The One That Got Away: A Novel

Melissa Pimentel

Macmillan, Aug 22, 2017 - Fiction - 400 pages

Melissa Pimentel delivers smart, funny, and modern retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion, where a young woman comes face-to-face with a lost love, proving that the one that got away is sometimes the one you get back.

Ruby and Ethan were perfect for each other. Until the day they suddenly weren't.

Ten years later, Ruby's single, having spent the last decade focusing on her demanding career and hectic life in Manhattan. There's barely time for a trip to England for her little sister's wedding. And there's certainly not time to think about seeing Ethan there for the first time in years.

But as the family frantically prepare for the big day, Ruby can't help but wonder if she made the right choice all those years ago? Because there's nothing like a wedding for stirring up the past . . .

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 33
• Section 3: 44
• Section 4: 51
• Section 5: 56
• Section 6: 68
• Section 7: 79
• Section 8: 98
• Section 9: 104
• Section 10: 114
• Section 11: 126
• Section 12: 127
• Section 13: 135
• Section 14: 141
• Section 15: 143
• Section 16: 159
• Section 17: 168
• Section 18: 173
• Section 19: 174
• Section 20: 179
• Section 21: 180
• Section 22: 190
• Section 23: 194
• Section 24: 202
• Section 25: 212
• Section 26: 222
• Section 27: 230
• Section 28: 243
• Section 29: 250
• Section 30: 266
• Section 31: 273
• Section 32: 285
• Section 33: 297
• Section 34: 314
• Section 35: 323
• Section 36: 324
• Section 37: 328
• Section 38: 344
• Section 39: 349
• Section 40: 350
• Section 41: 356

About the author

MELISSA PIMENTEL grew up in a small town in Massachusetts in a house without cable and therefore much of her childhood was spent watching 1970s British comedy on public television. These days, she spends much of her time reading in the various pubs of Stoke Newington and engaging in a long-standing emotional feud with their disgruntled cat, Welles. She works in publishing and is the author of Love by the Book.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The One That Got Away: A Novel
• Author: Melissa Pimentel
• Publisher: Macmillan, 2017
• ISBN: 1250130387, 9781250130389
• Length: 400 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Adaptations & Pastiche; Fiction / Romance / Contemporary; Fiction / Women