Jennifer E. Smith

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything? Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. Having missed her flight, she's stuck at JFK airport and late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon-to-be stepmother Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's sitting in her row. A long night on the plane passes in the blink of an eye, and Hadley and Oliver lose track of each other in the airport chaos upon arrival. Can fate intervene to bring them together once more? Quirks of timing play out in this romantic and cinematic novel about family connections, second chances, and first loves. Set over a twenty-four-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.

If fate sent you an email, would you answer? When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O'Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under the sun, except for their names or backgrounds. Then Graham finds out that Ellie's Maine hometown is the perfect location for his latest film, and he decides to take their relationship from online to in-person. But can a star as famous as Graham really start a relationship with an ordinary girl like Ellie? And why does Ellie want to avoid the media's spotlight at all costs?

Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they’re rescued, they spend a single night together, wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is restored, so is reality. Lucy soon moves to Edinburgh with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father. Lucy and Owen’s relationship plays out across the globe as they stay in touch through postcards, occasional e-mails, and—finally—a reunion in the city where they first met. A carefully charted map of a long-distance relationship, Jennifer E. Smith’s new novel shows that the center of the world isn't necessarily a place. It can be a person, too.

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Greta James's meteoric rise to indie stardom was hard-won. Before she graced magazine covers and sold out venues, she spent her girlhood strumming her guitar in the family garage. Her first fan was her mother, Helen, whose face shone bright in the dusty downtown bars where she got her start—but not everyone encouraged Greta to follow her dreams. While many daydream about a crowd chanting their name, her father, Conrad, saw only a precarious life ahead for his daughter. Greta has spent her life trying to prove him wrong, but three months after Helen's sudden death, and weeks before the launch of her high-stakes sophomore album, Greta has an onstage meltdown that goes viral. Attempting to outrun the humiliation and heartbreak, she reluctantly agrees to accompany her father on a week-long Alaskan cruise, the very one that her parents had booked to celebrate their fortieth anniversary. This could be the James family's last chance to heal old wounds and will prove to be a voyage of discovery for them, as well as for Ben Wilder, a historian also struggling with a major upheaval in his life. Ben is on board to lecture about Jack London's The Call of the Wild, the adventure story Greta's mother adored, and he captures Greta's attention after her streak of dating hanger-ons. As Greta works to build up her confidence and heal, and Ben confronts his uncertain future, they must rely on one another to make sense of life’s difficult choices. In the end, Greta must make the most challenging decision of all: to listen to the song within her or make peace with those who love her. An indie musician reeling from tragedy reconnects with her estranged father on a week-long cruise in this tale of grief, fame, and love from bestselling author Jennifer E. Smith.

On the night before they leave for college, Clare and Aidan have only one thing left to do: figure out whether they should stay together or break up. Over the course of twelve hours, they retrace the steps of their relationship, trying to find something in their past that might help them decide what their future should be. The night leads them to family and friends, familiar landmarks and unexpected places, hard truths and surprising revelations. But as the clock winds down and morning approaches, so does their inevitable goodbye. The question is, will it be goodbye for now or goodbye forever? Charming, bittersweet, and full of wisdom and heart, this irresistible novel from Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, explores the difficult choices that arise when life and love lead in different directions.

Having just been dumped by his girlfriend, British-born Hugo is still determined to take his last-hurrah-before-college train trip across the United States. One snag: the companion ticket is already booked under the name of his ex, Margaret Campbell. Nontransferable, no exceptions. Enter the new Margaret C. (Mae for short), an aspiring filmmaker with big dreams. After finding Hugo's spare ticket offer online, she's convinced it's the perfect opportunity to expand her horizons. When the two meet, the attraction is undeniable, and both find more than they bargained for. As Mae pushes Hugo to explore his dreams for his future, he'll encourage her to channel a new, vulnerable side of her art. But when life off the train threatens the bubble they've created for themselves, will they manage to keep their love on track?

Emma Healy has grown used to being the only ordinary one in her rather extraordinary family. But when she finds a birth certificate for a twin brother she never knew she had, along with a death certificate dated just two days later, she realizes why she never felt quite whole. She sets off on a trip to visit her brother's grave. Peter Finnegan, her neighbor, comes along for the ride. Emma thinks they can't possibly have anything in common, but with each passing mile, they find themselves learning more and more about themselves and each other.

