A Good Morning America Buzz Pick, and a BuzzFeed and New York Post "Best Book of 2022"ย
"If youโve ever felt tempted to โkeep tabs onโ a partnerโs ex on Instagram and then found yourself down a rabbit hole of their vacation posts from three years ago, this debut novelโwhich follows a 24-year-old New Yorker named Naomi who becomes obsessed with her boyfriendโs former girlfriendโis for you."โVogue, โBest New Beach Readsโ
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 Calebโa perfectly nice guy with a Welsh accent and a unique patience for all her quirksโshe thinks she's finally stumbled onto a time-honored subject: love. Then Caleb's ex-girlfriend, Rosemary, enters the scene.ย
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Upon learning that Rosemary is not safely tucked away in Calebโs 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 pretensesโand becomes the subject of her nascent novel.ย
As her lies and half-truths spiral out of control, and fact and fiction become increasingly difficult to untangle, Naomi must decide whatโand whoโsheโs willing to sacrifice to write the perfect ending.