transforms the story of a family tragedy into a heartfelt guide to living the fullest life possible. Praise for How to Walk Away : An instant New York Times bestseller! 'This generous story about family secrets, love in sickness and in health, and the resilience of the human spirit has serious Nora Ephron vibes.' -Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six 'A marvelous example of acceptance and healing and a celebration of family.' - USA Today 'Center explores the limits of hope and love. ' -Jenny Lawson, bestselling author of Furiously Happy

Praise for How to Walk Away: 'Katherine Center's voice did what great fiction is meant to do: It pulled me in so immediately and completely that I forgot about real life.' -Taylor Jenkins Reid, bestselling author of Daisy Jones & the Six 'I can't think of a blurb good enough for this novel.

How to Walk Away is Katherine Center at her very best-a masterpiece of a novel that is both hopeful and hilarious truthful and wise tender and brave. And sometimes love can find us in the least likely place we would ever expect. Sometimes we all need someone to catch us when we fall. Sometimes the last thing you want is the one thing you need. Ian, who won't let her give in to her pity, and who sees her like no one has seen her before. Finally, there's Ian, her physical therapist, the one the nurses said was too tough for her. Then, there's her sister Kit, who shows up after pulling a three-year vanishing act. First there is her fiancé, Chip, who wallows in self-pity while simultaneously expecting to be forgiven. In the hospital and forced to face the possibility that nothing will ever be the same again, Maggie must confront the unthinkable. Then, suddenly, on what should have been one of the happiest days of her life, everything she worked for is taken away in a brief, tumultuous moment. Margaret Jacobsen is just about to step into the bright future she's worked for so hard and so long: a new dream job, a fiancé she adores, and the promise of a picture-perfect life just around the corner. From the author of Happiness for Beginner s comes the instant New York Times bestseller, an unforgettable love story about finding joy even in the darkest of circumstances.

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