Meant to Be

By Emily Giffin,

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - He's American royalty. She comes from a troubled past. Is their love story meant to be? This "lively page-turner" (The New York Times) offers a nostalgic, hopelessly romantic escape--from the author of Something Borrowed and The Lies That Bind.

"I'm a sucker for an iconic,…

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1 author picked Meant to Be as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I used to think JFK Jr was better looking than Brad Pitt.

He had everything going for him–true love, wealth, and a family that was as close to American royalty as it gets. Meant To Be by Emily Giffin rewrites his real-life tragedy.

She gives those of us who hopefully and jealously gawked at him and his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, a new ending–one that doesn’t involve their deaths in the cold waters outside of Martha’s Vineyard. It’s part romance, part fiction, part history, and all escapism. 

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