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People We Meet on Vacation

by Emily Henry

2021 · 401 pages · Penguin

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About this book

Two best friends—wildly different, perfectly matched—have been taking one glorious summer vacation together every year for a decade, but a mysterious falling-out two years ago left them estranged and heartbroken. When Poppy realizes that those vacations with Alex were the happiest times of her life, she convinces him to take one final trip together, hoping to fix what broke between them and maybe, just maybe, finally face the truth that's been quietly simmering beneath their friendship all along. What unfolds across that week is a tender, funny, and deeply romantic journey as these two navigate old inside jokes, new vulnerabilities, and the question of whether the best love story has been right in front of them the whole time. Perfect for anyone who believes the greatest romance is rooted in genuine friendship and all its complicated, beautiful depths.

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