The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
Author: Abbi Waxman
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Romance
First Published: July 9, 2019
Length: 333 pages
ISBN: 0451491874
ASIN: B07JFJXXLS
Nina Hill is an introverted bookstore worker who copes with her anxiety by strictly adhering to a schedule and by filling her social life with book clubs and trivia teams. She doesn’t have space in her life for a boyfriend, let alone the large extended family who she’s just found out about. This book is witty and sweet and lots of fun.
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Publisher’s Description:
The only child of a single mother, Nina has her life just as she wants it: a job in a bookstore, a kick-butt trivia team, a world-class planner and a cat named Phil. If she sometimes suspects there might be more to life than reading, she just shrugs and picks up a new book.
When the father Nina never knew existed suddenly dies, leaving behind innumerable sisters, brothers, nieces, and nephews, Nina is horrified. They all live close by! They’re all–or mostly all–excited to meet her! She’ll have to Speak. To. Strangers. It’s a disaster! And as if that wasn’t enough, Tom, her trivia nemesis, has turned out to be cute, funny, and deeply interested in getting to know her. Doesn’t he realize what a terrible idea that is?
Nina considers her options.
1. Completely change her name and appearance. (Too drastic, plus she likes her hair.)
2. Flee to a deserted island. (Hard pass, see: coffee).
3. Hide in a corner of her apartment and rock back and forth. (Already doing it.)
It’s time for Nina to come out of her comfortable shell, but she isn’t convinced real life could ever live up to fiction. It’s going to take a brand-new family, a persistent suitor, and the combined effects of ice cream and trivia to make her turn her own fresh page.