A Good Morning America Buzz Pick, and a BuzzFeed and New York Post "Best Book of 2022"Â
"If youâve ever felt tempted to âkeep tabs onâ a partnerâs ex on Instagram and then found yourself down a rabbit hole of their vacation posts from three years ago, this debut novelâwhich follows a 24-year-old New Yorker named Naomi who becomes obsessed with her boyfriendâs former girlfriendâis for you."âVogue, âBest New Beach Readsâ
Twenty-four-year-old New York bookseller Naomi Ackerman is desperate to write a novel, but struggles to find a story to tell. When, after countless disastrous dates, she meets Calebâa perfectly nice guy with a Welsh accent and a unique patience for all her quirksâshe thinks she's finally stumbled onto a time-honored subject: love. Then Caleb's ex-girlfriend, Rosemary, enters the scene.Â
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Upon learning that Rosemary is not safely tucked away in Calebâs homeland overseas, but in fact lives in New York and also works in the literary world, Naomi is threatened and intrigued in equal measure. If they both fell for the same man, what else might they have in common? The more Naomi learns about Rosemary, the more her curiosity consumes her. Before she knows it, her casual Instagram stalking morphs into a friendship under false pretensesâand becomes the subject of her nascent novel.Â
As her lies and half-truths spiral out of control, and fact and fiction become increasingly difficult to untangle, Naomi must decide whatâand whoâsheâs willing to sacrifice to write the perfect ending.