The Optimist
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By Sophie Kipner
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Meet Tabitha Gray, a delusional girl from Topanga, California, who redefines what it means to be a truly hopeless romantic. Tabby suffers from an aggressive strain of cock-eyed optimism – no amount of failure, embarrassment or humiliation can dent her fierce belief that real, true, lasting love is just around the corner.
Where most people think, fantasise and dream, Tabby says, feels and does. Whether waiting in her lingerie for Harrison Ford to open the door of his hotel room; following Al Pacino around a Russian bathhouse; seeking passion with a blind man on the advice of a wise old woman with dementia; or sending intimate photos to a random sexter, Tabby refuses to be crushed by her many misadventures.
In this warmly witty novel, Sophie Kipner takes a satirical look at the extremity of romantic desperation, and pays tribute to the deep human need to keep on heroically searching for love despite our many absurdities.
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This is an Unbound book. People sponsor stories and authors they like so that they can get published. To be honest I liked the drawings more than the characters but the story does keep you going.
The Optimist is Sophie Kipners’ debut novel. Meet Tabitha Gray, a vibrant, deluded, young optimistic girl from California whose quest for love knows no boundaries.
Tabith’s journey in search for true love begins from a very age young of 9. There are no limits to Tabitha’s mishaps whether it is finding hersef in the back of the gardners' truck, sat in a hotel room wearing sexy lingerie in wait for Harrison Ford or a Russian bathhouse to declare her love for Al Pacino.
Where most of us would not dream of saying out loud embarrassing thoughts, embarrassing does not exist in Tabitha’s dictionary. She finds herself in very compromising and awkward situations but proceeds to carry out acts and thoughts until it could not get any worse or more humiliating.
I have not been able to put this book down and have laughed out loud at work or when amongst friends and colleagues. This book is one that undoubtedly will leave you hysterical and full of laughter and giggles. It has been the talk amongst my friends and has had plenty of them in stitches.
Best book i have read this year! Highly recommend and a must for all 😍
