num_pages: 384
description:  Equal parts wry comedy and touching family drama it's ultimately a heartbreaker that'll stay with you long after you're done. --Marie Claire Glass of chilled ros check. Comfy chair check. Box of tissues check. You Me Everything is everything you need for a moving funny heartbreaking and ultimately joyous read. --Susan Wiggs #1 New York Times bestselling author of Map of the HeartSet in the French countryside on an idyllic summer vacation a delicious tender novel about finding joy and love even in the most unexpected places.Jess and her ten-year-old son William set off to spend the summer at Chteau de Roussignol deep in the rich sunlit hills of the Dordogne. There Jess's ex-boyfriend--and William's father--Adam runs a beautiful hotel in a restored castle. Lush gardens a gorgeous pool delectable French food and a seemingly never-ending wine list--what's not to like? Jess is bowled over by what Adam has accomplished but she's in France for a much more urgent reason: to make Adam fall in love with his own son.But Adam has other ideas and another girlfriend--and he doesn't seem inclined to change the habits of a lifetime just because Jess and William have appeared on the scene. Jess isn't surprised but William--who has quickly come to idolize his father--wants nothing more than to spend time with him. But Jess can't allow Adam to let their son down--because she is tormented by a secret of her own one that nobody--especially William--must discover.By turns heartwrenching and hopeful You Me Everything is a novel about one woman's fierce determination to grab hold of the family she has and never let go and a romantic story as heady as a crisp Sancerre on a summer day.
language: English
title: You Me Everything
publisher: Penguin Books