Trade Paperback Original; November 9, 2021), a compelling, thoughtful
women’s fiction novel that touches on deep topics.
An uplifting and emotionally powerful story,
THE WAY WE WEREN’T is
a book that is sure to have a lasting effect on all who read it.
Fox
has injected her personal experiences into her newest novel, providing a
poignancy and beauty that you’ll have to read for yourself.
ABOUT THE WAY WE WEREN'T:
"You trying to kill yourself, or are you just stupid?"
Marcie Malone didn't think she was either, but when she drives from
Georgia to the southwestern shore of Florida without a plan and wakes up
in a stranger's home, she doesn't seem to know anymore.
Despondent and
heartbroken over an unexpected loss and the man
she thought she could count on, Marcie leaves him behind, along with
her job and her whole life, and finds she has nowhere to go.
Herman Flint has seen just about everything in his seventy years living
in a fading, blue-collar Florida town, but the body collapsed on the
beach outside his window is something new.
The woman is clearly in some
kind of trouble and Flint wants no part of it—he's
learned to live on his own just fine, without the hassle of worrying
about others. But against his better judgment he takes Marcie in and
lets her stay until she's on her feet on the condition she keeps out of
his way.
As the unlikely pair slowly copes with the damage life has wrought,
Marcie and Flint have to decide whether to face up to the past they’ve
each been running from, and find a way to move forward with the people
they care about most.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
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Phoebe Fox is the author of the Breakup Doctor series (The Breakup Doctor, Bedside Manners, Heart Conditions, Out of Practice)
and has been a contributor or regular columnist
for a number of national, regional, and local publications, including
the Huffington Post, Elite Daily, and SheKnows.
A former actor on stage
and screen, Phoebe has been dangled from wires as a mall fairy; was
accidentally concussed by a blank gun; and hosted
a short-lived game show.
She has been a relationship columnist; a
movie, theater, and book reviewer; and a radio personality, and
currently lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and two excellent
dogs.
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