Discuss “Ordinary Love” By Marie Rutkoski IN PERSON

Hello fellow Novels of New York Readers! Our “summer of erotica” continues and I’m happy to be hosting July’s steamy read. Please see below for all details including after book club activity, if you choose 😍

Ordinary Love, By Marie Rutkoski

Book Overview 📒
A page-turning, irresistible novel of class, ambition, and love, this is the breathtaking story of a woman risking everything for a second chance at the one who got away - "A brilliant examination of queerness, friendship, motherhood, longing and ambition. It's funny and moving and sexy. Above all, it's a stunning love story."--J. Courtney Sullivan, bestselling author of The Cliffs

Emily has, by all appearances, a perfect life: a townhouse on Manhattan's Upper East Side, two healthy children, and a husband who showers her with attention. But the truth is more complicated: Emily's marriage is in trouble, her relationship with her parents is fraught, and she is still nursing a heartbreak from long ago. When Emily runs into her high school girlfriend at a cocktail party, that heartbreak comes roaring back. But Gen Hall is no longer the lanky, hungry kid with holes in her shoes who Emily loved in her youth. Instead, Gen is now a famous Olympic athlete with sponsorship deals and a string of high-profile ex-girlfriends.

Emily and Gen circle one another cautiously, drawn together by a magnetic attraction and scarred by their shared history. Once upon a time, Gen knew everything about Emily. And yet, she still abandoned her. Can Emily trust Gen again? Can they forgive each other for the mistakes they made in their past? Should Emily risk her children, her privacy, and the fragile peace she has found to be with a woman she loved long ago?

A sweeping romance, Ordinary Love is the beautiful, wrenching, completely seductive story of two people trying to forge a path toward hope, bound by a love they discovered when they were too young to understand its power.

Optional Assignment:🤓

1. Choose a word that sums up this book for you.
2. Choose a quote that sums up this book for you.

After Activity:
We will be in the heart of all things Lincoln Center Summer but I trust we will be able to find a corner in our David Geffen lobby for discussion. Then a silent disco starts at 8:30pm right outside with a live band! Would be wonderful to enjoy together 💃