In Twenty Years
Allison Winn Scotch
Book Description:
Twenty years ago, six Penn students shared a house, naively certain that
their friendships would endure—until the death of their ringleader and dear
friend Bea splintered the group for good. Now, mostly estranged from one
another, the remaining five reluctantly gather at that same house on the eve of
what would have been Bea’s fortieth birthday.
But along with the return of the friends come old grudges, unrequited
feelings, and buried secrets. Catherine, the CEO of a domestic empire, and
Owen, a stay-at-home dad, were picture-perfect college sweethearts—but now
teeter on the brink of disaster. Lindy, a well-known musician, is pushing
middle age in an industry that’s all about youth and slowly self-destructing as
she grapples with her own identity. Behind his smile, handsome plastic surgeon
Colin harbors the heartbreaking truth about his own history with Bea. And Annie
carefully curates her life on Instagram and Facebook, keeping up appearances so
she doesn’t have to face the truth about her own empty reality.
Reunited in the place where so many dreams began, and bolstered by the hope
of healing, each of them is forced to confront the past.
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My 5 Star Review
Five college friends reunite years later on the eve of what
would have been their dear friend’s, Bea’s, 40
th birthday in the
same house they lived in at the university. Bea is no longer with them, and
this, among other things, has put a strain on their relationship with each
other. Each person, Lindy, Colin, Catherine, Owen, and Annie, are successful in
their own way, but each one is at a crossroads in their lives. Will going back
to where it all started heal them, or will it tear them even further apart?
Allison Winn Scotch writes a realistic, touching, and
sometimes funny yet heartbreaking story of this group that once was so
connected and now are more like strangers. The old saying goes, ‘you can’t go
home again,’ but is that really true? Can these five people find what they’d
lost so long ago in the place where they felt they were at their very best? Life
moves on, people change as circumstances change, and sometimes we become the
worst version of ourselves. These five people feel they are all moving in the
wrong direction with their lives when they return to their youth for one
weekend. Can they give up old grudges, forgive past transgressions, and finally
feel free to be their true selves again?
I enjoyed this novel by a talented writer and look forward
to reading more novels by Allison Winn Scotch.
(I received an advanced copy of this
novel from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.)
About the Author
Allison Winn Scotch is the bestselling author of five
novels, including THE THEORY OF OPPOSITES, TIME OF MY LIFE, and THE DEPARTMENT
OF LOST AND FOUND. Her sixth novel, IN TWENTY YEARS, will be released on July
1st, 2016. In addition to fiction, she pens celebrity profiles for a variety of
magazines, which justifies her pop culture obsession and occasionally lends to
awesome Facebook status updates. She lives in Los Angeles with her family. For
more about her and her books, go to allisonwinn.com or follow her on Twitter at
@aswinn.
I hope you will give this novel a try.
Cheers,
Deanna
IN TWENTY YEARS is on a lot of Best Books of the Summer lists and it would definitely be on mine too... if I had one. Highly recommended for fans of women's fiction!
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