Dedication, Nicola Kraus
Dedication, Nicola Kraus
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Dedication

Author: Nicola Kraus, Emma McLaughlin

Narrator: Ashley West

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/05/2007

Categories: Fiction, Women


Synopsis

Kate Hollis’s ex-boyfriend’s face plasters newsstands and TV, the Internet, and the multiplex. Jake Sharpe is one of the biggest recording stars on the planet, and every song he’s famous for is about Kate. For over a decade his soundtrack has chased her—from the gym to the supermarket, from the dentist’s office to the bars. Now thirty-year-old Kate gets the call that Jake has finally landed back in their Vermont hometown for an MTV special. The moment she has been waiting for has arrived.On the eve of their prom, Jake Sharpe vanished, resurfacing when his song “Losing”—about his and Kate’s first sexual experience—shot to the top of the Billboard charts. And the hits kept coming, each more personal than the one before.Now Kate gets her chance to confront Jake and reclaim her past. But after eleven years of enduring protracted and far-from-private heartbreak, everyone in Kate’s life has a stake in how this plays out. Kate must risk betraying the friends Jake abandoned, the band-mates whose songs he plundered, and her own parents, who fear this will dredge up a shared past more painful than any of them want to acknowledge. But after getting the call in the dead of night and jumping on a plane, can she turn back now?Newsweek dubbed The Nanny Diaries “a national phenomenon” and the New Republic proclaimed, “Thank God for Citizen Girl.” Now McLaughlin and Kraus have written a poignant, humorous tale about modern celebrity obsession and coming of age during the divorce boom. With flawless depictions of the 1980s, a charismatic heroine, and their signature biting wit, the authors offer up another lively and hilarious tale of a smart young woman looking for satisfaction in the chaos of contemporary culture.

About Nicola Kraus

Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus are the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nanny Diaries, Citizen Girl, Dedication, Nanny Returns, and their young adult novels, The Real Real and Over You. They work together in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by kwesi 章英狮 on April 05, 2011

There are two ways to appreciate this book, either by giving 2 stars or 4 stars. 2 stars because the protagonist of the story acts like 13 year old girl than 30. Well, that made the story interesting and it changed in the end. She grow and so do her love to somebody else, if you believe to things th......more

Goodreads review by Lina on October 15, 2007

This comes from the same authors who produced 'The Nanny Diaries,' and I was really hoping that this book would capture the same light, witty charm the earlier book did. Unfortunately, the excessive teenage angst-iness and the awkward flashbacks make this read feel like you're being held hostage at......more

Goodreads review by Shannon on February 18, 2017

Dedication is a sweet book about young love. Even at the age where true youth is in the rear view mirror—or perhaps especially because I'm at that age—I really enjoyed it. One of my favorite things about this book may also suit my contemporaries: the flash-back scenes through the main character's mid......more