SuitabookHolding on versus moving forward
Charlie tries to recreate how life used to be while the house sale and college make change unavoidable.
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Morgan Matson - Author
A lively family-and-wedding story about Charlie trying to hold on to a familiar life while a chaotic final weekend exposes change, romantic possibility and unexpected truths about those closest to her.
"Charlie's sister is getting married. Everyone is coming homeall her older siblings. It'll be just like it used to be. One last weekend together before her parents sell the house. Charlie doesn't want to think about college next year, or things changingshe just wants to make this a perfect weekend. What could go wrong? Well. First the wedding planner quits. Then the house alarm won't stop going off. Charlie's biggest crush shows up unannounced. There's a missing tuxedo, an unexpected dog, and a neighbor bent on destruction. Not to mention the event planner's assistant, who is surprisingly, distractingly... cute. And that's before things get really crazy. In all the chaos, Charlie will learn more than she ever expected about the family she thought she knew by heart. And shell realize that sometimes, trying to keep everything like it was in the past means missing out on the future."--Page [2] of cover.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively family-and-wedding story about Charlie trying to hold on to a familiar life while a chaotic final weekend exposes change, romantic possibility and unexpected truths about those closest to her.
Charlie tries to recreate how life used to be while the house sale and college make change unavoidable.
Charlie believes she knows her family by heart, but the weekend leads her to learn more than expected about them.
Charlie’s biggest crush arrives unannounced, while an event planner’s assistant also attracts her attention.
The story appears to treat change as something Charlie must face rather than simply prevent, while presenting family knowledge as more complicated than she expected.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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