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The MASH Up

by Laura Marie Meyers

A childhood game reshapes Ruby’s plans

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    Praise from Emily Giffin

    Emily Giffin praises Laura Marie Meyers' debut novel for its charm, humor, and heart, calling it an irresistible...

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A childhood game reshapes Ruby’s plans

A breakup on her thirty-fifth birthday upends Ruby Wynne’s carefully ordered life—and leaves her waking inside the M.A.S.H. game she played as a teenager. Its dreamlike setup gives her a mansion, a tie-dye Jeep and a roller-disco restaurant, but also assigns her Penn Hayes, her brother’s best friend, as her “other half.” Ruby’s proposed route back to reality depends on winning his heart, despite their history of sarcasm and her longstanding rules against him. The romantic-comedy premise pairs an imaginative game-world with questions about how much of a life can be planned, and what happens when Ruby has to improvise.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers who enjoy romantic comedies built around an unusual premise.
  • Readers interested in stories about disrupted plans and second chances.
  • Readers who like childhood games and wish-fulfillment woven into romance.

Themes

Love and unexpected pairingsPlans, rules and improvisationChildhood wishes and adult life

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Book overview

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER

"Laura Marie Meyers' debut novel glows with charm, humor, and heart. An irresistible, page-turning treat from first laugh to last swoon." --Emily Giffin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love You More

It's all fun and games until someone falls in love.


MANSION - APARTMENT - SHACK - HOUSE

Ruby Wynne is a staunch rule-follower who lives by the numbers. So when a surprising breakup - on her thirty-fifth birthday - ruins all her well-laid plans, Ruby makes an unexpected wish . . . Only to wake up inside a M.A.S.H. game from seventh grade.

Settled in a Technicolor mansion, driving a tie-dye Jeep, and running a roller-disco restaurant, Ruby is living out her childhood dreams come true--with one exception. According to the game, Ruby's "other half" is supposed to be Penn Hayes, her brother's annoying, and annoyingly handsome, best friend. But there's zero romance between them. Just like in real life, all they share is sarcasm. With no rules to follow and desperate to return to reality, Ruby makes her best guess at an escape plan: win Penn's heart so the game comes completely true and she can go home.

It's unthinkable. On Ruby's list of dos and don'ts, Penn Hayes is a lifelong don't. But as Ruby navigates the magical world she dreamed up at thirteen, she wonders if, by finally throwing out her rules, she might just find her way home to the life and love she deserves.
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