everything leads to you

“Maybe she left a forwarding address with the landlord.”, She turns to the surfer. “I hope you like gingersnaps,” Edie says. You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. Patsy knew what she was singing about, that’s for sure. Maple. We’re in the middle of this really crazy mystery.”, I wait for her to ask what it is. Filling everything. “Do you mind my asking how long you’ve lived here?” Charlotte asks. “Hmm,” he says. “But maybe we can grab dinner later. The music stand is beautiful. I wonder whether I chose the wrong object, and then I realize that tears are starting. I wonder how old. I am going straight to set, but not to see her. riveting read…—NPRThe line between best friend and something more is a line always crossed in the dark. I’m not trying to be childish or standoffish. Despite not wanting to be an actor, or having no inclination to want to work in the industry, I can feel the magic of the movies, even just by reading a book set in Hollywood and surrounding LA. Those Braves beat them Three to nothing. So beautiful, in fact, that if it doesn’t fit I will find a new bookshelf, or rearrange the furniture entirely, because this is exactly what I would have in my practice room if I knew how to play an instrument. “Or where she moved to after she left the apartment?”, “Oh, dear,” Frank echoes. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller And, finally, I turn into a driveway that I’m pretty sure has never before encountered a beat-up hatchback with locks that don’t work. Well, I got all these responses. Charlotte’s hysterics die down, and soon she is standing, composed again, back to her super-brilliant, future museum-studies-major self. She would not accept my money. “Does the manager live in the building?”, He nods. It’s exactly what I didn’t even know I was looking for. And then she takes another. works every day at her Granny’s Strange Goods Superstore, selling lucky rabbits’ feet and other useless junk. Toby’s courtyard has a tidy green lawn and a pretty fountain, and from the side of his cottage you can see a tiny strip of the ocean. A few months ago it seemed like high school was going to last forever, like our college planning was for a distant and indistinct future. Stopped saying hi. Or maybe he had a daughter no one knew about. But I fake enthusiasm as she takes the record out of its sleeve and places it on Toby’s record player and lowers the needle. I turn to the last empty wall where the sofa will go, and nod. “Why should you avoid the studio? Everything Leads to You is about self discovery,and finding out what real love is. “Anytime I can save you from making yet another terrible mistake with that girl please let me know,” she says. Morgan is a scenic, which means that she builds the decorative elements of the sets before people like me come along and fill them. His place is small but super adorable. Edition Description. After reading books like Her Name In The Sky, Good Moon Rising, Keeping You A Secret and so on, I was looking for more than just a book about young romance and being physical. “To Long Beach? Maybe fate. Then he stands and faces us, my tan brother with his crooked smile and black hair that’s always in his eyes. I actually like it. “Caroline Maddox was his daughter.”, Charlotte nods. I pretend I don’t notice Charlotte staring at him, and place the belt buckle in his cupped palms. “Don’t answer!” Edie says. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. I enjoy hiking through the hills behind my home. “Will you be home for a little while? When I texted my boss a picture of the stand she wrote back, Fucking amazing!!!! I pick up one of the belt buckles. Reminded, I check my phone and see that we’re supposed to meet up with him in just under two hours. The humiliation of being broken up with six times is brutal. She’ll look at the song list and get her answer and then she’ll head to the bathroom and I will write something really short like Let’s talk tomorrow or I still love you. When Emi and her best friend Charlotte discover a letter written by a recently deceased film icon (think Clint Eastwood), it leads them to his unknown granddaughter, Ava. A moment later I’m in Clyde Jones’s foyer, the doors shut behind me, gazing at one of the most beautiful objects I’ve ever beheld: a low-hanging chandelier, geometric and silver and shining. “But maybe we can grab dinner later. You will not be disappointed! Another thing I wanted to do (but didn’t) was offer you my condolences. They don’t do it for anyone else, only Toby. We are going to hand-deliver a letter from a late iconic actor to a mysterious woman named Caroline. I try my best to enjoy life. “Lemon. The doors burst open and there stands Clyde Jones. Then Clyde says, “Round these parts, lawlessness is a disease. Charlotte is the kind of friend who automatically hates everyone who has ever done me wrong. I don’t wish to be cruel. Let me guess.”