Cherry Baby A Novel

"I loved this book and the colder you go into the reading experience, the better!" - John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"All the pleasure and kicky-feet excitement of a romance, with all the psychological depth and insight of great literature, Cherry is a heroine for the ages, and Rainbow Rowell is a damn genius!" - Rufi Thorpe, author of Margo's Got Money Troubles

"Cherry Baby is about love, and there are a lot of excellent sex scenes, but it's also about women's bodies in a way I've never read before. Rainbow Rowell, as ever, has written a book that only she could write." - Emma Straub, bestselling author of American Fantasy

"Anything by Rainbow Rowell goes straight to the top of my TBR - and I adored this one. She writes real, complex, messy love like nobody else. Tender and insightful, this love story will stay with me for a long time." - Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare

"I read this book cover to cover and it was so hot and delicious, so funny and smart and real, and the dialogue was so great and the sex was so steamy and uncringe that I want to study it. ... What a gift!" - Catherine Newman, New York Times bestselling author of Wreck and Sandwich

"There is a sadness and acceptance and kind of grown-up-ness in the actual sentences here, something in their rhythm and punctuation, that I can't stop thinking about...I love." - Julia Phillips, bestselling author of Disappearing Earth and Bear

"Rainbow Rowell has done it again: another gorgeous, satisfying, and not-so-secretly subversive novel about first looks, second chances, great sex, and perfect little details. I read it in one sitting." - Ella Risbridger, bestselling author of Midnight Chicken and The Year of Miracles

"I absolutely loved Cherry Baby. A very special book from a writer at the peak of her powers, Cherry Baby is a beautifully tender, heart-melting but very real second chance romance with a heroine whose flaws and foibles will resonate with so many readers." - Sarra Manning, author of The Last Days of Summer and The Man of Her Dreams

"This is the first novel I've read that asks: How do you navigate being fat in a GLP-1-crazed world? And on top of unwanted fame and changing marital expectations?. . . .I found Cherry's spirit irresistible." - Emiko Tamagawa, senior producer of NPR's Here & Now

"Sexy, messy, raw and funny." - The New York Times

"Rowell...explores body image, second chances, and rebuilding one's life after heartbreak. A must-read for those who enjoy the work of Emily Henry, Ashley Poston, and Katherine Center." - Library Journal (starred review)

"Rowell's cozy, sexy, Omaha-set love stories are practically their own genre, and readers will love this page-turning return to form, which also includes a timely and realistic look at omnipresent weight-loss drugs." - Booklist

"A literary romance novel that promises a perfect blend of sexy scenes with poignant discussions of self-image and second chances at love..." - Marie Claire

"Well-crafted and emotionally evocative. The narrative brims with humor and charm. . . .Through Cherry Baby, Rowell invites readers to reflect on whether emotional resolution and romantic resolution are always the same thing, and whether they need to be." - BookTrib

"Rainbow Rowell's Cherry Baby is a poignant exploration of marriage and desire in the era of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. . . .This isn't just a romance novel; it's a cultural autopsy." - Archyde

"Who can deny the absolute, dizzy pleasure of loving a novel so much that you cannot bear to put it down, that you want to do nothing but keep flipping pages, that you want to immerse yourself fully and not come up for air until you are finished. I read Slow Dance in just that way, breathless and weeping. There is no one better than Rainbow at creating flawed, deeply human people. I loved every page of Slow Dance, a book that is romantic to its core, and as funny and smart as its wonderful characters. I will miss being in this world."

"Deeply human, profoundly romantic. Rowell tackles the challenges of love lost and rediscovered with nuance and candor. She will break your heart and you'll thank her for it."

"If you, like me, think thirty-somethings methodically working through their issues is very hot, Slow Dance is the book for you. The people in it feel like people you know or maybe even people you've been. Slow Dance is sexy, sweet, wise, and nostalgic - Jane Austen's Persuasion for our times." - Gabrielle Zevin, New York Times bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow on SLOW DANCE

"Rowell takes her time revealing the couple's origins as high-school besties, the conflicts they helped each other through as teens in working-class families and those they're dealing with now, the long period of silence between them, and the undeniable glimmers of their enduring mutual attraction. Their dance is sweet and sexy, and Rowell draws out the whole, simmering affair as she ping-pongs through her characters' past and present. . . . [Slow Dance is] sure to be a crowd-pleaser." - Booklist (starred review) on SLOW DANCE

"Rowell does longing like nobody's business. She pits epic love against relatable, painful foibles...Chapters that dip back in time play to Rowell's strength writing the confused passions of teenagers and show just how long these two have been absolutely gone for each other. Readers will be desperate to see them work it out. A treat for fans of Rowell and of realistic romance." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on SLOW DANCE