Let luck find you. Alice doesn’t believe in luck—at least, not the good kind. But she does believe in love, and for some time now, she’s been pining for her best friend, Teddy. On his eighteenth birthday—just when it seems they might be on the brink of something—she buys him a lottery ticket on a lark. To their astonishment, he wins $140 million, and in an instant, everything changes. At first, it seems like a dream come true, especially since the two of them are no strangers to misfortune. As a kid, Alice won the worst kind of lottery possible when her parents died just over a year apart from each other. And Teddy’s father abandoned his family not long after that, leaving them to grapple with his gambling debts. Through it all, Teddy and Alice have leaned on each other. But now, as they negotiate the ripple effects of Teddy’s newfound wealth, a gulf opens between them. And soon, the money starts to feel like more of a curse than a windfall. As they try to find their way back to each other, Alice learns more about herself than she ever could have imagined…and about the unexpected ways in which luck and love sometimes intersect.

Lorsque la petite amie d'Hugo rompt avec lui la veille des vacances, le garçon se retrouve seul avec deux billets de train et son rêve de grand voyage à travers les Etats-Unis. Il passe alors une annonce et tombe sur Mae, apprentie cinéaste en quête d'aventure. Commence alors un road-trip de New York à San Francisco en passant par Chicago et Denver. Un tête à tête où Mae filme un documentaire sur l'amour à travers les interviews des passagers du train... tandis qu'Hugo tombe sous le charme.

Ellie O'Neill and Graham Larkin fell hard for each other when a misspelled email address unexpectedly brought them together. Now, over a year has passed since they said goodbye with the promise to stay in touch, and their daily emails have dwindled to nothing. Ellie is a freshman in college and has told herself to move on, and Graham has kept himself busy starring in more movies, as well as a few tabloid columns. But fate brought these two together once before--and it isn't done with them yet. In this sequel novella to This is What Happy Looks Like, Jennifer E. Smith revisits two beloved characters to tell the story of one magical night in Manhattan. When Ellie and Graham come face to face once more, can they get past the months of silence and the hurt feelings to find their happily-ever-after again? Word ~18,000

Hadley, une jeune fille de 17 ans, manque de 4 petites minutes son vol pour Londres. 4 minutes qui vont changer sa vie. Alors qu’elle doit se rendre au mariage de son père avec une femme qu’elle ne connaît pas mais déteste déjà, Hadley se retrouve coincée dans un aéroport de New York pour attendre le prochain vol. Elle y rencontre Oliver, un Anglais faisant ses études aux États-Unis et qui prend le même avion qu’elle. Le charme opère immédiatement. Arrivés à la douane de Londres, chacun part de son côté. Mais le destin peut avoir plus d'un tour dans son ciel!

A breathtaking, joy-filled novel about the people we love, the secrets we keep, and the enduring power of family, from the bestselling author of The Unsinkable Greta James. The four Endicott siblings—Gemma, Connor, Roddy, and Jude—were once inseparable, a bond created by the absence of their dazzling, mercurial mother, who would return for a few weeks each summer to whisk them off on sprawling road trips around the country. Decades later, the unthinkable has happened: the Endicotts haven’t spoken in years . . . until an out-of-the-blue text arrives from Jude, now a famous actress, summoning them to a small town in North Dakota. They’re each at a crossroads: Gemma, who put her own ambitions aside to raise the others, now isn’t sure if she wants to be a mother herself; Connor, a celebrated novelist, is floundering after his recent divorce and suffering from an epic case of writer’s block; and Roddy, at the tail end of a professional soccer career, is dangerously close to losing his future husband for the chance at one last season. Jude is the only Endicott who seems to have it all together—but appearances can be deceiving. As the weekend unfolds, and the siblings wrestle with their shared past and uncertain futures, they’ll discover that Jude has been keeping three secrets . . . each of which could change everything. A captivating journey and an ode to forgiveness that takes readers across all fifty states, Fun for the Whole Family brims with heart and resonates long after the final page.

Baseball brings them together—but will his secret keep them apart? Find out in this heartbreakingly beautiful novel from Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight . The last place Ryan Walsh should be this afternoon is on a train heading to Wrigley Field. She should be in class, enduring yet another miserable day of her first year of high school. But for once, Ryan isn’t thinking about what she should be doing. She’s not worried about her lack of friends, or her suffering math grade, or how it’s been five whole years since the last time she was really and truly happy. Because she’s finally returning to the place that her father loved, where the two of them spent so many afternoons cheering on their team. And on this—the fifth anniversary of his death—it feels like there’s nowhere else in the world she should be. Ryan is once again filled with hope as she makes her way to the game. Good luck is often hard to come by at a place like Wrigley Field, but it’s on this day that she meets Nick, the new kid from her school, who seems to love the Cubs nearly as much as she does. But Nick carries with him a secret that makes Ryan wonder if anyone can ever really escape their past, or believe in the promise of those reassuring “Wait till next year.” Is it too much for Ryan to hope that this year, this season, might be her comeback season?

