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summer, but the required travel around Europe promises a much-needed change of scenery as she plans her future. The problem is, Tilly has no idea what she wants.
Oliver Clark knows exactly what he wants. His autism has often made it hard for him to form relationships with others, but his love of color theory and design allows him to feel deeply connected to the world around him. Plus, he has everything he needs: a best friend who gets him,
placement in a prestigious design program, and a summer internship to build his résumé. Everything is going as planned. That is, of course, until he suffers through the most disastrous international flight of his life, thanks to the lively and exasperating Tilly. Oliver is forced to spend
the summer with a girl who couldn't be more his opposite, feeling things for her he can't quite name—and he starts to wonder if maybe he doesn't have everything figured out after all.
As the duo's neurodiverse connection grows, they learn that some of the best parts of life can't be planned, and they're forced to figure out what that means as their disastrously wonderful summer comes to an end.
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9798889567882
- File size: 275389 KB
- Duration: 09:33:43
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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June 19, 2023
Eighteen-year-old Tilly Twomley feels as if no one takes her seriously because of her ADHD. Though her entrepreneurial older sister Mona, a Yale alumna, wants Tilly to model for her environmentally friendly nail polish startup, she rebukes Tilly’s offers to help run the business side of things. Tilly has also been ignoring her mother’s suggestions that she apply to college, unsure of what she wants for her future. Still, Tilly is excited to accompany Mona to London for the summer as her intern, where she plans to launch her business. On the flight over, Tilly meets Mona’s other intern, autistic 18-year-old British Oliver. While the two teens initially struggle to reconcile their clashing personalities—Tilly’s effervescence is sometimes overwhelming for reserved Oliver—they soon begin to offer each other support in navigating both their neurodivergence and their uncertain futures. Via Tilly and Oliver’s titillating alternating first-person POVs, Eddings (The Plus One, for adults)—who is both autistic and has ADHD—organically develops a heartwarming rom-com about two teens who often feel out-of-step with their peers finding balance with each other. Tilly, Oliver, and Mona read as white. Ages 13–up. Agent: Courtney Miller-Callihan, Handspun Literary. -
Narrators Chris Nelson and Justis Bolding's heartwarming and comical performance will have listeners immersed in the unlikely relationship between interns Oliver and Tilly as they trek across Europe on a business trip with Tilly's sister's start-up. Bolding's voice is quick and bright when portraying Tilly, a creative whose boundless energy is often stifled by her family because of her ADHD diagnosis. Oliver is a talented color theorist who inexplicably finds himself drawn to Tilly's whirlwind of energy. Nelson's youthful voice and elegant British accent work well for the orderly autistic teen. The narrators expertly display the complex emotions of the neurodivergent pair as they learn how to communicate with each other. Opposites attract in this breezy, fast-paced listen. J.E.C. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
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