. Please try your request again later. Toby’s the kind of person whose greatness makes other people want to rise to any occasion. Just out of high school, Emi Price is a talented young set designer already beginning to thrive in the L.A. film scene. She tells me to meet her in the parking lot at exactly six o’clock. I’m not thinking about Morgan and thinking instead about who might have owned this house. I’m trying to get in touch with a former tenant of yours. They talk and laugh, and soon some music starts. What a fun and charming summer read. . He knocks on the door. We are going to hand-deliver a letter from a late iconic actor to a mysterious woman named Caroline. Share your thoughts Complete your review. After a couple hours of tinkering with my room and helping some of the set dressers, I say good-bye to Ginger (who tells me for the twentieth time how great everything looks) and find Morgan outside with her hands covered in plaster. It may seem crass to give you so much. Sir?” she asks. They laugh, slide into their car, pull away. . With relatives out of the question, I can’t think of many good answers. Patsy is telling me that she understands how hard it is not to text Morgan back. We get on the road at 6:55, glasses full of Toby’s iced tea because it was either that or some homemade kombucha that neither of us was brave enough to try. Early in the movie, Kira loses her virginity. A modern ghost story about trauma and survival. I’m hoping you might have some forwarding information. “She was a very nice girl. “Does the manager live in the building?”, He nods. What few phone numbers I can find for you are all outdated. But I can’t even talk about it with Charlotte, and I have to finish designing the room I’m working on now, even though I know Morgan will be on set with her sleeves pushed up and her tight jeans on and her short hair all messy and perfect. I keep going, higher than I’ve ever gone, until the houses are not only way bigger and nicer than the already big, nice houses below them, but also farther apart. We both had our reasons for what happened that night and in the few weeks that followed. . Charlotte cocks her head. “His house was full of the most amazing—” I start, but Toby puts his hands over his ears. “I guess we did all we could.”. “I doubt that will happen,” Charlotte says. I know what I want. Caroline, she helped us with some of the chores.”, “Do you know where she is?” Charlotte asks. “So it was seeming like it was gonna work. Must be grocery day.”. Rate it * You Rated it * 0. Charlotte’s hysterics die down, and soon she is standing, composed again, back to her super-brilliant, future museum-studies-major self. . “Do you live in the neighborhood?” Frank asks us. “Do you think Clyde wrote that?”. “What if it’s traumatic for her? Terrible! . If you do not want the money, please give it to Ava. She had what many people crave, a few minutes in the spotlight on the arm of someone famous. “Or where she moved to after she left the apartment?”, “Oh, dear,” Frank echoes. I’m still dying over Clyde’s house when Ginger strides past me. Each song lasts approximately one minute so we just listen as song after song plays. Toby dangles the keys out the window, then looks out at me and says, “Epic.”. I’ve been trying to track down the sofa since I got the assignment. And, more than those things, it feels meaningful. There is no logic behind it. Toby’s courtyard has a tidy green lawn and a pretty fountain, and from the side of his cottage you can see a tiny strip of the ocean. I was wondering if you had any information—”, “Yes, dear! “Yeah, here.” Charlotte steps over and hands me the record sleeve, and as I take it something flutters out. Number 726 is one of those sad apartment buildings that look like motels, two stories with the doors lined up in rows. Please visit them and ask for Terrence Webber. [a] beautifully written novel." Yes!”. and Battle, a beautiful blond dancer. Please try again. He belongs under the stars, smoking hand-rolled cigarettes and listening to the wind. –Gayle Forman, author of If I Stay, "A beautifully written, gently moving account of a long goodbye that will resonate with anyone who has ever had to let go before they were ready." “Yeah,” he says. “Are the lyrics printed?” I ask, sitting up. Front-page huge. The double front doors swing open and Charlotte steps into the sun. I try to think of other possibilities, but Clyde Jones is famous for being a bit of a recluse. My letters have been returned. If you’re looking for light contemporary reads for the summer, this is definitely a book to pick up. “His house was full of the most amazing—” I start, but Toby puts his hands over his ears. They laugh, slide into their car, pull away. I nod. Her jeans are rolled up at the ankles and her blond hair is in pigtails, and her face is part serious, part elated. “Maybe an ex-girlfriend?” she says. His handwriting is careful and shaky and everything is neat, like he wrote multiple drafts. But it also needs to be special enough to have been saved. I pick it up off the rug. Talk. Winner