Com uma certa atmosfera de Um dia, mas voltado para o público jovem adulto, A probabilidade estatística do amor à primeira vista é uma história romântica, capaz de conquistar fãs de todas as idades. Quem imaginaria que quatro minutos poderiam mudar a vida de alguém? Mas é exatamente o que acontece com Hadley. Presa no aeroporto em Nova York, esperando outro voo depois de perder o seu, ela conhece Oliver. Um britânico fofo, que se senta a seu lado na viagem para Londres. Enquanto conversam sobre tudo, eles provam que o tempo é, sim, muito, muito relativo. Passada em apenas 24 horas, a história de Oliver e Hadley mostra que o amor, diferentemente das bagagens, jamais se extravia.

Cuando la estrella de cine Graham Larkin envía por error un e-mail a Ellie O'Neill los dos adolescentes de 17 años comienzan una correspondencia deliciosa e inolvidable, en la que conversan sobre todo excepto sobre sus nombres y su historia personal. Entonces Graham decide que la ciudad de Maine donde vive Ellie es el sitio perfecto para rodar su última película y llevar su relación online al terreno personal. ¿Podrá una estrella tan famosa como Graham mantener una relación con una chica corriente como Ellie? Y ¿por qué razón Ellie quiere evitar a toda costa los focos de la fama?

E se? Três letrinhas com o peso das decisões. E se você pegar o metrô e não o ônibus? Sorrir para um estranho ou baixar o rosto? E se Hadley tivesse saído de casa mais cedo? Quatro minutos. Duzentos e quarenta segundos. Por conta desse pequeno imprevisto cronológico, ela perde o voo. Mas encontra seu destino. Quem pode dizer que isso não faz parte de algum plano cósmico?Presa no aeroporto em Nova York, esperando outro voo, depois de perder o seu, Hadley conhece Oliver. Um britânico, que se senta a seu lado na viagem para Londres. Enquanto conversam sobre tudo, eles provam que o tempo é, sim, muito, muito relativo. Passada em apenas 24 horas, a história de Oliver e Hadley mostra que o amor, diferentemente das bagagens, jamais se extravia.Jennifer E. Smith é autora, também, de The Comeback Season e You Are Here. Se formou em redação criativa pela Universidade de St. Andrews, na Escócia e atualmente trabalha como editora em Nova York. "Um deslumbrante e doce lembrete do poder do destino... e um cativante — inspirador — relato de como é se apaixonar."The New York Times Book Review"Uma fábula emocionante e sagaz sobre amor, família... Os insights de Smith sobre dor e perda são tão reais quanto a mágica do nascimento de um novo amor."Kirkus"Um ágil e divertido romance com uma magistral premissa romântica."Publishers Weekly

¿Desde cuándo son puntuales los aviones a la hora de despegar? Hadley ha llegado cuatro minutos tarde, lo que, bien pensado, no parece mucho: una pausa para la publicidad, el descanso entre dos clases, el tiempo que lleva calentar un plato precocinado en el microondas. Cuatro minutos no son nada. Cierra los ojos solo un instante y, cuando los vuelve a abrir, el avión ha desaparecido. Los caprichos del destino y las casualidades de la vida son el motor de esta conmovedora novela sobre lazos familiares, segundas oportunidades y primeros amores. Desarrollada a lo largo de 24 horas, la historia de Hadley y Oliver nos convence de que el amor verdadero puede aparecer en nuestras vidas cuando menos lo esperamos.

Duizend kilometer tussen jou en mij is het heerlijke, onweerstaanbare verhaal van Lucy en Owen die elkaar in een lift ontmoeten en op slag verliefd worden. Schrijfster Jennifer E. Smith, bekend van de bestseller De statistische waarschijnlijkheid van liefde op het eerste gezicht, heeft opnieuw een prachtige jeugdroman geschreven. Wanneer de stroom uitvalt in New York zit Lucy vast in de lift met de zoon van de conciërge. Lucy kent Owen nauwelijks, maar al snel blijkt dat ze een klik hebben. Eenmaal bevrijd neemt Owen haar mee naar het dak van hun wolkenkrabber, waar ze een magnifiek uitzicht hebben over donker New York. Het wordt een magische nacht. Met het licht keert ook de realiteit terug: Owen verhuist naar de westkust en Lucy vertrekt naar Schotland. Betekent dit het einde? Of kan liefde elke afstand overbruggen?

