Boop and Eve's Road Trip - by Mary Helen Sheriff (Paperback)

About the Book

When her best friend goes MIA, Eve gathers together the broken threads of her life and takes a road trip with her plucky grandma Boop in search of her--a journey through the South that shows both women they must face past mistakes if they want to find hope for the future.

Book Synopsis

Eve 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.

Review Quotes

2020 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."

--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