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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. The book looks at the life of a physically challenged man who leaves highly paid tech job to teach high school computers. This puts him out of his comfort zone. While teaching he begins dating the socially outcast and fearsome gym teacher. the characters were funny and the story moved at a good pace. The book looks at the life of a physically challenged man who leaves highly paid tech job to teach high school computers. This puts him out of his comfort zone. While teaching he begins dating the socially outcast and fearsome gym teacher. the characters were funny and the story moved at a good pace. I loved this book. The characters are real and flawed and perfect for each other. Samuel Cooke and Greta Cassamajor are an unlikely couple but fit in that way that real people do. This was beautiful and romantic in a real life way not in a romance novel all flaws and problems disappear when they realize they are in love way. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
A tender, cheer-inducing debut novel about two lonely people who don't believe in romance, but who finally decide to give love a chance. Samuel Cooke knows most women wouldn't give him a second glance even if he were the last man on earth. He's the cripple with crutches, the nerdy computer genius every female past puberty feels compelled to mother. So when he leaves his lucrative career to teach programming to high schoolers, romance definitely isn't on his radar. Perhaps that's why Greta Cassamajor catches him off guard. The sarcastic gym coach with zero sense of humor is no beauty--not even on the inside. But an inexplicably kind act toward Samuel makes him realize she is interesting. Samuel is certain she won't accept his invitation to dinner--so when she does, he's out of his depth. All he knows is that he'll do whatever it takes to keep her as long as he can. Pretending he's got his class under control? Easy. Being vulnerable enough to admit why he ditched his programming career for teaching? Um, no. That would require honesty. And if there's one thing Samuel can't exist without, it's the lies he tells himself. In this poignant, witty debut, Ramsey Hootman upends traditional romance tropes to weave a charming tale of perseverance, trust, and slightly conditional love. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The tale is told from Samuel's point of view: a small, "crippled" computer scientist who has left his Silicon Valley company to teach high school keyboarding and computer skills in a small northern California town. There, he meets Greta, the girls' basketball coach--who is taciturn, ten years older and a hundred pounds heavier than he is--who is the most unlikely object of his affection. But somehow he is attracted to her beyond reason, and Samuel bravely and tenaciously pursues Greta despite the fact that she refuses to call him anything other than "Mr. Cooke," seems to have no social skills and appears not to need him--or anyone else.
The blurb on the back cover says: "He teachers computers. She coaches gym. All they need is chemistry." No, what these quirky, shy, scarred characters need is to learn that trust allows us to share our vulnerability--but sometimes you have to show the vulnerabilities first in order to earn the trust. They need each other--and readers need more characters like Samuel and Greta. ( )