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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's avatar

This is so gorgeous, the title is fantastic, and I can't wait to read!

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Laura Boswell Milliken's avatar

THE PRINCESS PHONE! (I kept the yellow one from my parents' house because I just couldn't...let it go.) Also, I WAS that aunt for a long time - and now my sister and I are coming to terms with decades-old stuff. Preordering!

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Jami Attenberg's avatar

DECADES OLD STUFF was the working title ;)

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Laura Boswell Milliken's avatar

We have a family wedding next month that is crushing us all back together again - I'm "spite shopping" for expensive wedding gifts just to be "the best." I'm 51 going on five.

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Kate Hegarty's avatar

I love your work. 👏

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Rachel Del Grosso's avatar

Could not be more excited to add this to my bookshelf alongside your other books 🖤

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Allison W's avatar

Preordered (from BAM)! I always stay up well into the night finishing your books despite telling myself “just one more chapter” every time.

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Jami Attenberg's avatar

Ahh that makes me so happy to hear Allison!! I love to late night read too!

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Alex Elle's avatar

So good!

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Jami Attenberg's avatar

thank you!!

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Michele Sharpe's avatar

The pink princess phone. <<Shiver>>

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Caroline Smrstik's avatar

I had that aunt (known as “Your Spinster Aunt”) and she was cool as heck.

(Then she got married and turned into a conformist yuppie, living in denial ever after.)

I can’t wait to read what you have made out of this premise!

OH and I just noticed that your book comes out on my 25th wedding anniversary. I shall pre-order for myself, the first of many gifts I am sure.

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Katie Maxim's avatar

Just pre-ordered from BAM! Love this story already. And such a gorgeous cover. Holding a phone receiver in my hand while winding and unwinding the cord around a finger from the opposite hand makes for a delicious conversation, especially between women.

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Rebecca Flint Marx's avatar

Mazel, Jami! I love the cover and cannot wait to read this.

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Lorinda Toledo's avatar

Congratulations, Jami!!! How wonderful to see this book getting ready to launch into the world. And what a true privilege you have given us by bringing us along on this journey with you through the internal experience. You help me be brave to finish my book. I can’t wait to read your latest!

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Kate Hegarty's avatar

This storyline is my idea of heaven, and even this post gave me so many rich ideas! You’re such a literal inspiration. 🙏 But now I must drag myself back to WIP and stop fantasising about future stories. 😫😫

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Rosemary Porto's avatar

Wow! Love the cover and pre-ordered. Congratulations! I can’t wait to read your new novel. I did have a dear aunt like that who was a second mother to me.

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Paige Geiger's avatar

Love the cover!!

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Charlotte Dune's avatar

Congrats on 10 books! Amazing. And I love the cover and concept. I immediately pictured the cool aunt. Also love books that span long time periods, so I can’t wait to read it!

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Karen Heath's avatar

What a genius cover, and what a gorgeous blurb! So excited to have the book in my hands soon.

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Lauren Powell's avatar

Congratulations Jami, love the sound of this novel, and so fun to hear the story behind the concept coming to be!

Looking forward to adding it to the Attenberg collection on my bookshelf 📚

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