Pack Up the Moon
TikTok made me buy it: a heart-wrenching and uplifting story from the bestselling author
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THE TIKTOK SENSATION!
'This book has everything in it that one could want in a love story... grab a copy and curl up with it for a weekend! You won't be disappointed. The best love story ever!!' Reader review
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Joshua Park never expected to be a widower at the age of thirty. Given his solitary job, small circle of friends and family, and the social awkwardness he's always suffered from, he has no idea how to negotiate this new, unwanted phase of life.
But Lauren, his wife, had a plan to keep him moving forward. A plan hidden in the letters she leaves him, giving him a task for every month in the year after her death.
It's a journey that will take Joshua from his first outing as a widower to buy groceries... to an attempted dinner party that becomes a comic disaster... to finding a new best friend while weeping in the dressing room of a clothing store.
As his grief makes room for new friendships and experiences, Joshua learns Lauren's most valuable lesson: the path to happiness doesn't follow a straight line.
Funny, sometimes heart-wrenching, and always uplifting, this novel from bestselling author Kristan Higgins illuminates how life's greatest joys are often hiding in plain sight.
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Real readers have fallen in love with Pack up the Moon:
'Perfect. Get your tissues and ice cream or comfort food of your choice. Absolutely perfect' 5 star reader review
'I loved everything about this book!!!! It was so beautifully written' 5 star reader review
'I cried throughout the entirety of this book. So emotional and so well written' 5 star reader review
'This is the best book I have read so far this year!' 5 star reader review
'This book is mesmerizing... couldn't put it down' 5 star reader review
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Higgins (Good Luck with That) delivers an outstanding romantic weeper with this tale of young newlyweds facing a terminal illness. Lauren Park is dying from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis—"twelve syllables of doom"—but she's determined to leave a little bit of herself in her husband Josh's life after she's gone. She does so by writing letters to Josh and leaving them with her best friend to dole out month by month after her death. The letters are structured as to-do lists, ranging from basic tasks to ensure Josh takes care of himself ("Go to the grocery store and stop eating food from cartons over the sink. Don't be a loser!") to encouragement to start new relationships. After Lauren dies, Josh's raw grief is palpable, as is Lauren's reluctance to leave the love of her life, which comes through in her letters. Delightful supporting characters add to the charm, such as a Banana Republic salesman who comforts Josh after he has a breakdown while trying to fulfill one of Lauren's tasks. Perfect pacing and plotting lift Higgins's masterly latest. This is going to break (and restore) plenty of hearts.
