“It’s not supposed to reflect reality,” she said. “Reality is all well and good. But sometimes you just want to pretend the world is a better place than it actually is. That great and wonderf...”
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<b><b>Utterly romantic. --Jenny Han, </b><b><i>NYT</i></b><b> bestselling author of </b><b><i>To All the Boys I've Loved Before</i></b><br><b></b><br><b>The bestselling author of </b><b><i>Windfall</i></b><b> and </b><b><i>The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight</i></b><b> returns with a meet-cute romance about Hugo and Mae, two teens who are thrown together on a cross-country train trip that will teach them about love, each other, and the futures they can build for themselves.</b></b> <p>It's the perfect idea for a romantic week together: traveling across America by train. <p>But then Hugo's girlfriend dumps him. Her parting gift: the tickets for their long-planned last-hurrah-before-uni trip. Only, it's been booked under her name. Nontransferable, no exceptions. <p>Mae is still reeling from being rejected from USC's film school. When she stumbles across Hugo's ad for a replacement Margaret Campbell (her full name!), she's certain it's exactly the adventure she needs to shake off her disappointment and jump-start her next film. <p>A cross-country train trip with a complete stranger might not seem like the best idea. But to Mae and Hugo, both eager to escape their regular lives, it makes perfect sense. What starts as a convenient arrangement soon turns into something more. But when life outside the train catches up to them, can they find a way to keep their feelings for each other from getting derailed? <p><b>One of the loveliest, most touching romances of 2019 thus far that gets at the nature of something deeply buried in all of our hearts. --</b><b><i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b> <p><b>This warm, romantic, never overly sentimental story is told with humor and heart....A deeply satisfying read about a life-changing journey full of poignant moments. </b><b><i>--Kirkus</i></b><b>, starred review</b>
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