Instant USA Today bestseller!
"Abbi Waxman is both irreverent and thoughtful."--#1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin
"Meet our bookish millennial heroine--a modern-day Elizabeth Bennet, if you will... Waxman´s wit and wry humor stand out. She is funny and imaginative, and "Bookish" lands a step above run-of-the-mill romantic comedy fare."--The Washington Post
"Abbi Waxman offers up a quirky, eccentric romance that will charm any bookworm.... For anyone who´s ever wondered if their greatest romance might come between the pages of books they read, Waxman offers a heartwarming tribute to that possibility."--Entertainment Weekly
The author of Other People´s Houses and The Garden of Small Beginnings delivers a quirky and charming novel chronicling the life of confirmed introvert Nina Hill as she does her best to fly under everyone´s radar.
Meet Nina Hill: A young woman supremely confident in her own...shell.
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