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Perfect for fans of Emily Giffin and Jennifer Weiner, this bright, funny debut from a fresh voice in fiction offers a delicious take on love, family, and what it means to build a home of one’s own. Sarina Mahler thinks she has her life all nailed down: a growing architecture practice in Austin, Texas, and an any-day-now proposal from her loving boyfriend, Noah. She’s well on her way to having the family she’s hoped for since her mother’s death ten years ago. But with Noah on a temporary assignment abroad and retired Olympic swimmer—and former flame—Eamon Roy back in town asking her to renovate his new fixer-upper, Sarina’s life takes an unexpected turn. Eamon proves to be Sarina’s dream client, someone who instinctively trusts every one of her choices—and Sarina is reminded of all the reasons she was first drawn to him back in the day. Suddenly her carefully planned future with Noah seems a little less than perfect. And when tragedy strikes, Sarina is left reeling. With her world completely upended, she is forced to question what she truly wants in life—and in love. Full of both humor and heartbreak, The One That Got Away is the story of one woman’s discovery that, sometimes, life is what happens when you leave the blueprints behind.Advance praise for The One That Got Away “A warm, witty, and wise novel, The One That Got Away announces the arrival of a great new voice in fiction.”—Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only “Love can be complicated, and in The One That Got Away, Bethany Chase captures every nuanced beat of a conflicted heart. An authentic and warm voice infuses this story of humor, heartbreak, and home. While Sarina finds her way, we as readers might also find a way back to our own unique lives.”—Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of And Then I Found You “This perfectly paced story is full of fresh, engaging characters, but Chase’s greatest accomplishment is Sarina Mahler. Sarina is so human, her inner world such a compelling mix of guarded and open-hearted, confident and faltering, that—through every loss, every funny moment, every blazing triumph—I felt completely with her and grateful to be there.”—Marisa de los Santos, New York Times bestselling author of Falling Together “[A] sparkling debut [that] packs serious emotional punches . . . This utterly enjoyable romance will have readers swooning, sobbing, and eagerly anticipating Chase’s next book.”—Kirkus Reviews“Bethany Chase is utterly charming and writes about loss with wisdom and heart.”—Allie Larkin, author of Why Can’t I Be You “Don’t let this one get away: Chase’s debut is fun, romantic, steamy, and populated with heartfelt characters—not-to-miss delicious escapism!”—L. Alison Heller, author of The Never Never Sisters “We fell in love with The One That Got Away from the very first page. In her charming debut novel, Bethany Chase reminds us about the one that got away, and makes us wonder what would have happened if he hadn’t.”—Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, co-authors of Your Perfect Life “The One That Got Away is juicy, steamy, witty, and real.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of After I Do Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader’s Circle for author chats and more.
The One That Got Away: A Novel, by Bethany Chase - Amazon Sales Rank: #63774 in Books
- Brand: Chase, Bethany
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Released on: 2015-03-31
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.93" h x .70" w x 5.15" l, .81 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 352 pages
The One That Got Away: A Novel, by Bethany Chase Review Advance praise for The One That Got Away “A warm, witty, and wise novel, The One That Got Away announces the arrival of a great new voice in fiction.”—Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The One and Only “Love can be complicated, and in The One That Got Away, Bethany Chase captures every nuanced beat of a conflicted heart. An authentic and warm voice infuses this story of humor, heartbreak, and home. While Sarina finds her way, we as readers might also find a way back to our own unique lives.”—Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author of And Then I Found You “This perfectly paced story is full of fresh, engaging characters, but Chase’s greatest accomplishment is Sarina Mahler. Sarina is so human, her inner world such a compelling mix of guarded and open-hearted, confident and faltering, that—through every loss, every funny moment, every blazing triumph—I felt completely with her and grateful to be there.”