Together, Apart

Written by Erin A. Craig, Auriane Desombre, Erin Hahn and 6 more

Narrated by Christopher Gebauer, Caroline Hewitt, Catherine Ho and 3 more

A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today's most popular YA authors.

Erin Craig "delivers" on a story about a cute pizza delivery boy, Auriane Desombre captures a girl trying to impress her crush on TikTok, and Bill Konigsberg takes readers along on daily walks where every step brings two boys closer to love. There's roommates-to-enemies-to-something more from Rachael Lippincott, a tale of a girl with a mask-making business and her potentially famous crush from Erin Hahn, and a music-inspired meet cute from Sajni Patel. Brittney Morris sparks a connection with the help of two balcony herb gardens, Jennifer Yen writes an unconventional romance that starts with a fortune reading and a take-out order, and Natasha Preston steals hearts when a girl meets up with the boy next door in a storybook oak tree.

Romantic, realistic, sweet and uplifting, TOGETHER, APART is a collection of finding love in unexpected places during an unprecedented time . . . each with the one thing we all want: a guaranteed happy ending.

Stories:
"Love, Delivered" by Erin A. Craig - read by Caroline Hewitt
"The Socially Distant Dog-Walking Brigade" by Bill Konigsberg - read by Christopher Gebauer
"One Day" by Sajni Patel - read by Nikki Massoud
"The Rules of Comedy" by Auriane Desombre - read by Catherine Ho
"The New Boy Next Door" by Natasha Preston - read by Nikki Massoud
"Love With a Side of Fortune" by Jennifer Yen - read by Catherine Ho
"The Green Thumb War" by Brittney Morris - read by Cary Hite and Keylor Leigh
"Stuck With Her" by Rachael Lippincott - read by Caroline Hewitt
"Masked" by Erin Hahn - read by Rachel Music and Christopher Gebauer

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
• Release date: Oct 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9780593396704

Erin A. Craig

Erin A. Craig is the New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows and Small Favors. After getting her BFA in Theatre Design and Production from the University of Michigan, she stage-managed tragic operas filled with hunchbacks, séances, and murderous clowns, then decided she wanted to write books that were just as spooky. An avid reader, a decent quilter, a rabid basketball fan, and a collector of typewriters, Erin makes her home in West Michigan with her husband and daughter.

Reviews for Together, Apart

[hawaiianmermaid701 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was one of the better anthologies I have ever read! The stories were cute and fun "meet cutes" set during 2020 and the pandemic. Of course I liked some stories more than others, but for me, it earned the 5 star rating because it made me laugh during the roughest year of my life. I am interested in reading more from these authors, most of whom I had not heard of before reading this book.