What would YOU do if you won the lottery? Indianapolis author Barbara Shoup explores that question in her novel Everything You Want.
Emma, college freshman at Indiana University, is struggling to find her place in the world. She's not happy at school, and she goes home often to visit her family. To make matters worse, she can't even talk to her best friend from high school, Josh, because he has been avoiding her ever since she professed her love for him. When Emma feels like everything is falling apart, she receives some good news from her parents - they have won $50 million in the lottery! The rest of the novels follows the family as they each come to terms with what being rich means. Along the way, Emma slowly discovers what she wants and who she wants to be.
As someone who grew up near Bloomington (home of Indiana University) and lived in Broad Ripple Village (a neighborhood of Indianapolis) for awhile, I really enjoyed reading a story set in places that I was familiar with.
Shoup created very interesting characters and described the family dynamics excellently. At times the book was funny, and at times it was sad, but it was always entertaining.
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