—Marisa de los Santos, New York Times bestselling author of Falling Together“[A] sparkling debut [that] packs serious emotional punches . . . This utterly enjoyable romance will have readers swooning, sobbing, and eagerly anticipating Chase’s next book.”—Kirkus Reviews“Bethany Chase is utterly charming and writes about loss with wisdom and heart.”—Allie Larkin, author of Why Can’t I Be You “Don’t let this one get away: Chase’s debut is fun, romantic, steamy, and populated with heartfelt characters—not-to-miss delicious escapism!”—L. Alison Heller, author of The Never Never Sisters “We fell in love with The One That Got Away from the very first page. In her charming debut novel, Bethany Chase reminds us about the one that got away, and makes us wonder what would have happened if he hadn’t.”—Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, co-authors of Your Perfect Life “The One That Got Away is juicy, steamy, witty, and real. Bethany Chase kept me laughing out loud as I quickly turned the pages. With a love story perfectly balanced between sexy and sweet, and settings so vivid and hip they feel like a literary Pinterest board, Chase will have you swooning.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of After I Do
About the Author A native of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, Bethany Chase headed to Williams College for an English degree and somehow came out the other side an interior designer. When she’s not writing or designing, you can usually find her in a karaoke bar. She lives with her lovely husband and occasionally psychotic cat in Brooklyn, three flights up. This is her first novel.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1Every woman has one. That name you Google at two o’clock in the morning. That intoxicating connection that somehow never solidified into anything real; that particular memory you still visit every now and then, for that guaranteed hit of pure, sugar-packed dopamine. It’s that story that starts with “There was this one time” and ends, reluctantly, with “but I guess . . .”Tonight, I’m going to see Eamon Roy again, for the first time in more than seven years. My one and only one-night stand; the lone exception in thirteen years of not-on-the-first-date sex. It’s not that I put a lot of stock in rules when it comes to dating; I just don’t find it appealing to sleep with a guy until I know I like the idea of waking up next to him. I liked waking up next to Eamon. I liked it a lot. And every other guy I’ve been with has felt the same way about me—including, notably, the man I’m planning to marry. But Eamon was different. Eamon was a first and last in several categories.“Sarina! Penis straws or penis shot glasses?”Oh, my good holy lord. They’re back to the party favors again.My roommate, Danny, perches his pointy elbows on the edge of the restaurant table, swinging one long, loafer-clad foot expectantly. He’s serving as Best Gay, a Technicolor hybrid of best man/maid of honor/wedding planner/emcee, for his business partner, Jay, and Jay’s fiancé, Dominic, who are getting married this fall up in Palm Springs. Tonight, his self-appointed mission has been to convince the reluctant couple to throw a raunchy double-bachelor party here in Austin a few weeks before the wedding.I glance at Jay for guidance, but all I receive is a bug-eyed headshake. Clearly Jay wants neither straws nor shot glasses. Too bad for Jay.“How about penis pops?” I suggest, relishing Jay’s gape of horror.“Genius!” crows Danny, clapping his hands so loudly that more than a few heads swivel toward us.“They had them at this bachelorette party I went to a few months ago,” I continue, straining to be heard above the din of the crowd filling the back courtyard of the restaurant. “Cherry-flavored. Lots of anatomical detail. I’m talking veins and everything.”Jay grabs one of the leather-backed drink menus stacked on the table and swats my shoulder with it. “Danny, we are not having penis pops, for the love of god.”Danny raises a peremptory hand. “Yes we are. You ceded control when you put me in charge of this whole thing.”“Well, then we have to have it somewhere other than Albion,” says Jay. “I’m not giving our staff a photo op of me with a red candy penis in my mouth.”