If I Told You So

<p><strong>The summer you turn sixteen is supposed to be unforgettable. It's the stuff of John Hughes movies and classic songs of heart-stopping kisses and sudden revelations. But life isn't always like the movies. . .</strong> <br> <br>For Sean Jackson sixteen is off to an inauspicious start. His options: take a landscaping job in Georgia with his father or stay in his small New Hampshire hometown where the only place hiring is the local ice cream shop. Donning a pink t-shirt to scoop sundaes for tourists and seniors promises to be a colder stickier version of hell. Still he opts to stay home. <br> <br>On his first day at work Sean meets Becky a wickedly funny New York transplant. The store manager Jay is eighteen effortlessly cool and according to Becky likes Sean the way Sean's starting to like him. But before he can clear a path to the world that's waiting Sean will have to deal with his overprotective mother his sweet popular girlfriend Lisa his absentee father and all his own uncertainties and budding confusions. <br> <br>Tender and achingly funny this coming-of-age story will resonate with anyone who is--or has ever been--a teenager when the only thing you can count on is how little you really know and the next glance or touch or breathless night can be the one that changes everything. . . <br> <br>Woodward writes from the heart--a genuine honest story about the joys and pains of first love and realizing that no one is as alone as it sometimes seems. <br>-Robin Reardon <br> <br>A touching story about navigating the sometimes treacherous waters of first love. <br>-J.H. Trumble </p>