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He's out of sight, she's out of her mind. She loves her job. She loves her boyfriend. So why is she leaving them behind? Polly Fenton is about to embark on a year-long teachers' exchange to America. Swapping cottage pie for corn dogs is one thing, but trading lives with her American counterpart, Jen, is quite another. The minute Polly's feet touch down Stateside, she's swept off them altogether. When she meets Chip Jonson, the school athletic trainer, all thoughts of home suddenly disappear. Spanning three terms and two countries, this is a sparky and sassy story of New England and Old England, fidelity and flirtation, receiving one's comeuppance - and making amends. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Polly Fenton is a British English teacher who has agreed to a year's exchange with an American counterpart. She is both excited and reluctant. As she leaves for the US and on the spur of the moment, her longtime boyfriend, Max, proposes to her. She doesn't give him an answer and in the excitement of settling in at her new school, meeting wonderful new people, and guiltily flirting with the attactive trainer, she doesn't stop to ponder why she hasn't given him an answer. Meanwhile, back in England, her American counterpart has met Polly's best friend, boyfriend, and boyfriend's brother. This is all a recipe for disaster adn things play out much as you might expect.
Not as light and predictable as many other chick lit type books can be, this one examines love, fidelity, physical and emotional connections, honesty, and contrition. There is also an extreme amount of sex in this (both imagined and actual so readers who shy away from explicitness will want to be forewarned). During the course of the exchange year, both Polly and Max learn a lot about themselves and about the things in life they've taken for granted. The question reamins whether they can and should be together. The ending to this book is heavier than the usual happily ever after but it is very much in keeping with the rest of the book and its theme of self-discovery. Despite the heavy moments, this is still a fun and catchy novel. ( )