“Nope, it’s happening here. Though it’s cute you think they take you seriously as it is.”Jay, who treasures his status as the enforcer of their managerial duo, starts to protest, but Danny quells him and the conversation moves on to other details of the party. My work here is done—the back office at the restaurant will be festooned with high-fructose genitals for weeks.While they talk, I study the teeming courtyard, savoring the perks of ownership: free drinks and food, a permanent spot on the cushy banquette in the corner, and guaranteed proximity to one of the heat lamps that help take the edge off the cool March night. Austin is in the midst of the South By Southwest music festival, and every place that can scratch out enough floor space for a drum kit and a couple of guitars has morphed overnight into a music venue. We’re packed to the rafters with the young and the painfully hip: it’s a national convention of stovepipe jeans. The person I’m looking for is nowhere in sight, though. And somehow, I don’t think he’s going to be rolling up in stovepipes.After a moment, the small figure-eight shape of my friend Nicole pinches into view, tacking her way between hipsters, a glass of Chardonnay clutched in each hand like a priceless relic. Nic is my fellow POW, who staggered with me through the five sleepless years of drafting, models, and presentations that was RISD architecture school. She’s also the link that brought me into this circle: when I moved to Austin almost eight years ago she introduced me to Danny, her best friend from high school, and we immediately got on like a house on fire. “Literally, flaming,” Danny likes to say when we explain this to people, with accompanying fluttering movements of his hands.“I brought you another glass of vino,” she says, plunking down beside me as she hands it over. She takes a lingering sip of her own wine and sighs. “God, that’s good. It was almost worth missing out on alcohol for nine months, just to be able to have it again.”“Should I remind you of that next time?” I say.Her free hand drops to her soft little belly, which she still refers to by Danny’s title, the War Zone. “Don’t say ‘next time’ yet! Let me get through a year with the first one before you sign me up for another.”“How is the little dribbler?” I ask. “Does he like those alphabet blocks I brought him from Argentina?”“Yes! I meant to tell you. He’s obsessed with them.”“Oh, good! Noah will be so pleased. You should have seen him in that store, examining all the toys to make sure they were all safe, and handmade . . . no plastic factory-made crap for Gabe.”“Aw, you guys are sweet. Though I think Gabe’s taste is hardly as discriminating as Noah’s.”“No one’s could be. He’s going to be the most high-maintenance parent on earth.”The effect on her is like pumping the gas pedal on a Mustang. Nicole has been referring to Noah as my future husband since our third date.“Whoa!” she yelps, and slaps my knee with her drink-free hand. “Did he finally get you to talk about timing for getting married?”“No, you didn’t miss anything. We have to get through this separation before we can think about that for real.” Noah, who’s a partner at an international finance law firm, is two months into a yearlong rotation with the firm’s office in Buenos Aires. He’s working on some huge corporate merger about which my information is strictly need-to-know.“I don’t see why,” she says. “It’s not like it’s a mystery that it’s going to happen. And actually, the masterstroke would be to get the whole shebang planned out while he’s not around to split hairs over color schemes and song lists. Voice of experience here,” she adds, waggling her hand in the air like an overeager student.“He’s not that bad. The only thing he’s going to care about is the menu.”She takes a measured sip of Chardonnay. “How many minutes did you say it took him to decide on one acceptable toy for my four-month-old son?”Balls. “You do, as usual, have a point.”“It’s a gift,” she says, breezily brushing her apricot-colored curls back over one shoulder. “So have you thought about it at all?”“Thought about what?”“Wedding details. Or even a general idea of when you might let the man make an honest woman out of you.”I wipe the condensation from my glass in one neat stripe after another. “Nope. Seems premature until we’re actually engaged. But when that occurs, I promise you my inner wedding planner will come roaring to life.” I dart another look over her shoulder, hoping she won’t notice.“I saw that,” she says. I should have known she would bust me; it’s what she does. “What time was he supposed to be here?”“I have no idea.”“Well, whether he makes it or not, you look hot. Which is completely by accident.” She takes another deep sip of wine but slides me an elaborately nonchalant high five.