Love and Other Foreign Words
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4.6 • 5 Ratings
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- $6.99
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
Equal parts comedy and coming of age, this is a whip-smart, big-hearted, laugh-out-loud love story about sisters, friends, and what it means to love at all.
Can anyone be truly herself—or truly in love—in a language that's not her own?
Sixteen-year-old Josie lives her life in translation. She speaks High School, College, Friends, Boyfriends, Break-ups, and even the language of Beautiful Girls. But none of these is her native tongue--the only people who speak that are her best friend Stu and her sister Kate. So when Kate gets engaged to an epically insufferable guy, how can Josie see it as anything but the mistake of a lifetime? Kate is determined to bend Josie to her will for the wedding; Josie is determined to break Kate and her fiancé up. As battles are waged over secrets and semantics, Josie is forced to examine her feelings for the boyfriend who says he loves her, the sister she loves but doesn't always like, and the best friend who hasn't said a word--at least not in a language Josie understands.
“Josie’s a rarity in teen literature, a genuine original . . . Lively characters and a satisfying plot foil reader expectations in the best possible way.”—Kirkus Reviews
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fifteen-year-old Josie Sheridan may have a genius-level IQ, but that doesn't mean she understands everything. One concept she has trouble grasping is romantic love, especially when it comes to her older sister Kate's inexplicable attraction to her nerdy librarian fianc , Geoff. Josie is sure that Geoff is completely wrong for Kate, but persuading her sister of this truth before the wedding is proving a tall order. Meanwhile, Josie is sorting out her own relationships with the opposite sex, including her prom date, Stefan, who thinks he "could fall in love" with her; her 26-year-old sociolinguistics instructor, Ethan, on whom she has an enormous crush; and her best friend Stu, who perhaps understands her better than anyone. McCahan's (I Now Pronounce You Someone Else) sharp-witted first-person narrative will keep readers laughing as they get acquainted with Josie, a self-proclaimed "inveterate" over-thinker. Josie's analytical mind, singular perspective, and numerous idiosyncrasies (like her anxiety over a loose thread: "What if it doesn't come out in one try but gets longer? What if it puckers?") are both endearing and representative of her deeper worries. Ages 12 up.
