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The One That I Want by Allison Winn Scotch
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The One That I Want

A Novel

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Narrator Allyson Ryan
Length 9 hours 55 minutes
Language English
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When Tilly's seemingly perfect life starts changing around her, she must decide which is the life she wants-- the one she's carefully tended for decades or the one she never considered possible?

Tilly Farmer is thirty-two years old and has the life she always dreamed of married to her high school sweetheart, working as a guidance counselor in her hometown and trying for a baby. Perfect. On the surface you might never know how tough things used to be. At seventeen, Tilly lost her mother to cancer, and while her father drowned his grief in alcohol, she was left to play parent to her two younger sisters rather than be a kid herself. Still Tilly never let tragedy overtake her belief that hard work and good cheer could solve any problem. Of course sheā€™s also spent a lifetime plastering a smile on her face and putting everyone elseā€™s problems ahead of her own. But that relentless happiness has served her wellā€”her sisters are grown and content, her dad is ten years sober, and sheā€™s helping her students achieve all their dreams while she and her husband, Tyler, start a family. A perfect life indeed.

One sweltering afternoon at the local fair, everything changes when Tilly wanders into the fortune tellerā€™s tent and is greeted by an old childhood friend, now a psychic. ā€œIā€™m giving you the gift of clarity,ā€ her friend says. ā€œItā€™s what I always thought you needed.ā€ Soon Tilly starts seeing things-- her father relapsing, staggering out of a bar and Tyler uprooting their happy, stable life, a packed U-Haul in the driveway. Even more disturbing, these visions start coming true. Suddenly Tillyā€™s perfect life, so meticulously mapped out, seems to be crumbling around her. And sheā€™s not sure whatā€™s more frightening: that sheā€™s begun to see the future or what the future holds.

Allison Winn Scotch is the New York TimesĀ bestselling author of The Department of Lost and Found and Time of My Life. She is also a magazine writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, includingĀ Parents,Ā Glamour,Ā Redbook, andĀ Shape. Scotch lives in New York with her husband and two children.

Allyson RyanĀ hails from New York where she has acted in and directed more than 30 plays.Ā Her television credits include roles onĀ Eleventh Hour,Ā Law & Order, andĀ One Life to Live. You can hear and see her in numerous television commercials, and she has also narrated the audiobooks Tantalize, Eternal, and Blessed.

Allison Winn Scotch is the New York TimesĀ bestselling author of The Department of Lost and Found and Time of My Life. She is also a magazine writer whose work has appeared in numerous publications, includingĀ Parents,Ā Glamour,Ā Redbook, andĀ Shape. Scotch lives in New York with her husband and two children.

Allyson RyanĀ hails from New York where she has acted in and directed more than 30 plays.Ā Her television credits include roles onĀ Eleventh Hour,Ā Law & Order, andĀ One Life to Live. You can hear and see her in numerous television commercials, and she has also narrated the audiobooks Tantalize, Eternal, and Blessed.

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Reviews

A Redbook Book Club Pick

One of Cosmo Magazine's Steamy Beach Tomes for the Summer

"[A] novel about the choices we welcome and the choices we resist."
Redbook

"With a thriller of a conclusion...keeps readers in suspense until the final electrifying pages."
–American Way

“The real magic is Scotch’s ability to create authentic moments between her characters that push this fast-paced story to the edge and joyfully brings us along with it.”
–The LA Books Examiner

“Well-told . . . a good choice for fans of women's fiction and book clubs. It's fast-paced and feels light yet still packs a satisfying emotional punch.”
Library Journal

"Scotch creates eminently relatable characters, with a particularly excellent understanding of the way sisters interact, and has the ability to craft scenes of real emotional weight."
Booklist

"[A]n aching, honest look into the death and rebirth of relationships....a wise, absorbing narrative."
–Publishers Weekly

"You’ll like this book because it’s not all about a guy. It’s layered with friendships, family ties, heartbreak, and the excitement of a new crush. The One That I Want will call you to reflect on your own life, inspire you to live passionately, and teach you to embrace independence."  --Glamour.com

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