{"id":18130,"date":"2019-06-25T08:33:42","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T15:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=18130"},"modified":"2019-06-25T08:48:43","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T15:48:43","slug":"evvie-drake-starts-over-by-linda-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/evvie-drake-starts-over-by-linda-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER by Linda Holmes | 4-star Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Evvie Drake Starts Over is wry, bittersweet, and an absolute delight to read.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As EVVIE DRAKE<\/a> begins, it\u2019s been a year since Evvie\u2019s husband died after a car accident. She\u2019s still living in their too big house in Maine when her bestie Andy comes up with a plan to have a friend rent Evvie\u2019s guest house. The friend happens to be Dean Tenney, a Yankees pitcher who\u2019s got the yips, and needs to get out from under the microscope that is New York City. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their landlord\/tenant relationship develops into friendship and then more. The beauty of it is that it feels totally organic, even though there\u2019s forced proximity at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holmes deftly intertwines Evvie and Dean\u2019s individual struggles with grief and loss, peppering it with humor, banter, and the age-old \u2018When Harry Met Sally\u2019 question, \u201cCan men and women ever really be just friends?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some ways, Evvie Drake Starts Over is a modern throwback \u2014 to when movies were about women\u2019s lives, or about baseball (usually starring Kevin Costner). In Evvie Drake, you get both, though Costner’s not who I picture when I think of Dean Tenney. I loved that Holmes really did the homework about players who get the yips, that mental health and therapy are portrayed openly and honestly, and that we also get a few of those romantic, picture perfect movie moments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From lobstah rolls to baseball, Evvie Drake Starts Over is quintessential summer, and a 2019 must read. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a word: Swoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holmes will be touring EVVIE DRAKE with mostly East Coast stops in NYC; Brooklyn; Washington, DC; Portland, Maine; Chicago; and Los Angeles. A full list of cities is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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