The Road Trip

By Beth O'Leary

Book Overview

Two exes reach a new level of awkward when forced to take a road trip together in this endearing and humorous novel by the author of the international bestseller The Flatshare.

What if the end of the road is just the beginning?

Four years ago, Dylan and Addie fell in love under the Provence sun. Wealthy Oxford student Dylan was staying at his friend Cherry's enormous French villa; wild child Addie was spending her summer as the on-site caretaker. Two years ago, their relationship officially ended. They haven't spoken since.

Today, Dylan's and Addie's lives collide again. It's the day before Cherry's wedding, and Addie and Dylan crash cars at the start of the journey there. The car Dylan was driving is wrecked, and the wedding is in rural Scotland--he'll never get there on time by public transport.

So, along with Dylan's best friend, Addie's sister, and a random guy on Facebook who needed a ride, they squeeze into a space-challenged Mini and set off across Britain. Cramped into the same space, Dylan and Addie are forced to confront the choices they made that tore them apart--and ask themselves whether that final decision was the right one after all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593335023
• ISBN13: 9780593335024
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

New fan

I really, really liked this book. Reading the synopsis, I thought "Okay, fun, light read." Well, this book is so much more than that. You'd never know so much could be covered in one road trip and I guess that's really because it wasn't. I love the way Ms. O'Leary alternated between then and now to give a more complete picture and backstory, so many laugh out loud moments and some heart wrenching as well. Ordered The Flatshare halfway through this one. Definitely a new fan.