“Absolutely,” I say, slapping her outstretched palm. She knows I painstakingly assembled the perfect sexy-without-trying outfit before coming out tonight: my favorite leather cuff bracelet, black Frye boots, a fitted black V-neck T-shirt, and—with a tiny pinch of guilt—the jeans Noah swears make my ass look like the answer to world peace.In fact, she expressly commanded me to wear the jeans. “Noah may have touching rights, but he doesn’t get to be the only guy who notices you have a sweet ass. Let the stupid bastard get a look at what he missed.” It doesn’t matter to her that Eamon’s rejection of me is seven years in the past; Nicole’s Don Corleone loyalty means no slight is ever forgiven.She’s also the only friend who ever knew how much I’d liked him, and understood how crushed I was when I heard he was seeing somebody, a couple months after we slept together. My sense of connection to him had just been so immediate and effortless that I couldn’t comprehend his not feeling the same way. Even though it became unmistakably obvious—once I had run out of the excuses you make for guys when you’re in your early twenties—that he didn’t. The sting was so sharp that even after I finally shook it off, I still maintained a perfect record of avoiding him every time he came back to Austin to visit Danny and his other friends. Even after I was in my own relationship, in love and deeply happy. It just seemed easier that way.Until this time, when I suddenly decided that enough was enough—I was thirty-one years old, our fling was ancient history, and instead of forgoing a Friday night at Albion during SXSW because Eamon was in town, I was just going to fucking grow a pair.A male voice bellows out Danny’s name from across the courtyard. We all turn to look for the source, then Danny shouts a delighted “Ame!” and launches himself off the banquette. And there he is in the doorway to the courtyard, looking past Danny, finding my eyes and smiling right at me.
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful. An outstanding debut novel about love and grief and second chances By iiiireader "The One That Got Away" is an excellent debut novel by Bethany Chase. I was extremely surprised to find that the author did not have an existing back list of books as the plot, characters, and the dialog of the book were so smooth and well polished that I expected it was from long experience. As that is not the case, I was blown away by the skills shown by this new author.The book is set in Austin, TX and as someone who lived in Austin for many years, the story sucked me right in and put me in places that I knew very well. Another expectation? I felt sure that Ms. Chase was from Austin but apparently, she actually does excellent research and has a great hand at putting the right references in the right places to make the book feel like home to me.The story is about Sarina Mahler. Sarina is an up-and-coming architect who has been in a relationship for the last four years. She has always pined a little for the "one that got away", Eamon Roy (a now retired Olympic gold medalist) that she had met years ago and fell for and found that she was only a one-night stand for Eamon. Sarina is roommates with Eamon's best friend and has been avoiding him (and apparently he has been avoiding her) for the ensuing eight years. Eamon has returned to make Austin his home and wants Sarina to do the architecture work on his fixer upper. Sarina's boyfriend, Noah, has taken a work assignment which means a year apart for the couple - she in Austin and he in Argentina.The story has to do with looking for what is important in life, seizing opportunities, learning to value oneself, and dealing with almost unbearable grief. The last was the most surprising part of the book for me and also one of the ones that rang incredibly true. While I enjoyed and could relate to much lighthearted parts of the book, how the author described the continuing pain of grief really struck to my heart. Not to be mistaken, the book is very fun and funny but the author deals with serious issues, so it is not a light fluff novel. Due to the subject matter, I would suggest that it is really for adults.It was after reading the book through that I discovered to my dismay that there were no other books by this author to immediately purchase and devour. I will wait, somewhat impatiently, while she finishes her next book. I recommend the book to any adult who wants a really look slice of life book with a romance thrown in and can enjoy having a little slice of Texas thrown into the mix.