Flirting with Pete, Barbara Delinsky
Flirting with Pete, Barbara Delinsky
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Flirting with Pete

Author: Barbara Delinsky

Narrator: Linda Emond

Abridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/10/2003

Synopsis

In Flirting with Pete, bestselling author Barbara Delinsky weaves together two fascinating narratives that merge in a dramatic, highly emotional, and totally unexpected conclusion, as a daughter's struggle to win the approval of the father she never knew becomes a journey of self-discovery.

Psychologist Casey Ellis never met her father—but that didn't stop her from following in his professional footsteps. Now he has died, and Casey is shocked to have inherited his elegant Boston town house, complete with a maid and a handsome, enigmatic gardener. When she finds a manuscript that could be a novel, a journal, or a case study of one of her father's patients in her new home, she becomes engrossed in the story of Jenny, a young woman trying to escape her troubled life. Convinced the story is true and that her father left it as a message for her, Casey digs deeper. As she pieces together the mysteries surrounding her father, Jenny, and the romantic new stranger in her life, she discovers startling links between past and present, and unexpected ties between what is real and what is imagined.

About Barbara Delinsky

Barbara Delinsky has written more than twenty New York Times bestselling novels, with over thirty million copies in print. Her books are highly emotional, character-driven studies of marriage, parenthood, sibling rivalry, and friendship. She is also the author of a breast cancer handbook. A breast cancer survivor herself, Barbara donates her author proceeds from the handbook to fund a research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Visit her at BarbaraDelinsky.com.

About Linda Emond

Linda Emond has been nominated for three Tony Awards for her work in Cabaret, Death of a Salesman, and Life x 3. For her work off-Broadway, she is the recipient of a Lucille Lortel Award and an Obie. Television credits include Lodge 49, The Good Wife, Succession, and The Gilded Age. Film credits include Gemini Man, The Big Sick, Across the Universe, and Julie & Julia.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tasha on March 09, 2010

OK, can I just say that I cannot wait until I finish writing my thesis (which I should be working on right now but cannot focus.... I am so tired, but can't sleep). Anyway, back to my review. I am a Barbara Delinsky fan for life!!!! She is right up there with Bernice L. McFadden. If you like mystery......more

Goodreads review by Laurie (barksbooks) on February 02, 2010

Casey Ellis is a young woman whose father, a renowned psychiatrist, never acknowledged her (Casey was the result of a one-night stand). Until his death, that is. Casey's taken off balance when he leaves her a very valuable piece of property and is reluctant to accept anything that was a part of him.......more

Goodreads review by Anne (Booklady) on September 22, 2015

Flirting with Pete is a story within the story of a young woman who never met her father in life, and like him, Casey Ellis becomes a therapist. She's a whiny character that about drove me crazy for 3/4's of the novel, but she does redeem herself in the last 150 pages. The story line that held my at......more

Goodreads review by Judy on July 31, 2018

The human spirit will go to dramatic lengths - even psychosis - to survive unthinkable abuse. We use these defenses, perhaps in less dramatic dimensions, in our daily lives when confronted by untenable stressors. This is a book within a book dealing with very uncomfortable types of abuse and a commu......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on August 06, 2023

Wonderful characters! Surprising plot twists! All “the feels!”......more

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