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Book Review
Jimmy's Girl
By Stephanie Gertler
Publisher: Signet
Published: February 2002
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About the Book
Ever wonder what became of your first love? Emily did.
Emily Hudson should be happy. She has achieved modest success as a painter and lives a good suburban life with her husband and four children. But one day, somewhere between the train schedules, orthodontist appointments, and bake sales, Emily stopped and remembered who she was when she was sixteen and how she felt when she found love with James Moran -- the young man she kissed beneath her parents' Ping-Pong table -- the boy who made her Jimmy's girl.
It's been thirty years since they both went their separate ways. But Emily can't stop herself from thinking about Jimmy ... nor can she resist using the Internet to find his address and telephone number . . . and placing the phone call that will change both their lives forever.
When Emily and Jimmy decide to meet again, they risk the lives they've made for themselves and the happiness of their respective families. In one unforgettable weekend, they will learn what went wrong between them and find out together if first love deserves a second chance.
Told from the perspectives of both Jimmy and Emily, each in turn revealing their lies and their truths, this remarkable novel shows with tenderness and heart-rending accuracy the differences between what men and women say and what men and women hear. The debut of a writer of extraordinary talent, Jimmy's Girl is a novel for anyone who ever left love behind and dared to wonder "what if?"
About the Author
Stephanie Gertler
Stephanie Gertler is a freelance journalist who has been writing all her life. She lives with her husband and their children in New York, where she is working on her second novel.
For more information visit the author at www.stephaniegertler.com
The Review
For everyone that has a "past love", I dare you to read the first chapter and not be compelled to read this book from cover to cover. I can't even begin to explain how strange (a good strange) it was to read this book.
The way the story is told through both character's points of views puts a spin on the tale that's refreshing, if sometimes heart wrenching. I don't want to give away what happens throughout this story - but it is both surprising and oddly familiar all at once. You're almost able to put yourself in Emily's shoes and vicariously live the "what if". Almost painfully real in both emotion and feeling, this is a story that if you can't directly relate to it, you'll wish you could.
~Trixie, February 2002
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