Harvey Moon is unlucky.

Just ask him and he’ll tell you. But after years of bad breaks and self-destructive behavior, he decides to do something about it and turn the tides of his fortune with a self-imposed isolation, deciding no friends and all work is the best way to cope.

Enter Lisa Anderson.

She’s brand-new to New York, running from a minor (alleged) crime committed against her cheating ex-boyfriend and escaping to her sister’s apartment in the city for the summer. But when she arrives, her sister is nowhere to be found, leaving Lisa alone and desperately in need of a friend to help her navigate the city and keep her company before the Big Apple swallows her whole.

What begins as another stroke of bad luck, in the form of Harvey getting hit by a car this time, soon turns into the best moment of both their lives. And that moment starts the unfolding of a summer love story with laughs, love, and tears in this exploration of friendship, how feeling loved can inspire someone to love themselves, and how life-changing connections can develop from the strangest of encounters.

Publication

Penguin Random House (Workshop)