Blurb: Emi and her best friend Charlotte are invited to stay at Emi’s brother’s apartment in LA for the summer after graduation, with one condition: they must do something “epic” while he’s gone. And it’s only later, after watching Lowlands, with the warm breeze coming through the kitchen door and our glasses half full of Toby’s Ethiopian tea, that Charlotte says, “What was it Edie said? He’s found the scene, and we all squeeze onto my parents’ old sofa, me in the middle acting as a buffer for the sexual tension between my brother and my best friend. ebook. It’s a way of finding your are not the only person who matters, but others do too, especially when you care about them. . I know my brother, the master of good ideas, is waiting for the right moment to reveal his latest plan. The room is supposed to be the basement practice space for a teenage-band geek named Kira. You girls must have noticed that the hedges around the path are all overgrown.” He says it so apologetically. So over the years I became infatuated with the moment that Clyde appears on the horizon or in the saloon or riding through tall grass toward the woman he loves. “Yeah,” he says. –Los Angeles Times, "A rich tapestry that will make readers confident that they are in the hands of a master storyteller. But there’s a condition.”, “I want you to do something with the place. I love her writing and power of her words. “‘ Life’s vast possibilities.’ Such bullshit,” Charlotte says, setting the glasses next to a group of other beautiful objects that Ginger must have already chosen. Download Book "Everything Leads to You" by Author "Nina LaCour" in [PDF] [EPUB]. All the things we could be doing now if she weren’t busy wondering if the world holds better things for her than me. If you do not want the money, please give it to Ava. It felt like it.”, “Well, it’s after ten. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Through many serendipitous twists of fate, their search for the heir of the old star's fortune leads to great locations, props and finally the female lead for the new movie. An absorbing Hollywood read." “Who do you think she is?” I ask, switching into the right lane. “It’s like he wants to tell her everything but it hardly adds up to anything.”, “I know. One is from Toby, saying, 7 p.m.: Don’t forget! He had some high-profile affairs when he was young, but that’s ancient history, and it’s common knowledge that he died without a single family member. “Trust me. Truthfully? It’s older and grander, but there’s more to it than that. “Saloon door . But I kind of missed it because Patsy and I were otherwise engaged and I swear that song only lasted six seconds. I thought you said, ‘Two-oh-three.’”, “Charlotte Young. One is from Toby, saying, 7 p.m.: Don’t forget! “Why should you avoid the studio? It’s this happy mix of Mom and Dad’s old worn-in furniture and castoffs from sets I’ve worked on and things we picked up from Beverly Hills yard sales, where rich people sell their expensive stuff for cheap. And it’s unsettling, somehow, that whatever Clyde wanted to give to her was never, and never will be, received. She can turn clean, white walls into the crumbling sides of a castle. It felt like it.”, “Well, it’s after ten. Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour While working as a film production designer in Los Angeles, Emi finds a mysterious letter from a silver screen legend which leads Emi to Ava who is about to expand Emi's understanding of family, acceptance, and true romance. Would it make a difference to her whether I lived here instead? Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. For a little while, at least! A surfer who ended up miles from the beach. Must be grocery day.”. What a ridiculous thing to say. “Okay,” Toby says. He has longish hair, a shell necklace. I’m trying to hold on to the good feeling of the last hour, but the truth is I’m getting sad again. Which is a little harsh, but something I probably deserve. “To Long Beach? ebook. Something epic. The car pulls away and we wave and then it turns a corner and is gone. Genres: "Contemporary, LGBT, Romance, Young Adult". They allow us to escape and to dream and to gaze into eyes that are impossibly beautiful and huge. “Frank and Edie. When Ginger is finished choosing what she wants, she lets Charlotte and me explore for a while and see if there’s anything we want to buy. She had what many people crave, a few minutes in the spotlight on the arm of someone famous. I’m trying to hold on to the good feeling of the last hour, but the truth is I’m getting sad again. Everyhting Leads To You is about seeing others, understandng they are not just characters on your story but they have their own. Emi's best friend, Charlotte,is the kind of friend we all need and hope to be for others. I told myself it was because I expected it to be Me and You, and instead it was Me and You and Lenny. “So now you’re just waiting on the sofa?”