Enter the world of The Storm Makers, where there's magic behind every forecast. What starts as an ordinary summer turns exciting and perilous for twins Ruby and Simon when strange occurrences begin happening on their farm -- sudden gusts of wind, rainstorms, and even tornado warnings -- that seem eerily timed to Simon's emotions.Then a stranger arrives and tells the twins that Simon is a Storm Maker -- part of a clandestine group of people entrusted with controlling and taming the weather -- and that he is in great danger. Soon Simon and Ruby must race against the clock as they try to master Simon's powers in time to stop a rogue Storm Maker's treacherous -- and potentially deadly -- plans.In this thrilling new adventure, loyalties can shift as quickly as the wind . . . and the ordinary can turn extraordinary in the blink of an eye.

Alice zit in het eindexamenjaar van de middelbare school. Ze is stiekem verliefd op haar beste vriend Teddy. Op weg naar zijn verjaardagsfeestje koopt ze voor de grap een lot voor hem. Bizar genoeg blijkt de hoofdprijs daar precies op te vallen: Teddy wint 140 miljoen. Alice en Teddy hebben allebei veel pech gehad in hun leven. De ouders van Alice zijn overleden toen ze nog heel klein was en niet lang daarna verdween de vader van Teddy van het toneel, waardoor zijn moeder met een grote berg schulden achterbleef. Teddy en Alice vonden toen steun in hun vriendschap en zijn sindsdien onafscheidelijk geweest. Ze zijn ervan overtuigd dat deze enorme prijzenpot niets dan geluk zal brengen. Maar is het wel zo’n droom als je denkt, de jackpot winnen?

De 16-jarige Ellie ontvangt een mailtje dat duidelijk niet voor haar bedoeld is, en voor ze het weet raakt ze verwikkeld in een grappige correspondentie met een jongen die zijn mails ondertekent met G. Ellie weet niet dat hij de populaire jonge acteur Graham Larkin is. Graham wordt zo nieuwsgierig naar Ellie dat hij de opnames van zijn nieuwste film naar haar stad laat verplaatsen. Ellie moet niets hebben van de drukte rond de filmploeg en de acteur Graham, tot ze ontdekt wie hij werkelijk is.

De 17-jarige Hadley mist het vliegtuig dat haar naar de bruiloft van haar vader moet brengen op vier minuten. Over enkele uren zal hij in Londen hertrouwen met een vrouw die Hadley nog nooit gezien heeft. De volgende vlucht gaat pas over een paar uur. In de vertrekhal ontmoet Hadley de Engelse Olivier. Hij is 18, geestig en ook op weg naar Londen. Tot haar verrassing blijkt Olivier naast haar in het vliegtuig te zitten. Tijdens de zeven uur durende reis bespreken ze de meest uiteenlopende en persoonlijke dingen. Er springt een vonk over, maar voordat Olivier en Hadley telefoonnummers kunnen uitwisselen, raken ze elkaar kwijt in de drukte. Hadleys tijd is om: ze moet rennen om de bruiloft te halen. Zal ze Olivier ooit nog zien? Er volgen 24 bizarre uren...

Novo romance da autora de A Probabilidade Estatística do Amor à Primeira Vista e A Geografia de Nós Dois. Desde que perdeu os pais, Alice não acredita na sorte. Mas ela acredita no amor. De seus tios, de seu primo Leo, de seu melhor amigo, Teddy. Quando precisa decidir o que dar a Teddy em seu aniversário de 18 anos, a ideia parece chegar naturalmente: um bilhete de loteria. Com todos os números importantes para ambos: número dos anos que estiveram juntos, datas importantes e endereços marcantes. Quando a combinação se prova vencedora e o menino ganha quase 150 milhões de dólares, os dois se envolvem em um redemoinho de loucuras juvenis, interesseiros e sonhos de infância realizados. Tudo estaria perfeito, não fosse um beijo trocado no auge das comemorações. Um beijo que mudaria tudo. Mas o dinheiro não pode comprar o amor. Mas será que pode dar uma ajudinha?