My Oxford Year
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
She could never have guessed what the year would hold…
‘A pure delight . . . will stay with you long after you’re done’ TAYLOR JENKINS REID
Gazing up at the dreaming spires of Oxford, American student Ella Duran can’t believe it: she has finally arrived at Oxford University.
A new life starts, and not even Ella’s handsome lecturer Jamie Davenport can distract her from her classes. But, as the term goes on, Ella can’t deny the growing attraction between them – an attraction that soon turns to love.
And when Ella learns of Jamie’s life-changing secret, their relationship becomes deeper than Ella could have ever anticipated.
As Ella’s Oxford year draws to a close, she must decide whether the dreams she arrived with are the same ones with which she will leave…
Reviews
"My Oxford Year is an achingly beautiful debut." Robinne Lee, author of The Idea of You
"My Oxford Year is a pure delight with unpredictable depths. Julia Whelan has crafted a story that is as fun and charming as it is powerful and wise. Ella Durran is a breath of fresh air and her story will stay with you long after you're done." Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
"My Oxford Year is a funny, tender, heart-breaking coming-of-age adventure." Allison Winn Scotch, New York Times bestselling author
"Full of humor and romance, MY OXFORD YEAR has it all–I loved it!"Jill Shalvis, New York Times bestselling author.
About the author
Julia Whelan is a screenwriter, lifelong actor, and award-winning audiobook narrator. She graduated with a degree
in English and creative writing from Middlebury College and Oxford University. While in England, her flirtation with tea
blossomed into a full-blown love affair, culminating in her eventual certification as a tea master.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Whelan's enjoyable debut, American grad student Ella Durran seems to have it all not only is she achieving her teenage dream of attending Oxford University for one year on a Rhodes Scholarship, but she's doing so while working remotely on the presidential campaign of a female politician she idolizes. The only dark cloud on her horizon is the annoying presence of her English professor, Jamie Davenport. They meet cute when he almost runs her over with his car; later, he accidentally spills condiments all over the front of her blouse. Things go rapidly downhill from there. Naturally, Ella falls in love with Jamie, who is not only smart and sensitive but also owns a Victorian townhouse with a ballroom and drives an Aston-Martin convertible. Ella spends her days working on her dissertation on Middlemarch and her nights being romanced by Jamie. But things take a turn for the tragic, and Ella is forced to choose between her commitment to her original dream and contemplating a new future that involves much personal risk and sacrifice. The novel is so predictably plotted that the reader will not be surprised by the road Ella ultimately chooses. But fans of One Day and Me Before You will still be charmed by this warm story and Ella and Jamie's romance.
