The Art of Letting Go by Anna Bloom
(Uni Files #1)
Publication date: September 25th 2013
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
One year. One woman. One Diary. One question: can you ever stop history from repeating itself and if you could what would you do to stop it?
When Lilah McCannon realises at the age of twenty-five that history is going to repeat itself and she is going to become her mother—bored, drunk and wearing a twinset—there is only one thing to do: take drastic action.
Turning her back on her old life, Lilah’s plan is to enrol at university, get a degree and prove she is a grown-up.
As plans go, it is a good one. There are rules to follow: no alcohol, no cigarettes, no boys and no going home. But when Lilah meets the lead singer of a local band and finds herself unexpectedly falling in love, she realises her rules are not going to be the only things hard to keep.
With the academic year slipping by too quickly, Lilah faces a barrage of new challenges: will she ever make it up the Library stairs without having a heart attack? Can she handle a day on campus without drinking vodka? Will she ever manage to read a history book without falling asleep? And most importantly, can she become the grown-up that she desperately wants to be.
With her head and her heart pulling her in different directions can Lilah learn the hardest lesson that her first year of university has to teach her: The Art of Letting Go?
When Lilah McCannon realises at the age of twenty-five that history is going to repeat itself and she is going to become her mother—bored, drunk and wearing a twinset—there is only one thing to do: take drastic action.
Turning her back on her old life, Lilah’s plan is to enrol at university, get a degree and prove she is a grown-up.
As plans go, it is a good one. There are rules to follow: no alcohol, no cigarettes, no boys and no going home. But when Lilah meets the lead singer of a local band and finds herself unexpectedly falling in love, she realises her rules are not going to be the only things hard to keep.
With the academic year slipping by too quickly, Lilah faces a barrage of new challenges: will she ever make it up the Library stairs without having a heart attack? Can she handle a day on campus without drinking vodka? Will she ever manage to read a history book without falling asleep? And most importantly, can she become the grown-up that she desperately wants to be.
With her head and her heart pulling her in different directions can Lilah learn the hardest lesson that her first year of university has to teach her: The Art of Letting Go?
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Lilah
McCannon’s Top Ten
What
makes Lilah McCannon tick? Apart from Ben Chambers that is! Here she is; a
little get to know you from the girl herself. Let’s just hope she hasn’t been
at the old Pinot when she answered the questions. . .
Favourite
Colour? Blue. It used to be red but I have recently
changed it.
Favourite
Food? Ho-Fun noodles. There is a place on the Old Brompton Road
which makes the best Ho—Fun in the word. Sadly I cannot show my face in there
at the moment.
Favourite
Song? The Promise by Tracy Chapman – but sung much
better by Benjamin Chambers. I find most things are.
Favourite
book? Jane Austen’s Persuasion. I have to skip
large chunks of text because it makes me cry. I still read it though, at least twice
a year.
Favourite
Film? This is a bit embarrassing but I don’t have
one. Okay, um. Uh, definitely not Bambi. Can I think about this one?
Favourite
TV Moment? Mr Darcy wet and in a shirt...Elizabeth
Bennett looking like she is munching soap because she is about to be caught snooping around his
gigantic estate and has realised just how loaded he is and therefore will
appear a money grabbing bimbo...oh okay
– just Mr Darcy in a wet shirt.
Favourite
Childhood Memory? My Mum once got so drunk on gin
over Christmas Lunch that she slid off her chair under the table. Dad picked
her up eventually but only after we had taken numerous photo’s and Gemma our
Golden Labrador had licked the brandy butter off her face.
Oh such fond memories.
Favourite
bar/pub? The pub that smells of old farts on Putney
High Street. At least it will be when they let me back in again.
Favourite
flower? Wild cornflowers.
Favourite
Drink? Sorry, do you want me to narrow it down to
one? Can I break it into categories?
White wine = A fun night out with the girls.
Bottles of beer = Boredom alleviation.
Sherry =Christmas breakfast.
Vodka =Extreme emotional situations.
Gin = For when vodka no longer works
Hold on! I’ve just thought of my favourite
film. The Way We Were...
Why?
You want to know why?
Because when I first watched it I thought about
it every day for a week afterwards and I
knew I never wanted to be a grown up.
I also
knew from the age of fifteen that I would never ever be able to let go of
someone that I loved as much as Barbra loved Robert in that movie. That moment
at the end where they bump into each other in the street and she brushes his
hair out of his eyes nearly killed me.
It was the first time I ever swore in front
of my mum because when they walked away from each other I screamed “What the
fuck? Are they not going to get back together again?” at the telly.
Mum just gave me a Gin and Tonic to get
over the shock.
There you go that’s me and my Top Ten
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This isn't a question, but let me just tell you that i watched The Way We Were and my reaction was practically the same as yours, i really hoped they would realize they should be together...but still awesome post.
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