I Thought You Said This Would Work

By Ann Wertz Garvin

Book Overview

A road trip can drive anyone over the edge--especially two former best friends--in bestselling author Ann Garvin's funny and poignant novel about broken bonds, messy histories, and the power of forgiveness.

Widowed Samantha Arias hasn't spoken to Holly Dunfee in forever. It's for the best. Samantha prefers to avoid conflict. The blisteringly honest Holly craves it. What they still have in common puts them both back on speed dial: a mutual love for Katie, their best friend of twenty-five years, now hospitalized with cancer and needing one little errand from her old college roomies.

It's simple: travel cross-country together, steal her loathsome ex-husband's VW camper, find Katie's diabetic Great Pyrenees at a Utah rescue, and drive him back home to Wisconsin. If it'll make Katie happy, no favor is too big (one hundred pounds), too daunting (two thousand miles), or too illegal (ish), even when a boho D-list celebrity hitches a ride and drives the road trip in fresh directions.

Samantha and Holly are following every new turn--toward second chances, unexpected romance, and self-discovery--and finally blowing the dust off the secret that broke their friendship. On the open road, they'll try to put it back together--for themselves, and especially for the love of Katie.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1542022339
• ISBN13: 9781542022330
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Such a delightful book

There's a mystery, a broken relationship, fun and sassy women who learn to face their hang-ups, several lovable pets, a handsome new man on the horizon, lots of love, and honesty after years of misunderstanding. I enjoyed every page of this funny and heart-touching book, the characters who could not give up, the hope their mission engenders. And of course, the dogs.