. We shake our heads in wonder. “Who?” Frank turns to Edie, and it’s only then that I notice his hearing aids. “Not another word on the subject,” I say. You know that the eyes glow like that because of lights placed at a specific angle, and you see the actresses up close and, yes, they are beautiful, but they are human size and imperfect like the rest of us. Something epic. I tell her about our jobs in the movies and she is impressed, especially with The Agency, which she’s already been reading about even though shooting doesn’t begin for a few months. But her artistic eye has failed her in one key area: helping her to design a love life that’s more than make-believe. I force a smile and say, “Check out this stand. Just a short one. “Yeah,” she says. “An envelope.” I check to see if it’s sealed. I’m a little worried, but excited, too. In A Long Time Till Tomorrow he lived in a log cabin. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Nina LaCour (www.ninalacour.com) is the author of the award-winning, ***This excerpt is from an advance uncorrected proof.***. I know, I mouth, all exaggerated so he can read my lips. I try to think of who has died in the last couple of weeks. This morning I tried on seven outfits before deciding on these cute green shorts and this kind of revealing, strappy white tank top. Charlotte’s flipping through records. I hung out with these stars whose faces are on posters all across the world. But we do know that as we get closer to the address it becomes clear that whoever Caroline Maddox is, she doesn’t live the same kind of life Clyde did. Plus it isn’t swarming with people, which means this is some kind of preview that Ginger got invited to because she’s a famous production designer and she always gets called to these things first. “I asked you both here for a reason. “Will you be home for a little while? I don’t say anything back because we’ve done this so many times before and I promised myself that I wouldn’t do it again. Every-time-I-turn-on-the-radio huge. Toby dangles the keys out the window, then looks out at me and says, “Epic.”. “Shhh,” she says, and the door opens to a shirtless man, holding a baby on his hip. We try asking more questions but when we do he just sits back and smiles. It’s like Patsy is giving me permission to give in to how I feel. At the end of the block, a couple men step out of a liquor store, shouting into the night. a sweeping, action-packed YA adventure set against the backdrop of Feudal Japan where Mulan meets Throne of Glass. It’s heavier than I thought it would be, and more beautiful up close: the smooth silhouette of a bucking horse with a rough mountain and waning moon in the background. But as soon as I walk through this doorway he will be an actor who spent his life in a Los Angeles mansion. It may seem crass to give you so much. Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2019. and lived with my parents. “I wonder who wrote it,” she says, standing and stretching and making her way to the album cover resting against a speaker. From an affair or something.”, After climbing the black metal stairs to the second story and knocking on the door of apartment F, I whisper, “Is it okay for us to ask what’s inside? This was a beautiful piece of writing about the power of great movies because “they tell us to remember, they remind us of life.....how much it hurts to have your heart broken. –Kirkus Reviews, starred review“Each roadtripper has his or her own artistic way of chronicling the individual journeys they are on together, and that introspection draws the reader into this intimate novel.” –NPR.org"LaCour skillfully draws connections between art and life as she delves into the heart of her characters." After a while Toby calms down enough that we can watch the rest of the movie, which goes by quickly. Grades 9-12. “This might sound crazy but remember when you asked me if I was doing okay earlier?”, “I just had this feeling that, I don’t know, that there was something important about me being there, in Clyde Jones’s house. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Teen & Young Adult LGBTQ+ Fiction (Books). Sometimes she sounds so professional that I can’t believe the girl talking is also my best friend. “I don’t know.”. I told myself it was because I expected it to be Me and You, and instead it was Me and You and Lenny. “The whole room looks really, really good.”. The first time Morgan broke up with me and we got back together, Charlotte tried her best to get over it and be nice to Morgan. He opens his eyes. And I don’t mean throw a party. Neither of us has been on Ruby Avenue, so we don’t know what to expect. Emi's vocation is a framing device enabling her and Ava … High school is coming to an end, her romance with another female designer on the crew is foundering, and she has been recruited to work on a new low-budget, high-talent film that could be her big break. After I learned about you, I had intentions of being a good father. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. 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