Summary of Book Lovers

by Susan Morrison

This book serves as a review and summary of Emily Henry's "Book Lovers."

one season. rivals in two. They weren't prepared for the plot surprise...

The only thing Nora Stephens has ever done in her life is read books, therefore she is not the typical heroine. Not the strong-willed woman, not the carefree dream girl, and certainly not the sweetheart. In reality, the only people who view Nora as a hero are her clients—for whom she secures sizable deals in her role as a ruthless literary agent—and her cherished little sister Libby.

Which is why, when Libby encourages her to take a sisters' trip away, she decides to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the entire month of August. She has ideas of a small town metamorphosis for Nora, who she is persuaded has to become the heroine in her own story. Nora, however, continues running into Charlie Lastra, a bookish, brooding editor from back in the city, instead of going on picnics in the meadows or running into gorgeous rural doctors or bulging-forearm bartenders. If they had never met before and it hadn't been cute, it would be a meet-cute.

Charlie and Nora are repeatedly brought together—in a series of coincidences that no editor worth their salt would permit—and while Charlie is aware that he is nobody's hero and Nora is aware that she is not the ideal heroine, what they learn may just tear apart the carefully constructed stories they have written about themselves.

92 pages, Paperback

Published July 19, 2022

About the author

Susan Morrison is a landscape designer, master gardener and writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her designs have been featured in various publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Horticulture and Fine Gardening Magazine, where she also contributes articles on design and plant selection.

An early convert to the value of social media, she connects with gardeners from all over the world via Twitter and Facebook, and is a founding member of the Lawn Reform Coalition and the Garden Designer's Roundtable. In addition to writing for traditional media, Susan blogs about her life as a landscape designer and shares her challenges and successes as a home gardener at Blue Planet Garden Blog.