She is a wild child with insatiable wanderlust while he is laidback and would rather stay. People We Meet on Vacation follows Poppy and Alex, two best friends who are opposites in every way. The book is a New York Times best seller.

If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. People We Meet on Vacation is a romance novel by Emily Henry, published by Berkley Books. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together-lay everything on the table, make it all right. The general narrative arc is well-worn: Poppy, our endearing narrator, and her longtime best friend, Alex, are complete opposites in every way except for their adoration of each other. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. Emily Henry’s sophomore title People We Meet on Vacation is one such book delightful and breezy, just like a romantic comedy movie, but in print. Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. For most of the year they live far apart-she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown-but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together. She lives and writes in Cincinnati and the part of Kentucky just beneath it. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. Emily Henry is the 1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation, and Beach Read, as well as the forthcoming Happy Place. She has insatiable wanderlust he prefers to stay home with a book. One last chance to fall in love.įrom the New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read, a sparkling new novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Newsweek ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ The Skimm ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Parade∙ The Wall Street Journal ∙ Chicago Tribune ∙ PopSugar ∙ BookPage ∙ BookBub ∙ Betches ∙ SheReads ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ Business Insider ∙ Real Simple ∙ Frolic ∙ and more! ! A TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON SUMMER READS NOMINEE!

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