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"God-Shaped Hole will change you as a reader, writer and human. It is rare books like this one that remind me why I fell in love with the written word."--Colleen Hoover
When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone...
The Los Angeles personal ads are always a peculiar place, but Beatrice Jordan can't help her curiosity when she reads, "If your intentions are pure, I am seeking a friend for the end of the world." This ad leads her to the unpredictable Jacob Grace and an instant alliance.
Both of their worlds shift that day, and what follows is a churning romance full of insecurity, creativity, and determination. Beatrice and Jacob must face their demons and defy their fates to connect with one another and transcend the claustrophobic loneliness of Los Angeles.
This 15th Anniversary reissue of Tiffanie DeBartolo's charming love story introduces dreamers to a quintessentially real and raw vision of spirit and inspires everyone to live and love as vividly as possible--the perfect summer read for fans of One Day in December by Josie Silver, In Five Years by Rebecca Serle, and The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin.
Praise for God-Shaped Hole:
"This generation's Love Story."--Kirkus
"If Holden Caulfield were a twenty-seven-year-old woman living in LA, this is the book he'd write, or read. It's very fast and very funny, and at its core it's that rarest of things--a truly convincing love story."--Dave Eggers
"With wit and humor, the author brings these characters and their quirky, artsy friends alive. Bottom Line: You'll dig it"--People
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"DeBartolo's combination of one-liners and three-hankie tearjerking is skillful-and transparently manipulative. This generation's Love Story." - Kirkus Reviews "God-Shaped Hole will change you as a reader, writer and human. It is rare books like this one that remind me why I fell in love with the written word. " - Colleen Hoover "God-Shaped Hole reminds you that love is both the ache and the savior. Tiffanie DeBartolo is a philosopher for the femme." - Tarryn Fisher, author Bad Mommy "Anyone who has ever been young and searching for themselves will relate to Trixie, the charming and witty narrator of God-Shaped Hole. DeBartolo perfectly captures the LA world Trixie inhabits with quick and careful prose, and with observations that occasionally take your breath away." - Vendela Vida, author of The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty "Tiffanie DeBartolo feels at a level of passion, love, and anger the rest of us can only envy. Reading God-Shaped Hole is like standing inside, looking out a window at a lightning storm. It's beautiful and awesome and I'm glad she's out there instead of me." - Tim Sandlin, screenwriter and author the GroVont Quartet, Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty, and Rowdy in Paris "If Holden Caulfield were a twenty-seven-year-old woman living in LA, this is the book he'd write, or read. It's very fast and very funny, and at its core it's that rarest of things - a truly convincing love story." - Dave Eggers "An edgy story of love and fate... this is an engaging first novel." - Library Journal "DeBartolo does a masterful job in making us live a story of true love and true loss alongside Beatrice (Trixie)... I couldn't put it down, and the story stayed with me for a long time after." - Len Vlahos, Author of The Scar Boys and Life in a Fishbowl "Honest, raw, and engaging, this is a compelling first novel with two alluring characters at its center. " - Booklist "With wit and humor, the author brings these characters and their quirky, artsy friends alive... You'll dig it." - People
