Brooklynite’s debut novel leaves critics wanting more
Brooklyn BookBeat
With this crackling debut of “The One That Got Away” (Random House), author Bethany Chase has grabbed the attention of some of fiction’s most beloved novelists, including Emily Giffin, Patti Callahan Henry and Marisa de los Santos.
At the core of this book is a refreshingly real, relatable woman.
Character Sarina Mahler thinks she has her life all nailed down. She has a growing architecture practice in Austin, Texas, and an impending proposal from Noah, her boyfriend. She’s well on her way to having the family she’s hoped for since her mother’s death 10 years ago.
But with Noah on a temporary assignment abroad and retired Olympic swimmer — and former flame — Eamon Roy back in town asking her to renovate his new fixer-upper, Sarina’s life takes an unexpected turn.