02148cam a2200265 4500 547167721 TxAuBib 20220127120000.0 210608s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021027370 9781984818416 hardcover 1984818414 hardcover TxAuBib Picoult, Jodi, 1966- Wish you were here / Jodi Picoult. First Edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2021] 321 pages ; 25 cm. "From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and The Book of Two Ways comes a deeply moving novel about the resilience of the human spirit in a moment of crisis. Diana O'Toole is perfectly on track. She will be married by thirty, done having kids by thirty-five, and move out to the New York City suburbs, all while climbing the professional ladder in the cutthroat art auction world. She's an associate specialist at Sotheby's now, but her boss has hinted at a promotion if she can close a deal with a high-profile client. She's not engaged just yet, but she knows her boyfriend, Finn, a surgical resident, is about to propose on their romantic getaway to the Galapagos-days before her thirtieth birthday. Right on time. But then a virus that felt worlds away has appeared in the city, and on the eve of their departure, Finn breaks the news: It's all hands on deck at the hospital. He has to stay behind. You should still go, he assures her, since it would be a shame for all of their nonrefundable trip to go to waste. And so, reluctantly, she goes. Almost immediately, Diana's dream vacation goes awry. Her luggage is lost, the Wi-Fi is nearly nonexistent, and the hotel they'd booked is shut down due to the pandemic..."-- Provided by publisher. 20220127. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Art auctions Fiction. Viruses Fiction.