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The Geography Of You And Me by Jennifer E. Smith Published by Little Brown & Company on 2014-04-15
Pages: 416
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For fans of John Green, Stephanie Perkins and Sarah Ockler, THE GEOGRAPHY OF YOU AND ME is a story for anyone who's ever longed to meet someone special, for anyone who's searched for home and found it where they least expected it. Owen lives in the basement. Lucy lives on the 24th floor. But when the power goes out in the midst of a New York heatwave, they find themselves together for the first time: stuck in a lift between the 10th and 11th floors. As they await help, they start talking... The brief time they spend together leaves a mark. And as their lives take them to Edinburgh and San Francisco, to Prague and to Portland they can't shake the memory of the time they shared. Postcards cross the globe when they themselves can't, as Owen and Lucy experience the joy - and pain - of first love. And as they make their separate journeys in search of home, they discover that sometimes it is a person rather than a place that anchors you most in the world.
My Thoughts:
So, you can probably tell by the slew of Jennifer Smith reviews recently that I binge read The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, This is What Happy Looks Like, and The Geography of You and Me. As in, I read them all on one gloriously lazy Saturday! It was a pretty epic reading day. Three wonderful stories!
The Geography of You and Me was a nice combination of the things I loved from The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight and This is What Happy Looks Like. It had the travel aspect (SPoLaFS) plus some dual narration (TiWHLL.) As if that isn’t enough, it’s also got the chance encounter meeting that both previous books had!
What I found really intriguing about this one was that, after the chance encounter, the main characters are separated through most of the book. It was interesting to see the ways Jennifer Smith built the story and the interactions between the two. This also causes the reader to get to know the characters in a different way. We see more of their lives and interactions apart than in relation to one another. It was a refreshing change of pace.
The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer Smith is a great addition to the author’s body of work. Great for anyone looking for a slightly different contemporary novel!
Quinn @ Quinn's Book Nook
I especially liked the whole postcard thing. Sooooo cute!
Reading Jennifer E. Smith’s book on a Saturday sounds wonderful!