Description
Book SynopsisEve Prince is done—with college, with her mom, with guys, and with her dream of fashion design. But when her best friend goes MIA, Eve must gather together the broken threads of her life in order to search for her.
When Eve’s grandmother, Boop, a retiree dripping with Southern charm, finds out about the trip, she—desperate to see her sister, and also hoping to alleviate Eve’s growing depression—hijacks her granddaughter’s road trip. Boop knows from experience that healing Eve will require more than flirting lessons and a Garlic Festival makeover. Nevertheless, Boop is frustrated when her feeble efforts yield the same failure that her sulfur-laced sip from the Fountain of Youth wrought on her age. She knows that sharing the secret that’s haunted her for sixty years might be the one thing that will lessen Eve’s growing depression—but she also fears that if she reveals it, she’ll lose her family and her own hard-won happiness.
Boop and Eve’s journey through the heart of Dixie is an unforgettable love story between a grandmother and her granddaughter.
Trade Review2020 American Fiction Awards Winner in Coming of Age
2021 Eric Hoffer Montaigne Medal Finalist
2021 Eric Hoffer Category Finalist
Buzzfeed's "12 Most Anticipated Books of Fall"
Popsugar's “The 21 Most Exciting New Releases Hitting Bookshelves Throughout October”
Parade's “Highly Anticipated Books of Fall”
Frolic's “Ten Books Perfect for Your Book Club” “A touching intergenerational romp through the coastal South.”
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Kirkus Reviews “
Book and Eve's Road Trip will touch your heart. A beautiful and emotional story of sisterhood, family, and friendship. From the first page, Mary Helen Sheriff’s lush and lyrical writing draws you in. Fans of Patti Callahan Henry and Kristy Woodson Harvey will adore this debut.”
—Kerry Lonsdale,
Wall Street Journal bestselling author of
Last Summer “
Boop and Eve’s Road Trip is warm, witty, and wise, with characters I loved and characters I loved to hate. Filled with twists and turns and many a bump in the road, this trip is a delight from beginning to end.”
—Han Nolan, National Book Award–winning author of
Dancing on the Edge “Debut author Mary Helen Sheriff has woven a contemporary, heartwarming saga about women, for women. Peppered with surprises and humor, her story follows three generations of a dysfunctional family through their hurt, anger, and regret and toward reconciliation and hope.”
—Pam Webber, best-selling author of
The Wiregrass and
Moon Water “
Boop and Eve’s Road Trip is a delightful, funny, poignant ride filled with laughter, tears, and mystery. It is both a physical and emotional journey that Boop and Eve undertake, and the healing they both experience is something that might just heal a little part of everyone.”
—Kathy Hepinstall, author of
The Book of Polly “Three generations of women, one agonizing secret. Boop and Eve will steal your heart as they travel together—one seeking her future and the other forced to face her past. Sheriff’s novel will make you laugh and cry, sometimes on the very same page.”
—T. Greenwood, award-winning author of
Keeping Lucy and
Rust & Stardust
