She’s a bright, nervy, intelligent lawyer who has no idea how to boil an egg or use her washing machine – all she cares about is work. I did end up going to the local one last summer after I read this book and it was really enjoyable to connect the books to what I saw.

So when she signs up to a semi-silent, anonymous writing retreat in glorious Italy, love is the last thing on her mind. I haven’t shared this theory with anyone, because most people are quite narrow-minded, I find, even my best friends. Ava and Matt, having met through totally different circumstances, both living in a dimension where a total 360 turn is being taken from their current life.The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten bestseller. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

This wasn’t my favorite Kinsella book, but I’ll definitely still be reading more from her in the future.She's always trusted her own instincts over an algorithm, anyway, and she wants a break from it all. Jay’s family owns the local vineyard, run by his grandfather at the moment, and Leyna has taken over her grandfather’s beloved restaurant downtown.