{"product_id":"the-one-only-9780345546906","title":"The One \u0026 Only","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003ePOPSUGAR\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLook for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmily Giffin, the beloved author of such novels as \u003ci\u003eSomething Borrowed \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Where We Belong, \u003c\/i\u003e returns with an extraordinary story of love and loyalty--and an unconventional heroine struggling to reconcile both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thirty-three-year-old Shea Rigsby has spent her entire life in Walker, Texas--a small college town that lives and dies by football, a passion she unabashedly shares. Raised alongside her best friend, Lucy, the daughter of Walker's legendary head coach, Clive Carr, Shea was too devoted to her hometown team to leave. Instead she stayed in Walker for college, even taking a job in the university athletic department after graduation, where she has remained for more than a decade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when an unexpected tragedy strikes the tight-knit Walker community, Shea's comfortable world is upended, and she begins to wonder if the life she's chosen is really enough for her. As she finally gives up her safety net to set out on an unexpected path, Shea discovers unsettling truths about the people and things she has always trusted most--and is forced to confront her deepest desires, fears, and secrets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thoughtful, funny, and brilliantly observed, \u003ci\u003eThe One \u0026amp; Only\u003c\/i\u003e is a luminous novel about finding your passion, following your heart, and, most of all, believing in something bigger than yourself . . . the one and only thing that truly makes life worth living. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe One \u0026amp; Only\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A page turner.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Southern Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe One \u0026amp; Only\u003c\/i\u003e is one to read.\"\u003cb\u003e--Associated Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Giffin scores again by bringing her discerning understanding of matters of the heart.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Family Circle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A poignant story about growing up and growing into your own skin.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--BookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Touching.\"\u003cb\u003e--New York\u003ci\u003e Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Deep, beautifully written . . . [Emily Giffin's] latest focuses on a forbidden love of sorts, but in a new setting: a fictional small college town in Texas.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Marie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Each and every page of this story is entertaining. . . . Giffin is a talented writer who always comes up with a plot that is just a bit different than anything others are writing about. . . . Find a shady spot; get a cool drink, and just luxuriate in the joy of a book well written.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brace yourself for a tearjerker: A tale of friendship and loyalty in a small, football-crazed Texas town shows how quickly things can change when tragedy challenges all that the characters hold dear . . . [A] page-turner.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eInStyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Giffin's] protagonists . . . live full, interesting lives outside the purely personal realm--no more so than Shea Rigsby, the funny, flawed, but sympathetic central character in the \u003ci\u003eThe One \u0026amp; Only\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In bestseller Giffin's much-anticipated latest, a young woman's life is upended when tragedy strikes the football-obsessed Texas town she's always called home.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"To fill your \u003ci\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/i\u003e void: A tale of die-hard love in a diehard Texas football town from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSomething Borrowed.\"\u003cb\u003e--Cosmopolitan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Giffin \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of eight internationally bestselling novels: \u003ci\u003eSomething Borrowed, Something Blue, Baby Proof, Love the One You're With, Heart of the Matter, Where We Belong, The One \u0026amp; Only, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e First Comes Love\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Wake Forest University and the University of Virginia School of Law, she lives in Atlanta with her husband and three children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514070405394,"sku":"9780345546906","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_36ea91c0-fbd0-41d9-afe7-88df01a6c599.jpg?v=1768913479","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-one-only-9780345546906","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}