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I’ve been waiting on you (opens the original)
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In one of my favorite scenes from If Not You, Mattie tells Campbell she’s been wondering when he’d bring up a specific moment from their pasts—a blip of vulnerability she let him see years before, then never spoke of again. And he replies, simply, that he’s been waiting on her.That’s Mattie: scared to face the stickiest, achiest things inside herself. And that’s Campbell: waiting patiently, through years of writing assignments and lots of yearning, for Mattie to be ready to see both him and hers
If Not You is a Book of the Month pick! (opens the original)
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If Not You on tour! (opens the original)
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Me + you + Mattie + CampbellI’ll be traveling this fall for If Not You! I can’t wait to talk with friends and readers and reader-friends about this book. <img alt="" class="sizing-
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