Groundswell
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4.3 • 92 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
"If you liked Eat, Pray, Love, then read Groundswell." —US Weekly (Essential Summer Read selection)
A "compulsively readable novel charting the highs and lows of love" (Jen Lancaster) about a young woman recovering from divorce who finds healing—and romance—through surfing.
A butterfly flaps its wings in New York City...and a groundswell forms in Mexico.
Sometimes the biggest ripples come from the smallest events. Like the day that novice PA Emma Guthrie walks into world-famous movie star Garrett Walker’s trailer. When she walks out, she’s on her way to becoming Mrs. Emma Walker, trading her jeans and flip-flops for closets full of Chanel and the start of a successful screenwriting career. But when an incriminating text message throws her marriage into question, Emma flees New York City for a sleepy coastal town in Mexico. Here, she meets gorgeous, California-born Ben, who teaches her about the healing powers of surfing, shows her the joys of the simple life, and opens her up to the possibility of love.
An irresistible insider’s glimpse into a glittering world, Katie Lee’s debut novel is a captivating story about how losing everything you thought you wanted can be the first step to finding what you need.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Cookbook author Lee makes her fiction debut with a satisfying novel about what happens after you've chased down your dreams. After aspiring screenwriter Emma Guthrie leaves Kentucky for New York City, her dreams of making it big hit a wall with the reality of working in restaurants. But she eventually lands a job on a major movie and promptly falls in love with its heartthrob star, Garrett Walker. Caught up in the celebrity high life, Emma can't resist thoughts of happily-ever-after when Garrett proposes marriage. Seven years later, Emma's first produced screenplay has become a major hit, and Garrett is cheating on her. Emma flees to a sleepy beach town in Mexico, faces a deadly case of writer's block, and gets swept up in surfing, taking lessons with a hunky instructor named Ben, who makes "a heavenly chorus burst into song" upon removing his shirt. Lee captures the scandal that can result when an everyday girl steps into the spotlight. Her novel deftly combines elements of healing, friendship, and love in a well-crafted, sentimental tale of an unlikely underdog who discovers true love on the beach.
Customer Reviews
Amazing
This was such a wonderful book! It makes me love Katie Lee even more than from her cooking! So glad you were able to step out of your comfort zone to write this book, and share such a special insight into your heart and soul!
Awesome page turner
I ate this book up! Great summer read and truly inspiring. Confirms that we should only ever fit the mold that feels right to us in order to find true bliss.