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Allison Larkin

Internationally Best-Selling Author

Why Can’t I Be You

 

 

At one time or another, everyone has wished they could be someone else. Exploring this universal longing, Allie Larkin follows up the success of her debut novel, Stay, with a moving portrait of friendship and identity.

When Jenny Shaw hears someone shout “Jessie!” across a hotel lobby, she impulsively answers. All her life, Jenny has toed the line, but something propels her to seize the opportunity to become Jessie Morgan, a woman to whom she bears an uncanny resemblance. Lonely in her own life, Jenny is embraced by Jessie’s warm circle of friends—and finds unexpected romance. But when she delves into Jessie’s past, Jenny discovers a secret that spurs her to take another leap into the unknown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Praise

“Allie Larkin’s latest, WHY CAN’T I BE YOU, is an engaging and smart novel with rich characters.”
– SheKnows.com Red Hot Book of the Week 
“This is a fun and quirky read for anyone who always wondered what it would be like to live life in someone else’s shoes. Readers will likely identify with the main character, and will definitely enjoy the crazy ride along the way thanks to Larkin’s breezy and light writing style.”
– Romantic Times Book Review 
“The wonderful dialogue and character development make it easy to get swept up and wonder not who would I rather be, but what am I holding back?”
– The Gazette 
“Allie Larkin provides an unexpected and completely fresh take on the familiar theme of mistaken identify in WHY CAN’T I BE YOU. She’s a master at creating complex characters who feel like old friends and crafting situations that you’d swear really happened. In other words? I adored this book! Put Allie Larkin on your Authors to Watch List because she’s at the top her game.”
– Jen Lancaster, bestselling author of JENERATION X  
“Allie Larkin’s latest explores an intriguing question: What if you could shed your own life, and step into someone else’s? WHY CAN’T I BE YOU is a thoughtful and compulsively readable examination of identity, friendship and trust – and what happens when all three spectacularly collide.”
– Sarah Pekkanen, bestselling author of THESE GIRLS
“WHY CAN’T I BE YOU explores the brilliant notion that it’s not until we’ve let go of who we think we should be that we can discover who we actually are.”
-Amy Hatvany, USA Today Bestselling author of OUTSIDE THE LINES

 

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Domestic

Paperback – Plume
Audio – Brilliance

Book Club – Bookspan LLC

Foreign

Germany – Blanvalet
Italy – Piemme

Slovenia – Zalozba KMS

Russia – AST Licence Limited

Poland – Proszynski Media Sp. z.o.o.

 

 

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Internationally bestselling author of STAY, WHY CAN'T I BE YOU and SWIMMING FOR SUNLIGHT. THE PEOPLE WE KEEP coming from @gallerybooks on 8/3/2021

Allison Larkin
A few days ago, I took this photo of turkeys while A few days ago, I took this photo of turkeys while I was out on a run, marveling at how wild animals do not seem to mind when they see me. Once, I almost bumped into a deer, the way a couple might meet-cute in a rom com. We just didn’t see each other. I’ve always thought it was a fun little quirk. Not even bunnies are afraid of me. But this afternoon on my run, I came up over a hill and was suddenly within fifteen feet of a wild boar. Thankfully, a year or two ago I got curious about the big traps that show up trailside around the bay, looked them up and learned about how fast, ruthlessly aggressive, and unpredictable a wild boar can be. Otherwise, I might have (stupidly) thought I was in the middle of another one of my Snow White moments and been all “Hello there, Mr. Pig! Look at you!” believing that I could quietly observe in wonder. Instead, I knew this was a bad situation. The boar grunted and moved to the center of the trail. It felt very ‘You shall not pass!’ But I did not want to pass. I wanted to get away. I backed slowly for a few moments and then turned and ran faster than I ever have in my whole life. I’ve since learned that there’s no way that boar chased me, because there’s no chance of outrunning a boar (climb a tree if you can). But I know that boar saw me and also wasn’t happy about the surprise, and I had a moment, racing back over the hills I’d just run — not daring to look behind me more than once or twice in fear I’d lose my footing — when I truly did not know what would happen. I’ve been in scary situations, but they were a different kind of scary. I don’t think I’ve ever flat out run for my life before, but that’s truly what I thought I was doing. Right now I am still full of adrenaline and also exhausted and so so thankful to be okay.
My lemon is a happy fox. #fruitfaces My lemon is a happy fox. #fruitfaces
I think there’s something about getting older an I think there’s something about getting older and reaching back to the core of who you are. I’ve always been at my happiest when I’m up in a tree.
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Portrait of a woman who just wants a free moment t Portrait of a woman who just wants a free moment to paint over the poop brown bathroom walls that came with this house.
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