Years ago, Melanie followed her husband, Kurt, from the New England beach town where their two young sons were thriving to the suburbs of Atlanta. She’s carved out a life as a successful metal sculptor, but when Kurt leaves her for another woman, having the tools to cut up their marriage bed is small consolation. She’s old enough to know that high school reunions are often a big disappointment, but when her best friend makes her buy a ticket and an old flame gets in touch to see whether she’ll be going, she fantasizes that returning to her past might help her find her future…until her driving phobia resurfaces and threatens to hold her back from the adventure of a lifetime.
Time Flies is an epic road trip filled with fun, heartbreak, and friendship, and explores what it takes to conquer your worst fears…so you can start living your future.
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Early praise for TIME FLIES:
"After accompanying Melanie and B.J. on their hysterical road trip, readers will feel like they’ve made friends for life." - Kirkus
"Another delightful beach read from the author of Wallflower
in Bloom." - Booklist
"Like all of Claire Cook's exhuberant novels, Time Flies will make you laugh, make you cry, get you thinking and leave you with the feeling that the best part of your own life has only just begun!" Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers
"...don’t let Claire Cook’s humorous style fool you. She is one heck of a writer with pitch perfect comedic timing and plenty of heart. Trust your instincts, women everywhere, and read TIME FLIES." - Ellen Ward, Foxtale Book Shoppe
"This book is another winner - for Cook - and most of all for the rest of us who will get to enjoy what will surely be the most-fun must-read of the summer for women everywhere." - Joan Lang, Front Street Book Shop
"Claire Cook always satisfies, as she has an uncanny knack for finding the humorous in the everyday lives of her female characters. I found myself laughing out loud, and expect to hear laughter at the beach from other readers this summer." -Karen Vail, Titcomb's Bookshop
"Along the way memories are shared, song lists are played, bridges are crossed, phobias are revealed, apologies are made, awareness is heightened and laughter is abundant.Cook has a talent for transforming the familiar into the funny. Her characters are woven from the school of experience and their actions will make you LOL (laugh-out-loud) as you join them on the way to the reunion." Totsie McGonagle, Buttonwood Books & Toys
"I always enjoy a book that brings out a variety of feelings or emotions and then when you come to that last page and close the book, you feel it was time well spent with the characters and their journey. Perhaps, even sparking some personal soul searching. Claire Cook's TIME FLIES does just that." - Cat Blanco, Book Exchange
"It wouldn't be summer without an absolutely delightful story by Claire Cook that deals with family and friends in situations that are hysterical. Sit back, relax, and enjoy your "road trip' with Melanie!" - Joanne Doggart, Where the Sidewalk Ends
"Time Flies is the perfect summer read for any women looking to go on another journey into Cook's witty writing style that will make you cry so hard you will laugh and laugh so hard you will cry and be eager for life's next adventure!" - Lindsay DiTocco, The Book Shack
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Years ago, Melanie followed her husband, Kurt, from the New England beach town where their two young sons were thriving to the suburbs of Atlanta. She’s carved out a life as a successful metal sculptor, but when Kurt leaves her for another woman, having the tools to cut up their marriage bed is small consolation. She’s old enough to know that high school reunions are often a big disappointment, but when her best friend makes her buy a ticket and an old flame gets in touch to see whether she’ll be going, she fantasizes that returning to her past might help her find her future…until her driving phobia resurfaces and threatens to hold her back from the adventure of a lifetime.