First-time author Nell Phillips' debut novel has become an unexpected Christmas season bestseller. Nell's final visit on a countrywide book tour brings her to Springdale, the hometown of Emmett Turner, a young man she met five years ago while working as a junior copy editor at a New York publishing business. Nell was heartbroken when Emmett canceled a dinner engagement and then vanished from New York City without a word to explain his departure. Her life and this holiday season are inextricably linked to this book because of Emmett's colorful, nostalgic tales about Springdale.
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First-time author Nell Phillips' debut novel has become an unexpected Christmas season bestseller. Nell's final visit on a countrywide book tour brings her to Springdale, the hometown of Emmett Turner, a young man she met five years ago while working as a junior copy editor at a New York publishing business. Nell was heartbroken when Emmett canceled a dinner engagement and then vanished from New York City without a word to explain his departure. Her life and this holiday season are inextricably linked to this book because of Emmett's colorful, nostalgic tales about Springdale.
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