The Setup, Lizzy Dent
The Setup, Lizzy Dent
List: $20.00 | Sale: $14.00
Club: $10.00

The Setup

Author: Lizzy Dent

Narrator: Anna Gilthorpe

Unabridged: 9 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 06/07/2022


Synopsis

From the author of The Summer Job comes a laugh-out-loud, heartwarming story about one woman’s impulsive fib that jump starts a summer of reinvention and learning about love, life, and what it means to accept yourself.

She has a plan. Fate has other ideas.

The last place very average thirty-one-year-old Mara Williams thought she’d be is on a solo vacation impersonating her fortune teller when she finally meets the one. Josef, a gorgeous Austrian cellist, sits down for a reading and before she knows it, she’s telling him his destiny will be sitting in a pub in the English seaside town of Broadgate on the last Friday of August. And her name is Mara.
 
Enter Project Mara: three months to turn herself into the stylish, confident woman she’s always hoped to be. Meanwhile, the crumbling, formerly glamorous beachside pool club where she works is under threat and her eccentric colleagues enlist her help to save it, just as a handsome new housemate casts doubts on her ideas about “the one.” Can Mara pull off the transformation of a lifetime? And by summer’s end, will she know who is her destiny?

About The Author

Lizzy Dent (mis)spent her early twenties working in Scotland in hospitality. After years travelling the world making Music TV for MTV and Channel 4, and creating digital content for Cartoon Network, the BBC and ITV, she wrote three Young Adult novels as Rebecca Denton published in the UK. The Summer Job was her debut adult novel. Now in her late thirties she lives among London, Austria, and New Zealand with her young family. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on August 06, 2022

Not for Me The Setup is a rom-com about a horoscope-obsessed main character who has lost the ability to trust her instincts. The narrative is told through the eyes of Mara, a 31-year-old bookkeeper who lives in a small seaside town. My main issue with this book is Mara’s character. She is immature and......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on June 07, 2022

3.5 ⭐️ Mara Williams consults her horoscope for all important decisions. And, unimportant ones, too. She simply doesn’t trust her own intuition. So, when on a solo vacation in Budapest, she stumbles upon a fortune teller-she cannot resist getting a reading. The clairvoyant, Zia, who is very pregnant,......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on June 08, 2022

3.5 stars Mara Williams visits a very pregnant clairvoyant in Buda who tells her she needs a change, there are some home truths and a man on the horizon but unfortunately she can't finish the prediction because nature strikes! Before Mara knows what's happening in walks an Alexander Skarsgard look al......more

Goodreads review by Breathing Pages on September 25, 2023

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this advanced reader copy. PLOT: Mara, the protagonist of the story, is a 31-year-old woman living a quite boring and average life. On a trip to beautiful Budapest, Mara goes to a palm reader. She informs Mara that she must make some changes in her life; these ch......more

Goodreads review by Mia on March 29, 2022

This was a fun read, but just that. At least for me. I read the synopsis and I was so excited, it sounded like a romance I wanted to read. Nevertheless, it wasn't bad, I really enjoyed some parts and I was interested in main characters and their romance! Recommended for those who enjoy women's ficti......more


Quotes

"I fell in love with Lizzy Dent's writing with The Summer Job and have been waiting with bated breath to see what she does next. This book is everything I wanted and then some. With Dent's usual humor, wit, and warmth and a spectacularly charming cast of weirdos, The Setup is exactly the kind of summer read I'm constantly on the hunt for. I love astrology-obsessed hot-mess Mara, I love the crumbling little Broadgate lido she's out to save, and I love-love-love Lizzy Dent." —Emily Henry, author of People We Meet on Vacation and Book Lovers

“An adorable rom com packed full of nostalgia and Dent’s trademark wit.” —Sophie Cousens, author of This Time Next Year

“Lizzy Dent, known for her bestselling novel The Summer Job, is back once again with another witty story filled with love and lighthearted humor” —PopSugar

“[A] sweet and funny tale of a woman who has been barely scraping by as she opens herself up to new friends and new experiences. For fans of Abbi Waxman and Emily Henry.” —Booklist

“Grab your SPF and your carry-on because we have the ultimate beach read for your summer getaway. The Setup is a laugh-out-loud story about 31-year-old Mara who (while on a solo vacation) impulsively decides to impersonate a fortune teller. You can't imagine the twists and turns this story takes but we'll just tell you right now it involves a gorgeous Australian cellist named Josef, so do with that information what you will." –Love to Know

“Perfect.” —Motherly