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  • Published: 15 August 2006
  • ISBN: 9781400098071
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $35.00

The Myth of You and Me

A Novel



Beautifully crafted quality women's fiction that explores the emotional territory of Anna Quindlen, Anita Shreve, and Antonya Nelson--through a younger lens.

Searingly honest, beautiful, and full of fragile urgency, The Myth of You and Me is a celebration and portrait of a friendship that will appeal to anyone who still feels the absence of that first true friend.

When Cameron was fifteen, Sonia was her best friend—no one could come between them. Now Cameron is a twenty-nine-year-old research assistant with no meaningful ties to anyone except her aging boss, noted historian Oliver Doucet.

When an unexpected letter arrives from Sonia ten years after the incident that ended their friendship, Cameron doesn’t reply, despite Oliver’s urging. But then he passes away, and Cameron discovers that he has left her with one final task: to track down Sonia and hand-deliver a mysterious package to her. Now without a job, a home, and a purpose, Cameron decides to honor his request, setting off on the road to find this stranger who was once her inseparable other half.

The Myth of You and Me, the story of Cameron and Sonia’s friendship—as intense as any love affair—and its dramatic demise, captures the universal sense of loss and nostalgia that often lingers after the end of an important relationship.

  • Published: 15 August 2006
  • ISBN: 9781400098071
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

Leah Stewart

Leah Stewart is the author of BODY OF A GIRL. She has taught writing at Vanderbilt University and Sewanee, the University of the South. She lives outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with her husband, writer Matt O’Keefe, and their daughter.

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Praise for The Myth of You and Me

"A smart, exceedingly well-written story about the mysteries at the heart of even the most intimate friendships between women. You'll be reading into the wee hours." --People

"An intricately constructed, heartfelt story about the death of an intense friendship. . . . The story is one of secrets, broken promises, and surprises." --Boston Globe

"Full of genuine feeling--and gripping, too--this book about a friendship between two women announces that Leah Stewart is a marvelous writer." --Ann Packer, author of The Dive from Clausen's Pier