God-Shaped Hole: A Novel

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A reissue of the dazzlingly witty and poignant love story that captured readers' hearts more than ten years ago "God-Shaped Hole will change you as a reader, writer and human. It is rare books like this one that remind me why I fell in love with the written word."-Colleen Hoover When I was twelve, a fortune teller told me that my one true love would die young and leave me all alone... It's a dark prediction, but Beatrice Jordan never really believed in true love anyway. So, no harm done. She's accepted her lot in life- living in Los Angeles as an artist, not letting herself get too attached to anyone. It's not perfect, but nothing is. Until fate intervenes. It's a simple personal ad- "I am seeking a friend for the end of the world..." Eleven little words that change Beatrice's life irrevocably. Because they lead her to Jacob Grace, an unpredictable writer looking for something he can't name. Both of their worlds shift that day and what follows is a love story unlike any other; brimming with creativity and passion, as two lost souls find themselves in each other. From hole-in-the-wall record stores to late night phone calls, together, Beatrice and Jacob transcend the loneliness of their lives. But dark realities and secrets soon rise to the surface, as does Beatrice's fear of an inescapable fate. Despite it all, this is a story of real love- the kind that breaks you and remakes you, the kind that changes you forever. The kind of love worth having, even if it's short lived, even if you know you might lose it. God Shaped Hole is a brand new kind of love story, introducing dreamers to a quintessentially raw romance and inspires everyone to live and love as vividly as possible-the perfect book club or beach read for fans of The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves, In Five Years by Rebecca Serle, and More Than Words by Jill Santopolo.

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"If Holden Caulfield were a twenty-seven-year-old woman living in LA, this is the book he'd write, or read. It's very fast and very funny, and at its core it's that rarest of things a truly convincing love story." - Dave Eggers
"An edgy story of love and fate... this is an engaging first novel." - Library Journal
"God-Shaped Hole will change you as a reader, writer and human. It is rare books like this one that remind me why I fell in love with the written word." - Colleen Hoover
"With wit and humor, the author brings these characters and their quirky, artsy friends alive... You'll dig it." - People
"Anyone who has ever been young and searching for themselves will relate to Trixie, the charming and witty narrator of God-Shaped Hole. DeBartolo perfectly captures the LA world Trixie inhabits with quick and careful prose, and with observations that occasionally take your breath away." - Vendela Vida, author of The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty
"God-Shaped Hole reminds you that love is both the ache and the savior. Tiffanie DeBartolo is a philosopher for the femme." - Tarryn Fisher, author Bad Mommy
"Tiffanie DeBartolo feels at a level of passion, love, and anger the rest of us can only envy. Reading God-Shaped Hole is like standing inside, looking out a window at a lightning storm. It's beautiful and awesome and I'm glad she's out there instead of me." - Tim Sandlin, screenwriter and author the GroVont Quartet, Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty, and Rowdy in Paris
"DeBartolo does a masterful job in making us live a story of true love and true loss alongside Beatrice (Trixie)... I couldn't put it down, and the story stayed with me for a long time after." - Len Vlahos, Author of The Scar Boys and Life in a Fishbowl
"DeBartolo's combination of one-liners and three-hankie tearjerking is skillfuland transparently manipulative. This generation's Love Story." - Kirkus Reviews
"Honest, raw, and engaging, this is a compelling first novel with two alluring characters at its center. " - Booklist

Author Bio

Tiffanie DeBartolo is the author of God-Shaped Hole and How to Kill a Rock Star for Sourcebooks. She wrote and directed the film Dream for an Insomniac and is also the Chief Executive Super Goddess at Bright Antenna Records. She lives in Northern California with her husband and dogs.