Georgie, All Along

A smart and humorous new book that speaks to current issues with relationships, work, accepting the past, and choosing a route while realizing your own value.

Georgie Mulcahy, a longtime personal assistant, has dedicated her career to serving others before herself. Georgie is forced to face an unpleasant reality when an unforeseen crisis forces her to return home from her demanding career in Los Angeles: she has always been an unsettlingly blank slate when it comes to her needs and desires.

However, Georgie later discovers a long-forgotten relic: a teenaged "friendfic" journal she penned, full of possibilities she had once envisaged. The diary's straightforward, doable suggestions offer a lifeline and a roadmap for setting out on a new journey for an overburdened Georgie.

When Georgie meets Levi Fanning, a former local troublemaker and current recluse, she has an unexpected roommate, which throws off her plans. But there's more to this stoic, silent guy than meets the eye, and he agrees to assist Georgie in her search. As the two read through her wish list, Georgie starts to see that what she really wants may not be in her journal but rather be at her side—that is, if they can both find a way to let go of the pasts that are preventing them from being together.

For everyone who has ever pondered about the life that slipped away, Georgie, All Along is a brilliant, sympathetic must-read. It is honest and extremely moving.