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    Coming Up For Air | ✓
    Coming Up For Air | ✓
    -linnwrites
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    • Time
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      8 hours, 10 minutes8h 10m
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    • Time
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    -linnwrites
    Complete
    Complete, First published Feb 17, 2021
    WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST | 
        
        Stella Donahue is in dire need of a fresh start.
        
        A break. Away from the college town that's shunned her, away from the place she once called home. Her salvation comes in the shape of an old family friend's lake house and the promise of a summer all to herself. Not to forgive. Probably not to forget - no matter how hard she tries. But to continue to heal.
        
        The surprise comes in the shape of Jacob Wilson.
        
        Suddenly, with her somewhat estranged childhood friend living down the hall, Stella's summer of solitude becomes anything but. Though, maybe, reconnecting with Jake is exactly what she needs.
    All Rights Reserved
    • beachread
    • childhoodfriends
    • childhoodfriendstolovers
    • fiction
    • friendstolovers
    • healing
    • lakehouse
    • meanttobe
    • newadult
    • newadultfiction
    • newadultromance
    • romance
    • sister
    • smalltown
    • summer
    • summerhouse
    • summerread
    • summerromance
    • summervacation
    • swimmer
    • swimming
    • trauma
    • truelove
    • twenties
    • vacation
    beachreadchildhoodfriendschildhoodfriendstoloversfictionfriendstolovershealinglakehousemeanttobenewadultnewadultfictionnewadultromanceromancesistersmalltownsummersummerhousesummerreadsummerromancesummervacationswimmerswimmingtraumatruelovetwentiesvacation
    Table of contents
    • coming up for air
      Fri, Apr 23, 2021
    • epigraph + soundtrack
      Fri, Apr 23, 2021
    • character aesthetics
      Fri, Apr 23, 2021
    • 1 | inhale
      Fri, May 14, 2021
    • 2 | new dogs, old friends
      Sun, May 16, 2021
    • 3 | a summer of solitude
      Mon, May 17, 2021
    • 4 | just add water
      Thu, May 20, 2021
    • 5 | (sore) winners and losers
      Sun, May 23, 2021
    • 6 | of fries and men
      Thu, May 27, 2021
    • 7 | sister, sister on the call
      Sat, Jun 5, 2021
    • 8 | a suntastic time
      Wed, Jun 16, 2021
    • 9 | treading water
      Wed, Jun 23, 2021
    • 10 | a faultless summer's day
      Wed, Jul 7, 2021
    • 11 | the splashing cove
      Sat, Jul 17, 2021
    • 12 | my best friend team-wrecker
      Tue, Jul 27, 2021
    • 13 | something a-boat you
      Sun, Aug 1, 2021
    • 14 | the wedding reception
      Fri, Aug 6, 2021
    • 15 | undertow
      Sun, Aug 22, 2021
    • 16 | coming up for air
      Tue, Aug 24, 2021
    • 17 | sweater weather
      Wed, Sep 8, 2021
    • 18 | staying afloat
      Mon, Sep 13, 2021
    • 19 | i just called to say-
      Fri, Sep 17, 2021
    • 20 | white horse
      Tue, Sep 21, 2021
    • 21 | what do you want?
      Sun, Sep 26, 2021
    • 22 | we
      Sun, Oct 3, 2021
    • 23 | world's okay-est sister
      Wed, Oct 6, 2021
    • 24 | trial de novo
      Wed, Oct 13, 2021
    • 25 | verdict
      Sat, Oct 16, 2021
    • 26 | stuck like glue
      Wed, Oct 20, 2021
    • 27 | two a.m.
      Fri, Oct 22, 2021
    • 28 | exhale
      Sat, Oct 23, 2021
    • epilogue
      Sat, Oct 23, 2021
    • bonus chapter | at thirty, stella donahue's only getting started
      Sat, Feb 18, 2023
    • author's note + acknowledgments
      Sat, Oct 23, 2021

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    WATTYS 2022 SHORTLIST | 
        
        Stella Donahue is in dire need of a fresh start.
        
        A break. Away from the college town that's shunned her, away from the place she once called home. Her salvation comes in the shape of an old family friend's lake house and the promise of a summer all to herself. Not to forgive. Probably not to forget - no matter how hard she tries. But to continue to heal.
        
        The surprise comes in the shape of Jacob Wilson.
        
        Suddenly, with her somewhat estranged childhood friend living down the hall, Stella's summer of solitude becomes anything but. Though, maybe, reconnecting with Jake is exactly what she needs.

    34 parts

    • epilogue
      Sat, Oct 23, 2021
    • bonus chapter | at thirty, stella donahue's only getting started
      Sat, Feb 18, 2023
    • author's note + acknowledgments
      Sat, Oct 23, 2021
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