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Attachments (2011) (edit title/settings)

by Rainbow Rowell (Author) (edit contributors)

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It's 1999 and for the staff of one newspaper office, the internet is still a novelty. By day, two young women, Beth and Jennifer, spend their hours emailing each other, discussing in hilarious detail every aspect of their lives, from love troubles to family dramas. And by night, Lincoln, a... read more

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  • “"Mom never had a bong," he'd protest. "Oh yes, she did. It was made out of a Dr. Pepper bottle, and she kept it on the coffee table.""Now I know you're lying. Mom would never drink Dr. Pepper." Pg. 29”
    Lincoln O'Neill/Eve
  • “It was like dating the man who fell to Earth. Pg. 71”
    Beth Fremont
  • “"I think I missed my window," he said."What window?""My get-a-life window. I think I was supposed to figure all this stuff out somewhere between twenty-two and twenty-six, and now it's too late." Pg. 82”
    Lincoln O'Neill
  • “<<Beth to Jennifer>> If you die in a freak combine accident, I'm going to marry Mitch and live happily ever after. (I'm going to live happily ever after because Mitch is the best husband ever. Mitch, however, will spend the rest of his life pining for his one true love. You.) Pg. 194”
    Beth Fremont
  • “<< Beth to Jennifer >> It's too bad Mitch can't be the pregnant one. << Jennifer to Beth >> Oh my God, he'd love that. Pg. 199”
    Beth Fremont/ Jennifer Scribner-Snyder
  • “Mitch just called me to gloat. I tried to talk him into going to Sam's Club last night to buy stuff for our millennium stockpile, but he refused to go. He said that he preferred Armageddon to Sam's Club. Pg. 209”
    Jennifer Scribner-Snyder
  • “<< Beth to Jennifer >> There's nothing you can do with that hair. You just have to let go and let God. Pg. 221”
    Beth Fremont
  • “<< Beth to Jennifer>> I kind of like the idea of you talking to the baby. Even if it doesn't understand you. There's something living inside of you. It makes sense to be neighborly. Maybe I'll start talking to my eggs. Pep talks. Like William Wallace's speech in Braveheart. Pg. 223”
    Beth Fremont
  • “<< Jennifer to Beth >> The idea that you're hard to love is ludicrous. Pg. 274”
    Jennifer Scribner-Snyder
  • “<< Beth to Jennifer >> This is at odds with everything I thought I understood about our editorial policy.<< Jennifer to Beth >> I know. How can someone who eats Salsa Verde Doritos so vehemently oppose gay marriage?<< Beth to Jennifer >> And affirmative action.<< Jennifer to Beth >> And traffic roundabouts. Pg. 290”
    Jennifer Scribner-Snyder/ Beth Fremont
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  • “Why do you think I can remember that,” she asked, “when you can’t? Why does nature do that to us? How does that serve evolution? Those were the most important years of my life, and you can’t even remember them. You can’t understand why it’s so hard for me to hand you off to someone else. You want me to act casual.”
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  • He stood for twenty minutes in the bedding aisle at Target, trying to choose a manly sheet set, then picked the ones with a violet pattern, because he liked violets and who else was ever going to see his sheets, anyway?
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  1. Rainbow Rowell (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Dutton, a member of Penguin Group
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 978-0-525-95198-8
Page Count: 323

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