Cherry Baby

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

"Sexy, messy, funny and raw." —The New York Times

#1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell returns with a breathtakingly honest novel about a woman who lost everything — and isnt sure she wants it back.

Everybody knows that Cherrys husband, Tom, is in Hollywood making a movie . . .

Almost nobody knows that he isnt coming home.

Tom is the creator of Thursday—a semi-autobiographical webcomic thats become an international phenomenon.

Semi-autobiographical. That means theres a character in this movie based on Cherry . . . "Baby."

Wide-hipped, heavy-chested, double-chinned Baby.

Cherry never wanted this. No fat girl wants to see herself caricatured on the page—let alone on the big screen. But theres no getting away from it. Baby looks so much like Cherry that strangers recognize her at the grocery store.

While her soon-to-be ex-husband is in Los Angeles getting rich and famous and being the internets latest boyfriend, Cherry is stuck in Omaha taking care of the dog he always wanted and the house they were going to raise a family in . . . and wondering who shes supposed to be without him.

Cherry had promised to love Tom through thick and thin.

Shed meant it.

One night, Cherry decides to leave all her problems, including Toms overgrown puppy, at home. She ventures out to see her favorite band play her favorite album . . . and someone recognizes her from across the room.

Russ Sutton knew Cherry when she was a young art student with a fondness for pin-up dresses and patent leather heels. Before Tom.

Russ knows Cherry. He likes Cherry.

And best of all . . . hes never heard of Thursday.

Tender, funny, and utterly human, Cherry Baby is Rainbow Rowells richest, most surprising—sexiest—novel yet.