Some Assembly Required: A Novel

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Thirty-nine-year-old Rose is content with her safe life: both her job writing manuals for appliances and her long-term boyfriend are reasonably satisfying. But when Mr. Almost Right betrays her, Rose decides there has to be more to it than writing succinct descriptions about how to use the timer on a Pause 'n Serve coffeemaker. Lured by the therapeutic promise of Cape Cod's sand, salt, and waves, Rose abandons her careful past and leaves the city far behind.

Rose wants only to heal her broken heart. But with the help of a few eccentric neighbors, a fulfilling new job as the world's oldest cub reporter, and a compellingly odd new man, she comes to realize that her past is the furthest thing from her mind -- and she may just have stumbled upon her future happiness.

Reviews

"Reading Some Assembly Required is like getting an instruction manual for a new life: dump the boyfriend, move to Cape Cod, and breathe in all that great salt air. You'll feel better in no time!" -- Claire Cook, author of Life's a Beach, Summer Blowout, and Must Love Dogs
"Lynn Kiele Bonasia gracefully mixes tenderness, irony, sorrow, and humor in this irresistible debut novel. A must-read, pure and simple." -- Karen Quinn, author of The Ivy Chronicles and Holly Would Dream
"A delightful, astutely observed novel about love, friendship, and forgiveness. Rose's journey to becoming a Rosie was full of heart and very satisfying." -- Leslie Schnur, author of Late Night Talking and The Dog Walker
"Bonasia's portrait of a waterfront community's triumphs and squabbles is as endearing as it is convincing." - Publishers Weekly
"First-time novelist Bonasia delivers a sweet and idiosyncratic portrait of small-town life with a wit and levity that suggest good things to come." - Booklist
"In Some Assembly Required Lynn Bonasia gives us an intriguing outsider's look at Cape Cod, jam-packed with 'trapezoidal,' as she puts it, or 'multi-sided, complex, slightly askew' characters, who will linger with you long after the book is closed." - Sally Gunning, author of Bound and The Widow's War
"Lynn Kiele Bonasia's hilarious and heartfelt tale of redemption, romance, and mystery is an irresistible one. I loved these people and this wise and luminous book." - John Dufresne, author of Louisiana Power & Light

Author Bio

Lynn Kiele Bonasia has been a freelance advertising copywriter for more than twenty years. She has published short fiction in The Seattle Review and The Miami Herald, among others. She and her family spend summers on Cape Cod and live outside Boston during the winter. Please visit her website at www.lynnbonasia.com