![]() ![]() “Hopeful, empowering, and sexy, this is one of those books you never want to end,” Gelman wrote of the novel. I wanted to write a book that felt alive in every possible way and my hope is that the reader feels that on each page.”Ĭross-Smith’s novel was also the first selection for Sarah Selects, a new Amazon book club from the company’s editorial director for books, Sarah Gelman. “Instead of a camera, I’ve used language to create the same feelings as slow-motion close-ups of important moments as the music swells. “I set out to soak the reader in Paris the same way French films do,” she wrote. In a guest post on Barnes & Noble’s website, Cross-Smith said her novel was inspired by a trip to Paris she took with her family before the pandemic. ![]() A critic for Kirkus called the book “charming and lively, if somewhat predictable.”īarnes & Noble praised Cross-Smith’s novel as “an intimate take on lust and longing, is perfect for fans of Seven Days in June and The Light We Lost.” Barnes & Noble has selected Leesa Cross-Smith’s Half-Blown Rose as the latest pick for its book club.Ĭross-Smith’s novel, published Tuesday by Grand Central, follows a woman who travels to Paris after learning that her husband has been keeping a big secret from her. ![]()
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