BBNYA Spotlight – Sushi and Sea Lions by RachelCorsini

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Book DetailsLength: 297 Pages

Genre: Women’s Fiction, Romance

Age Category: Adult

Date Published: May 16, 2023

Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/8jy4lIg (Canada) https://a.co/d/7xtdKmu (USA)https://amzn.eu/d/hFRLAMz (UK)

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61377331-sushi-and-sea-lions

The Story Graph Link: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1f546ae2-3bbf-49ec-b2b5-c6ee386727c2

Blurb

When a career-ending injury and a messy breakup send prima ballerina DanielaVerdi back to Queens, New York, she fills her days with countless distractions:meaningless sex, pinot grigio, and video games.It takes a chance meeting with her brother’s best friend, Vincent LaBate, for her toremember who she was before the stage lights and distractions of the Upper WestSide. She’s convinced that Vincent could never love a girl like her: broken, insecure,and stumbling her way through life. What Daniela didn’t count on is that Vincent is asscarred as she is after divorcing his cheating wife and going through an equallymessy child custody fight. Soon enough, old vulnerabilities rear their ugly heads,opening a crack in Daniela’s perfectly imperfect romance.As Daniela and Vincent’s relationship develops, will Daniela learn to accept that adream life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be?

Author Bio After declaring herself a pretty pink princess during her first ballet class, Racheldreamt of sugarplums and began pirouetting her way through life. While studying tobecome a ballerina, she compulsively read books under her covers by flashlight and scribbled in spiral-bound notebooks. The urge to tell stories culminated in hergraduation from Columbia College Chicago with a B.F.A. in fiction writing.Never one to keep her feet on the ground, she traveled the world from Prague toCape Town. Once settled back in Queens, she dabbled in journalism before workingas an Editorial Assistant for a medical publisher. Seeking a more fulfilling career, sheearned her MAT from Queens College and currently works as an English teacher inan alternative program in NYC.Rachel spends her time sipping cofee, trying to cook, and practicing her pirouettes.She currently resides in Freeport, Long Island.