The Write Off

The Write Off

Author: Kara McDowell Listening Length: 10h 41m

Two rival authors are forced to confront a decade of love and heartbreak on the campus where it all started in this captivating debut romance by Kara McDowell. It’s been thirteen years since Mars Darling first met West Emerson on a bench outside their writing class. What started out as a friendly rivalry turned into a...

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Two and a half years in the city, and I still don’t know how to dress for cold weather.

I have boots, gloves, and a coat that doubles as a sleeping bag, but when I duck into a bookstore fourteen blocks from home, I’ve lost all feeling in my nose.

My cheeks are windburned and stiff. My eyelashes are chipping off like icicles.

When I get home, I’m buying the biggest Lenny Kravitz scarf I can find and wrapping my face like a mummy.