
But with the help of some old friends, Joe discovers that coming home isn’t all bad-and that maybe the best things in life are second chances.Ī strikingly clever and deeply romantic debut about falling in love with the person who makes you feel like the best version of yourself.

For every woman who has ever had a friend too dangerous to forgive and too essential to forget, Summer Sisters will glue you to every page, reading and remembering.Īfter writing a super-successful novel berating his hometown of Bush Falls, Connecticut, Joe Goffman must go back to the place he swore he’d never return to when his father has a stroke.

In honor of her book, Jess has chosen five books that inspired her to write Mandatory Release:Ī riveting exploration of the choices that define our lives, of friendship andlove, of the families we are born into and those we struggle to create. This week, we’re celebrating Jess Riley‘s newest novel, Mandatory Release! This snarky mash-up of “Girls” and “Oz” is so painfully honest you might think you’re reading a memoir-it’s a darkly comic, unexpectedly sexy love story about broken people putting themselves back together.
