The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay, Rebecca Sparrow
The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay, Rebecca Sparrow
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The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay

Author: Rebecca Sparrow

Narrator: Tamara Lovatt-Smith

Unabridged: 3 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/08/2008

Synopsis

Seventeen-year-old Rachel Hill is the girl most likely to succeed. And the girl most likely to have everything under control . . . that is, until her dad invites Nick McGowan, the cutest boy at school, to live with them. Rachel worries that this could only be a recipe for disaster, but her best friend Zoe thinks it’s the perfect opportunity for lurve. Sparks start to fly for all the wrong reasons. Nick finds Rachel spoiled and uptight and Rachel dismisses Nick as lazy and directionless. But a secret from Nick’s past draws them together and makes the year Nick McGowan came to stay one that Rachel will never forget.

About The Author

Rebecca Sparrow spent most of 1980 running around her family’s backyard wearing a bathing suit and her mother’s high heels, armed with a Super Soaker. In her yearlong reign of terror, she arrested her dog, Mac, 329 times. Rebecca graduated to selling touch lamps and working as a nanny, a travel writer, a television publicist, a marketing executive, a magazine editor, and a secret shopper (once). She currently writes for the Australian newspaper the Courier-Mail and is the chair of War Child Australia. Her first novel, The Girl Most Likely, is in development as a feature film with Icon Films. For more information about Rebecca, visit www.rebeccasparrow.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Keertana on October 28, 2012

Rating: 3.5 Stars I hadn't heard of this novel until I came across Mandee's review of it on Vegan YA Nerds or Maggie's review of it on YA Anonymous, but I knew upon reading both their gushing reviews that I had to get my hands on this one. Luckily enough for me, The Year Nick McGowan Came to Stay wa......more

Goodreads review by gladiatrix ♡ on March 07, 2025

This is will be an audiobook I recommend to all who love chick-lits! The narrator does such an amazing job making Rachel’s character come to life. Rachel is a typical, uptight seventeen-year old but she’s absolutely hilarious. Nick was a likeable character as well with the right amount of mysterious......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on May 13, 2008

Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com What's worse then waking up, having morning breath, and looking your worst? Having the hottest guy in school see you every morning when you just woke up, looking your worst. Rachel Hill has experienced this firsthand, and it is all......more

Goodreads review by Nikki on March 27, 2017

THIS IS HILARIOUS AND GREAT AND YOU SHOULD READ IT!!......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on August 15, 2008

What happens when a gorgeous boy with a mysterious secret comes to live with the family of a driven success-obsessed girl? I liked this short fresh book. The author didn't take the expected path and the result was a wry and charming book with a lot of nice humor. I listened to the audio and the aust......more

Quotes

“[A] richly creative tale full of humor and funny situations related with a touch of reminiscence.”–Daily Telegraph (Australia)

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