This Bird Has Flown
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3.3 • 30 Ratings
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- $22.99
Publisher Description
A delightfully funny and steamy novel about music, fate, redemption, and love, written by a beloved songwriter and the co-founder of The Bangles.
"This Bird Has Flown is SO GOOD. If you liked Daisy Jones & The Six or Juliet, Naked, I feel like you will love this one." —Taylor Jenkins Reid
Jane Start is thirty-three, broke, and recently single. Ten years prior, she had a hit song—written by world-famous superstar Jonesy—but Jane hasn’t had a breakout since. Now she's living out of four garbage bags at her parents’ house. Rock bottom.
But when her longtime manager Pippa sends Jane to London to regroup, she’s seated next to an intriguing stranger on the flight—the other Tom Hardy, an elegantly handsome Oxford professor of literature. Jane is instantly smitten by Tom, and soon, truly inspired. But it’s not Jane’s past alone that haunts her second chance at stardom, and at love. Is Tom all that he seems? And can Jane emerge from the shadow of Jonesy's earlier hit, and into the light of her own?
In turns deeply sexy, riotously funny, and utterly joyful, This Bird Has Flown explores love, passion, and the ghosts of our past, and offers a glimpse inside the music business that could only come from beloved songwriter Susanna Hoffs.
"The smart, ferocious rock-star redemption romance you didn’t know you needed." —New York Times Book Review
"Hoffs nails the life and heartbreak of rock and roll, academia, and our soul-nourishing connection to our very own soulmate so expertly she must have carved it in Norwegian Wood! And isn't it good!" —Tom Hanks
"A sweet and tender romance—and a valentine to music." —NPR
"This book will hook you like the best pop song you can't stop playing—something Susanna knows a little something about!" —Molly Ringwald
"This isn’t just a book, it’s a love song, and it should come as no surprise that Susanna Hoffs has crafted the perfect one to put on your playlist.” ―Christina Lauren
“This book is a blast ... about art and new beginnings and love and friendship and taking risks, it’s such a fun read.” ―Jasmine Guillory
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Susanna Hoffs first enraptured fans singing hits like “Manic Monday” with legendary ’80s band the Bangles, but her debut novel proves she’s a talented author as well. Her rom-com follows singer Jane Start, who scored one smash hit single 10 years ago. Now 33, Jane’s stuck playing tacky Vegas private shows and singing TV jingles, but her luck turns around during a flight to England, when she’s seated next to charming Oxford University literature professor Tom Hardy. Hoffs layers her twisty and sexy love story with lots of references to her twin passions of rock music and classic literature, making her book feel like a winning mashup of Nick Hornby and a Brontë sister. Hoffs reads Jane’s parts while British actress Juliet Stevenson provides the dialogue for all the other characters. They both sound like they’re having a marvelous time—and so will you.
Customer Reviews
Listen to a preview first and really think about it
The story was OK, not the best but not the worst. The narrator on another hand… there are multiple characters from diverse backgrounds/nationalities whose accents are SO HORRIBLY portrayed. It was painful to get through the conversations where the narrator would change accents… beware, it was cringey
Bad
Horrible! Slow and boring! The only reason I finished the book is because it was for my bookclub. The main character is so flaky.
Soooo. Cheesy!
I love a good love story but this one was the the cheesiest ever. The narrator was also especially whiny. I would not recommend this one.