
The One & Only
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Sofia Willingham
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By:
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Emily Giffin
In her eagerly awaited new novel, beloved New York Times best-selling author Emily Giffin returns with an extraordinary story of love and loyalty - and an unconventional heroine struggling to reconcile both.
Thirty-three-year-old Shea Rigsby has spent her entire life in Walker, Texas - a small college town that lives and dies by football, a passion she unabashedly shares. Raised alongside her best friend, Lucy, the daughter of Walker’s legendary head coach, Clive Carr, Shea was too devoted to her hometown team to leave. Instead she stayed in Walker for college, even taking a job in the university athletic department after graduation, where she has remained for more than a decade.
But when an unexpected tragedy strikes the tight-knit Walker community, Shea’s comfortable world is upended, and she begins to wonder if the life she’s chosen is really enough for her. As she finally gives up her safety net to set out on an unexpected path, Shea discovers unsettling truths about the people and things she has always trusted most - and is forced to confront her deepest desires, fears, and secrets.
Thoughtful, funny, and brilliantly observed, The One & Only is a luminous novel about finding your passion, following your heart, and, most of all, believing in something bigger than yourself...the one and only thing that truly makes life worth living.
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I like where she ended this novel. I thought the author pointed the direction HER characters were going nicely, then allowed me the opportunity to wonder a scenarios of my own. I don't need to see May/November go to ugly in January.
The lives of the characters in this book revolve around football, thus this book is about football. If you do not have a general knowledge of collegiate football and the game in general, you may not enjoy this book. The other thing that will make or break this book for you is to ask yourself if you can enjoy a story about an unconventional nontraditional relationship.
I rarely am critical of the narrator, but I would be lax if I did not mention Sofia Willingham's performance. It's distractingly irksome to the point of making the listener weary. I listened to her previous work, after finishing this book, this was not her normal speech. She must think Texans speak incredibly slow and sleepily while half whispering.
What a Christmas Tree and a Man Have In Common...
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
A good story that pulls on all your emotions and makes you really feel what all the characters feel.What did you like best about this story?
You don't know the story really ends, not until the last page.What does Sofia Willingham bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
You really the emotions through her story telling, more so than when you read the book.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
A love that grew only because a tragedy happened.Oddly Great
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Football abs Romance; what more can you ask for
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Excellent
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Not her best work
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I found the storyline compulsive and have stayed up late to listen to the ending. Some other reviewers found the Shay/CCC relationship uncomfortable and it could have gone that way for me too .. but actually I was rooting for them and I thought the author handled it just right. Although the actual timeline says it's less than a year since Connie's death the way the story plays out it feels like more, which is a good thing.
As another reviewer mentioned - the story ending was a little abrupt - I wanted to hear at least what happened that evening. Also the narrative ended very quickly. I felt the last paragraph was a little rushed and barely a breath pause before going into the audible standard closing speech. It felt a little jarring.
Overall great book and I had tears at several points. Sequel please!
Compulsive!
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Third time is a charm
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
A little less cheesyWhat was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Expected maybeWhich character – as performed by Sofia Willingham – was your favorite?
ShayWhat would have made this romance irresistible?
It is a little far reachingAny additional comments?
Setting, places, events are in Texas around Waco and Dallas. It was fun because it connected those things with my life.Texas female football fans only
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Dragged out
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My favorite Emily Giffin book!
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