Showing Something Blue by Emily Giffin

From the New York Times bestselling author of Something Borrowed comes a novel that shows how someone with the perfect life can lose it all—and then find everything. It will appeal to anyone who has ever wanted to reinvent themselves and had the strength to make a change.
Something Blue tells the story of one woman's surprising discoveries about the true meaning of friendship, love, and happily-ever-after.
Darcy Rhone thought she had it all figured out: the more beautiful the girl, the more charmed her life. Never mind playing by the rules or karma. But her perfect world turns upside down when her best friend, Rachel, the consumate “good girl,” steals Dex, her fiancé. Darcy finds herself completely alone for the first time in her life, and with a baby on the way.
Fleeing to her high school friend Ethan who lives in London, she tries to recover by resorting to her usual methods for getting what she wants. But as she attempts to recreate her glamorous life in Britain, where hopefully a charming and rich Englishman will sweep her off her feet, Darcy finds that her tried-and-tested rules no longer apply. It is only when she starts a new career and changes her materialistic lifestyle, that Darcy can confront her insecurities and begin her journey toward self-awareness, forgiveness, and motherhood, and finds a new unexpected romance.

Praise for Emily Giffin

“I absolutely LOVED it and read it in two sittings because I could not put it down .... Something Borrowed is also very well written—nice spare prose, which kept me pressing forward, agog to know what happened. This is a book that takes a clear-eyed look at the rivalry that exists in even the best friendships. Congratulations to Emily Giffin on having written such a compelling, engrossing, and uplifting book.” - Marian Keyes

“Here’s a heroine you’ll root for and a book you won’t want to put down. I loved it!
– Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada

“Sex and the City fans will love this sassy debut novel about two best friends whose rather ulikely lifelong frienship is about to be sorely tested” – Woman’s Own

“ Emily Giffin brings a fresh new voice to women’s fiction. Something Borrowed is a deftly written and convincing tale of a friendship gone com ically—and at times poignantly—awry.”
-Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries

“Something Borrowed is a luxurious page-turner of a debut novel that marks the arrival of a tremendously bright, clever new voice in women’s fiction. In quick-moving, captivating prose punctuated with dead-on dialogue, Giffin deftly captures complexity and humor of love, betrayal, career, and friendship for a city girl at the edge of thirty; you’ll forget this is just a novel, and won’t want to put it down.”
—Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, author of The Dirty Girls’ Social Club

“Page-turning, heartbreakingly honest... Instead of falling back on easy chick-lit clichés, Giffin deftly depicts the hopeful hearts behind an unsym pathetic situation.” —Entertainment Weekly, Grade A

“What kind of self-described ‘nice girl’ would sleep with her best friend’s fiancé? One who’s seriously flawed, like this delightful debut novel’s hero ine, but also surprisingly winning and real.” —Glamour

“Truly stands out. It is as much about the meaning and value of friendship as it is about love.” —Booklist (starred review)

“A contemporary fairy tale...should spark a laugh or three in any gal who has served as handmaiden to Bridezilla.” —Time Out New York

“Highly entertaining.” —The Boston Globe

“A charming book ...perfect for those end-of-the-summer weekends.” —Bookworm

“Giffin's writing is warm and engaging; readers will find themselves cheering for Darcy as she proves people can change in this captivating tale” Booklist (starred review)

“A read no beach bag is complete without ...The author’s impressive knack for intimacy and insight ...sparkles in this delightful novel.” —Hamptons magazine