One Plus One: A Novel Author: Jojo Moyes | Language: English | ISBN:
B00G3L7VPC | Format: EPUB
One Plus One: A Novel Description
One single mom. One chaotic family. One quirky stranger. One irresistible love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You American audiences have fallen in love with Jojo Moyes. Ever since she debuted Stateside she has captivated readers and reviewers alike, and hit the
New York Times bestseller list with the word-of-mouth sensation
Me Before You. Now, with
One Plus One, she’s written another contemporary opposites-attract love story.
Suppose your life sucks. A lot. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied, and your math whiz daughter has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can’t afford to pay for. That’s Jess’s life in a nutshell—until an unexpected knight in shining armor offers to rescue them. Only Jess’s knight turns out to be Geeky Ed, the obnoxious tech millionaire whose vacation home she happens to clean. But Ed has big problems of his own, and driving the dysfunctional family to the Math Olympiad feels like his first unselfish act in ages . . . maybe ever.
One Plus One is Jojo Moyes at her astounding best. You’ll laugh, you’ll weep, and when you flip the last page, you’ll want to start all over again.
- Print Length: 384 pages
- Publisher: Viking Adult (July 1, 2014)
- Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00G3L7VPC
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray:
- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,070 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
One Plus One by Jojo Moyes is a superbly crafted story which is a pure joy to read. After reading The Girl You Left Behind, The Last Letter From Your Lover, Me Before You and several others, it's almost impossible to imagine she could come up with something as spectacular and extraordinary as this. Yet, One Plus One proves that Jojo Moyes is still to attain her creative best, and a magnum opus is still in the offing.
Her latest offering is undoubtedly one of her best to date. It is a story that will blow you away with its simplicity and beauty. It is the story of Jess, a single parent, who is struggling hard to make both ends meet. She has two children - her daughter Tanzie, who is just eight, and her stepson, Nicky, who is a teen. They are amazing kids but with their own imperfections.
When Tanzie is offered the opportunity to gain a scholarship to the school of her dreams, Jess works hard to seize the chance. But in the process she fumbles leading to slip-ups and what follows is a rollicking disaster of imposing magnitudes - ensuing in a journey of a lifetime and the opportunity to change all their lives. Will Jess take control of the situation or will she let it slip by?
One Plus One is also the story of Ed whose life is falling apart at its seams. When a chance encounter brought them together, he is well aware that Jess and her two kids are the last things he needs. But he is drawn into their world, plunging his own into a deeper abyss. Yet, he is determined to help them out.
The book is emotionally poignant, yet it will make you laugh and scream in delight as you turn the pages. It is beautifully written as only Joio Moyes can, with the characters and their emotions reaching deep down into your heart, touching every part of your being. One Plus One is every reader's delight and every writer's envy.
By Khamneithang Vaiphei
TOP 500 REVIEWER
I've been a fan of Jojo Moyes since I read
Me Before You: A Novel which is probably one of my favorite reads and certainly one of the most memorable. In The One Plus One the central character is Jess, a fiercely independent single mother who is hard-working, struggling to make ends meet and bring up her daughter Tanzie, a budding maths genius and ex-husbands son Nicky whose Goth style of dress makes him a regular target of the local bully boys, The Fishers. By day Jess works as a cleaner and one of her clients is Ed Nicholls a well-off Software Geek who at first glance appears to have it all. Sadly that's not quite the case and a stupid mistake has put his business and lifestyle in jeopardy.
A once in a lifetime opportunity for Jess to get Tanzie into a private school on a scholarship leads to a road trip from one end of the county to the other and brings these characters together. Told from the perspective of the different characters, this book loses nothing in the transition and flows smoothly
I'd hesitate to categorize this book as chic lit or romance as it's so much more than that, in the heart of the storyline is a family that has really been served a hard dose of life, been taken advantage of and every time they're down they pick themselves back up again and again. If you've ever struggled to pay the bills, not wanting your kids to go without then this book will hit a nerve with you. The characters are so easy to fall in love with (special mention to Tanzies' great lump of a dog Norman who melted my heart) and as a reader I found myself really rooting for them, avidly turning the pages wanting to know what happened next. This book made me laugh and cry...an absolute winner!
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