Thursday, May 26, 2022

Spotlight and Giveaway: Adult Assembly Required

The books we're featuring this week for spotlight posts have the same color on their covers. Another fun coincidence! Today we are featuring Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman. It sounds like a sweet story and we're there for it! Thanks to Berkley, we have one copy for a lucky reader!

New York native Laura Costello never expected that a big move to Los Angeles would find her facing homelessness. What started out one week ago as a shiny new adventure and a fresh start has turned into a nightmare: Laura’s apartment is burned to the ground and she has nowhere to live. Not to mention, she’s already running from a breakup and an overbearing family back on the East Coast, and she is hoping to leave a traumatic accident in the dust. Laura quickly learns that this whole “adulting” thing is actually pretty hard, no matter where you are.
 
But when Laura, at rock bottom (and also soaking wet), steps inside a Larchmont bookstore, she meets a gregarious, quirky bookseller who seems to want to solve all of her problems.
 
It’s not long before Laura finds herself adopted by said bookseller, installed in a lovely but completely illegal boardinghouse, and challenged to save a losing trivia team from disgrace. Add in a gorgeous housemate and her ex-boyfriend determined to put himself back in the running, and Laura’s life has gotten even more interesting overnight. Could this strange new life be everything she needs to grow?

Check out an excerpt from Adult Assembly Required.

“If you love quirky, heartfelt stories about interesting characters and starting over, then Adult Assembly Required by Abbi Waxman is definitely the book for you."
—PopSugar

“Waxman's quick-witted and pithy prose gives readers a fun take on Melrose Place, but instead of back-stabbing and bed-hopping there are trivia clubs and some old-fashioned will-they-or-won't-they?”
—USA Today

Photo by Leanna Creel 

Abbi Waxman
is the USA Today bestselling author of I Was Told It Would Get Easier, The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, Other People’s Houses, and The Garden of Small Beginnings. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband and three children.

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17 comments:

Liz B said...

I am looking forward to reading this!

traveler said...

Being an adult began when I started working.

Padmini Rao said...

I first felt like an adult when I bought my condo

Suburban prep said...

I felt like an adult early. I am the oldest of many siblings and my parents needed help so for me it was probably about 10 yrs of age. This is how I felt not how others do.

Cherisse said...

Ugh buying my house so much is involved in home owning!

Rita Wray said...

I felt like an adult when I started working.

Toni Laliberte said...

I felt like an adult when I became a mother and got my first apartment. I was 21 years old and scared, but also excited! Thanks for the chance!

Mary C said...

I felt like an adult when I signed the lease for my first apartment.

Nancy said...

I felt like an adult when I started my first professional job after finishing my undergraduate degree.

Nancy
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Mary Preston said...

Being an adult just never stops.

Dianne Casey said...

When I moved into my first apartment.

bn100 said...

not sure

Nancy P said...

Not enough energy..

Linda Kish said...

I felt like an adult as a newlywed at 19 working, keeping house, balancing a budget and trying to make ends meets when the cost of living was under $2/hr.

Lelandlee said...

When you start paying bills

Xia Lee said...

When I started working

satkins said...

When I got married