Dear Emmie Blue

June 1, 2020
When 16-year-old Emmie releases a balloon with her biggest secret hidden inside, she doesn't expect anyone to find it. When, a few weeks later, Lucas Moreau does just that, the two teens develop an instant rapport, going from trading emails to a deep and enduring friendship. Fourteen years later, Lucas asks Emmie to be his "best woman" at his upcoming wedding. Emmie accepts the honor, but must face the fact that her long-simmering romantic feelings for Lucas can never be revealed. Like My Best Friend's Wedding plus an unfairly gorgeous Frenchwoman, mixtapes, and miles of inside jokes, Louis's (Somewhere Close to Happy, 2019) latest novel blends all the highs of a romantic comedy with the lows of one woman's complicated family history. Fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (2017) by Gail Honeyman will adore Emmie's journey of self-discovery. Exploring that feeling of being left behind as everyone else appears to be moving on to bigger and better things, Dear Emmie Blue will resonate long after readers turn the last page.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2020, American Library Association.)