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Evvie Drake Starts Over

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Evvie Drake Starts Over

By: Linda Holmes
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, Linda Holmes
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When you get a second chance, will you be brave enough to take it?

You don't always get to start your life over. Sometimes, life starts itself over for you.

One morning, Eveleth 'Evvie' Drake got up, packed her suitcase, and got ready to leave her life - and her perfect husband - behind. But before she walked out of the door, she received a phone call asking her to come to the hospital.

That day, Evvie's new life as a widow began.

Now wrestling with her guilt and grief, Evvie has found her independence, but not the way she planned. Unable to leave the house she once dreamed of escaping, it's clear to her best friend Andy that Evvie needs a change. And Andy might just have the answer....

Dean Tenney was a big-shot baseball star, until a bad case of the 'yips' meant he couldn't play anymore - or understand why. An invitation from his childhood friend Andy to stay in Maine for a few months seems like the perfect chance to hit the reset button.

When Dean moves into the apartment at the back of Evvie's house, the two make a deal: Dean won't ask about Evvie's late husband, and Evvie won't ask about Dean's baseball career. But rules have a funny way of being broken sometimes, and as a friendship evolves into something more, will Evvie and Dean be brave enough to let go of the past and start over again?

©2019 Linda Holmes (P)2019 Penguin Random House Audio
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Critic reviews

"Charming, hopeful, and gently romantic...Evvie Drake is great company." (Rainbow Rowell)

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Finally a good book where the man isn't a asshole. The story was good and what made it even better was that the book didn't have any stupid unrealistic drama, in alot of books the drama is justc stupid, like when their problems could be solved by the main characters just talking to eachother, but ion this book the drama came from real problems and not stupid misunterstandings.

Good book

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Read this after it was recommended on Nerdette. Great read. My first fiction audible book. I was glued to it.

Great read

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This book evokes a range of emotions. Narrator has a very soothing voice and does well flicking between characters. The book itself is one of reality and hope. I started it on holiday by the beach and finished it at home!

Feel good book

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This is the first time I have listened or read any of the authors novels, I was really impressed with her knowledge of real human emotions and growth.
I imagine she has good emotional intelligence to be able to write so beautifully and bring characters alive.
I’ve recommended this book to my lovely sister. Thank you

Beautifully written, insightful and real.

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I enjoyed it actually I liked the realism of the story and outcome well worth a read

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