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful. Loved everything about this book - it's going on my Keeper shelf By Book and Dog Lover Sarina Mahler is 31 years old and happy with her life. She’s a successful architect living in Austin TX. She has several good friends (and in fact lives with her good friend Danny) and has been in a relationship with Noah for the past 4 years and is happy in love with him.And then life throws her a twist. Eamon Roy, the “one that got away” comes back into her life. It turns out that Eamon and Sarina had a one night stand 8 years ago. She thought everything was wonderful and that they really clicked, but he never called her and she never knew why. Now Eamon has moved to Austin - he’s actually good friends with Sarina’s roommate – and he wants to buy a house and hire Sarina to redesign it.I loved this book – it’s one of those books that I started reading and didn’t want to stop. All of the characters are well-developed – even the secondary characters and the dialog sounded like actual people talking. Yes, there’s humor and sadness but it all worked and didn’t feel forced.The story's progression from beginning to the ending also worked for me - when I read the ending, it was believable. I even felt that the author did her research on architects as you really get a feel for Sarina’s career. Written in Sarina’s first person POV, you can understand the conflicts in her life – Does she have feelings for Eamon? What about Noah? What does she want in her life?This is the author’s first book, though you’d never know by reading it. I can’t wait to read more.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Witty, razor-sharp, contemporary chick-lit debut! - Clever storytelling, and a realistic portrayal of modern relationships. By Judith D. Collins A special thank you to Random House, Ballantine, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Bethany Chase’s witty and razor-sharp, swoon contemporary debut, THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, will keep you laughing and entertained as every grandmother, woman, teen, and girl can recall that one guy who slipped away. . what could have been. A schoolgirl infatuation . . . where is he now, and more importantly, does he remember you? Yum!Loved the opening:That name you Google at two o’clock in the morning. That intoxicating connection that somehow never solidified into anything real; that particular memory you still visit every now and then, for that guaranteed hit of pure, sugar-packed dopamine. It’s that story that starts with “There was this one time” and ends, reluctantly, with but I guess . . ”Eamon Roy. The guy. Sarina’s one night stand, a former fling seven years ago. She has never heard from him since. Not even a drunken late-night booty text. A guy she has never forgotten. Her roommate Danny’s best friend from college.Sarina, now thirty-one an architect in Austin, TX has a dependable and stable boyfriend of four years, Noah— currently in Buenos Aires, working on a corporate merger. Noah made it so easy to fall in love with him— his southern charm; she could see a future with him, marriage. Noah, of course does not know she and Eamon slept together, once upon a time. OMG, now Eamon, a retired Olympic swimmer is BACK in Austin, asking her to renovate his new fixer-upper.Sarina: “And God also knows the last thing I need is a time-sucking micro-project for an obsessive perfectionist. Especially one who will probably expect me to work for him as a favor because he deigned to sleep with me back at the dawn of time. No thank you.”However, she DOES love fixers! We, in the design world can relate to the temptation of the job, more so than the guy. Let the fun begin, OR should we say "a love triangle". Maybe having Eamon back in Austin, will not be so bad? What does she really want? Timing sucks.Sarina: “I watch till the lights of his car disappear around the corner, then exhale a slow breath. This is not good. This is not good at all. Despite my resolution to put a bullet in my crush, I’ve been using his project as a way to indulge my craving to be near him, and, instead of burning out, it’s just getting stronger. I have to find a way to distance myself. Only problem is, it’s the last thing in the world that I actually want to do.” Tenderness, protectiveness, desire, affection, and an aching longing to be able to act on those feelings. For him to return them.From Texas, to Virginia, Tennessee, and New Orleans --from memories, to family, from idolizing to the real thing. From romance, sass, passionate kisses, Texas fun, sex, lust, jealousy, guilt, the south, roommates, cocktails, karaoke, hipsters, design, good friends, clients, love, crying, and laughing, a compelling and engaging chick-lit debut!Fans of (my favs) Emily Giffin, Jennifer Weiner, Wendy Wax, and Sarah Pekkanen will devour THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, and Chase’s wit, charming banter, clever storytelling, and realistic portrayal of modern relationships, and cast of likable characters.Second Book: Can’t wait for her upcoming second novel, featuring Sarina’s brother in law, Colin and friend Hilary and more from Sarina and Eamon. (excerpt included). An author to follow.Congrats, on a winner! Could easily be a 5-star, but want to save a star for your next one.
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