Emily Giffin | Meant To Be

PRAISE FOR Meant to Be

“I’m a sucker for an iconic, against-all-odds love story, and Meant to Be truly delivers. This fun, addictive read is a must for anyone enchanted by family dynasties, the private lives of the rich and famous, and soul connections that cannot be denied.”—Tia Williams, New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June

“If you’ve never read Emily Giffin, Meant to Be is the perfect place to start. This glorious, satisfying novel from the master storyteller of contemporary fiction is impossible to put down. It’s Giffin’s best novel yet—and they are all exceptional.”—Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone

“Meant to Be elegantly captures love in all its passionate, messy, wonderful glory. Emily Giffin’s writing is addictive—from the first page to the final line. This warm hug of a book is the perfect literary escape.”—Jill Santopolo, New York Times bestselling author of Everything After

“MEANT TO ME is the most golden, heart-crunching, epic love story, which swept me away into another time and another world.” —Sophie Kinsella

“[A] lively page-turner.” —New York Times

“MEANT TO BE balances classic romance scenes with nuggets of history and nuanced takes on modern issues…. Giffin’s writing is consumable and rich, balancing dialog and descriptions to build a parallel world with convincing characters. MEANT TO BE proves you can have your romance and think deeply, too.” —Associated Press

“Giffin convincingly dramatizes the challenges the couple faces, inducing readers to invest in them and hope desperately for a happy ending.” —Booklist

“The novel strikes a careful balance between simply retelling the true story of JFK Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette, and crafting an entirely new one. Readers who have an abiding interest in the Kennedys will be fascinated to see the ways in which Giffin utilizes real-life details and how she complicates the romance by introducing various factors, particularly issues of class, and considering how they might have affected the relationship of these fictional counterparts to JFK Jr. and Carolyn…..she does a masterful job of asking key ‘what if?’ questions and then going on to answer them in imaginative, thoughtful ways….MEANT TO BE is a chic, history-inspired summer read that you will definitely want to take with you to the beach.” —BookReporter

“A captivating romance.” —Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Taking the clay of history, but adding extra specks to it, MEANT TO BE is about a reckless golden boy named Joseph S. Kingsley Jr., who feels the weight of a legacy, and the out-of-left-field fashion-plate Cate Cooper, for whom he falls…I read it. I absolutely ate it up. Like many a so-called roman à clef, the mischief of course comes with deciphering what is real and what has only the ring of truth…But that is another story, I guess. This is Joe and Cate. And I definitely got my fix.” —Toronto Star

“[With] witty banter and steamy encounters…it is the conflict brewing when [Joe’s and Cate’s] pedigrees clash, and, particularly, Cate’s consciousness of the disparity, that grips us. An intriguing mediation on the meaning of ‘meant to be.'” —Kirkus

“No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Giffin does not disappoint with this epic love story. Based on Carolyn Jeanne Bessette and John F. Kennedy, Jr., this gorgeously written novel follows the courtship and whirlwind romance of Cate Cooper and Joseph Kingsley. Giffin writes with such grace and heart and leaves us questioning, ‘What really is our fate?'” —Hamptons magazine