"A poignant story about growing up and growing into your own skin." -BookPage "Touching." -New York Daily News "Deep, beautifully written. "Giffin scores again by bringing her discerning understanding of matters of the heart." -Family Circle " The One & Only is one to read." -Associated Press Praise for The One & Only - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY POPSUGAR "A page turner." -Southern Living the one and only thing that truly makes life worth living. Thoughtful, funny, and brilliantly observed, The One & Only is a luminous novel about finding your passion, following your heart, and, most of all, believing in something bigger than yourself. As she finally gives up her safety net to set out on an unexpected path, Shea discovers unsettling truths about the people and things she has always trusted most-and is forced to confront her deepest desires, fears, and secrets. Instead she stayed in Walker for college, even taking a job in the university athletic department after graduation, where she has remained for more than a decade.īut when an unexpected tragedy strikes the tight-knit Walker community, Shea's comfortable world is upended, and she begins to wonder if the life she's chosen is really enough for her.
Raised alongside her best friend, Lucy, the daughter of Walker's legendary head coach, Clive Carr, Shea was too devoted to her hometown team to leave. Thirty-three-year-old Shea Rigsby has spent her entire life in Walker, Texas-a small college town that lives and dies by football, a passion she unabashedly shares. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The beloved author of Something Borrowed and Where We Belong returns with an extraordinary story of love and loyalty-and an unconventional heroine struggling to reconcile both.
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