The One & Only: A Novel

1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Emily Giffin, the beloved author of Something Borrowed and Where We Belong, returns with an extraordinary story of love and loyalty—and an unconventional heroine struggling to reconcile both. This ebook edition contains an excerpt from Emily Giffin’s First Comes Love.

The One & Only tells the story of thirty-three-year-old Shea Rigsby, who has spent her entire life in Walker, Texas—a small college town that revolves around football, a passion she shares wholeheartedly. Raised alongside her best friend, Lucy, the daughter of Walker’s legendary head coach, Clive Carr, Shea was too devoted to her hometown team to leave. Instead, she stayed in Walker for college and took a job in the university athletic department after graduation, where she has remained for over a decade.

However, when a tragedy strikes the close-knit Walker community, Shea's comfortable world is turned upside down, leading her to question if her chosen life is truly fulfilling. As she steps out of her comfort zone onto a new path, Shea uncovers unsettling truths about the people and things she has always trusted, forcing her to confront her deepest desires, fears, and secrets.

The One & Only is a thoughtful, humorous, and insightful novel about discovering your passions, following your heart, and believing in something greater than yourself—the one and only thing that makes life truly meaningful.

Praise for The One & Only: - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY POPSUGAR - "A page turner."—Southern Living - "Giffin scores again by bringing her discerning understanding of matters of the heart."—Family Circle - "Touching."—New York Daily News - "Deep, beautifully written...focuses on a forbidden love in a fictional small college town in Texas."—Marie Claire - "Each page of this story is entertaining...a joy of a book well written."—The Huffington Post - "Brace yourself for a tearjerker."—InStyle - "A tale of friendship and loyalty in a small Texas town."—Cosmopolitan

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