I have a love affair with UK versions of books. I think I want to live in England just because I love the way their books look. For your viewing enjoyment (and to get your opinion) I present to you the American version of Allison Pearson’s I THINK I LOVE YOU followed by the British version. Which do you prefer?
USA version:
UK version:
Tell me the UK version doesn’t win, hands down.
And just because I hate to post about a book without giving you a summary…here you go:
SUMMARY:
From the author of the best seller I Don’t Know How She Does It, a follow-up that promises to be one of the most widely read and talked-about novels of the season.
1974, Wales. Thirteen-year-old Petra and her best friend, Sharon, are in love with David Cassidy and obsessed with The Ultimate David Cassidy Quiz, a contest whose winners will be flown to America to meet their teen idol. 1998, London. Petra is pushing forty and on the brink of divorce. While cleaning out her mother’s closet, she finds a dusty letter—a letter her mother had intercepted—declaring her the winner of the contest she and Sharon had labored over with such agony and bliss. Twenty-four years later, twenty pounds heavier, the girls reunite for an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas to meet their teen idol at last, middle age—theirs and his—be damned.
Poignant, hilarious, joyful, profoundly moving and uplifting, I Think I Love You captures what girls learn about love through the universal experience of worshipping a teen dream. It will resonate with readers everywhere.
(Thanks to Chick Lit Reviews for bringing these covers to my attention)
