Somehow, reading Beth and Jennifer’s e-mails make him feel normal. Handsome and addicted to college-he just finished his second master’s degree-Lincoln is also awkward, heartbroken from his cheating girlfriend, happy to count D&D as a social life, and has just moved back in with his counter-culture mother. He could stop (they’re neither gambling, browsing porn nor harassing co-workers), but he doesn’t want to-Beth and Jennifer are funny and friendly and have a life-something Lincoln desperately wants for himself. What they don’t suspect is that Lincoln, working the graveyard shift, reads their highly personal missives as part of his job, monitoring flagged e-mails for inappropriate material. Set long ago in 1999, when people still cared about privacy, Beth, a film critic at a Nebraska paper and Jennifer, a copy editor across the room, trade daily e-mails when boredom strikes at work. “An absolute pleasure to read! Wry, relatable and oh-so-smart, Attachments speaks in a pitch-perfect voice to the romantic in all of us.Can love survive in the information age? It can when a newspaper’s IT guy begins reading the e-mails of the film critic.
Bridget Asher, author of My Husband’s Sweethearts and The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted “Restless with longing, incredibly honest and honestly hysterical, Rainbow Rowell is part stand-up comedy diva – master of the one-liner, reigning queen of witty banter – part tender, soulful raconteur, and part unabashed romantic.” Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs and Seven Year Switch “Rainbow Rowell lights up the sky with this sparkling debut novel. Attachments is fresh, fun and charmingly quirky.” Haven Kimmel, bestselling author of A Girl Named Zippy and The Solace of Leaving Early Between the cynicism-free romance and the faith that a beautiful, sweet life awaits the good among us, I hope Rowell never stops writing.” “Attachments is so perfectly engaging, so sly, and so funny I read it all in one sitting, then went back and read my favorite scenes a second time.
Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of Sing You Home
“Cracking, laugh-out-loud dialogue, characters that feel painfully real, and a sweet premise about love in the information age: if Attachments were an e-mail, I’d be forwarding it to my entire list of contacts.” “Witty, original and easy to relate to, Attachments is an absolute pleasure.” “A funny, touching portrayal of friendship, loneliness and love in the digital age.” “Perfectly mixing sweet romance with deliciously tart wit, Rowell’s literary debut is a complete charmer.” One of Entertainment Weekly‘s 2011 Best Summer ReadsĬhosen for the Barnes & Noble Summer 2011 Discover Great New Writers program.
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