How to Fall in Love with a Man Who Lives in a Bush

<p><strong>The International Bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>For readers of quirky Scandinavian fiction comes this charming and witty debut novel by Emmy Abrahamson--perfect for fans of Jonas Jonasson.</strong></p><p><em>Love stinks. Or maybe it just needs a shower . . . </em></p><p>Vienna: famous for Mozart waltzes and pastry; less famous for Julia a Swedish transplant who spends her days teaching English to unemployed Austrians and her evenings watching Netflix with her cat or club hopping with a frenemy. An aspiring novelist Julia's full of ideas for future bestsellers: A writer moves his family to a deserted hotel in the dead of winter and spirals into madness! A homely governess loves a brooding man whose crazy wife is locked up in the attic! Fine so they've been done. Doesn't mean Julia won't find <em>something</em> original.</p><p>Then something original finds Julia--sits down next to her on a bench as a matter of fact. Ben is handsome (under all that beard) and adventurous (leaps from small bridges in a single bound). He's also sexy as hell and planning to shuffle off to Berlin before things can get too serious. Oh and Ben lives in a public park.</p><p>Thus begins a truth stranger than any fiction Julia might have imagined: a whirlwind relationship with a guy who shares her warped sense of humor and shakes up the just-okay existence she's been too lazy to change. Ben challenges her to break out; she challenges him to settle down. As weeks turn to months Julia keeps telling herself that this is a chapter in her life not the whole book. If she writes the ending she can't get hurt.</p><p>But what if the ending isn't hers to write?</p>