Bookish Buys: Lauryn Harper Falls Apart by Shauna Robinson
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Inspired by Lauryn Harper Falls Apart by Shauna Robinson
Wearing a crisp white button-down with cropped wide-leg jeans, classic black flats, and an apple-shaped purse while stringing fairy lights isn’t just a charming fall outfit—it’s pure Lauryn Harper energy from Lauryn Harper Falls Apart by Shauna Robinson. It’s that perfect mix of polished and playful, grounded yet ready to pivot when life throws you off your carefully plotted course.
Lauryn is a woman who’s built her life around meticulous plans, the kind that leave little room for detours. But when a work mishap sends her back to the hometown she once fled, she finds herself knee-deep in festival planning, small-town drama, and unexpected second chances. That white shirt and jeans combo? It’s the uniform of someone who thought she’d be ticking off career milestones in a high-rise office—but is instead navigating hay bales, craft booths, and strings of twinkle lights. The black flats? Practical enough for long hours on your feet, but chic enough to say you still have standards. And that apple purse? A wink to the festival theme—and a reminder that sometimes leaning into the local flavor can be surprisingly sweet.
Wearing this look is your way of stepping into a story where the plot twist is rediscovering that home can hold more joy than regret, that friendships can be mended, and that the plans you never made might just be the ones worth keeping. So grab those fairy lights, slip on your flats, and head into the crisp autumn air—because like Lauryn, you might just find that the things you once ran from are the very things that make you feel like the main character in your own life.
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Bookish Buys: Lauryn Harper Falls Apart by Shauna Robinson
About Lauryn Harper Falls Apart by Shauna Robinson:
For fans of Elyssa Friedland comes a rollicking fall novel from beloved author Shauna Robinson, where the friend who left and the friend who stayed must reunite to save their hometown through the fall festival that once brought them together.
Lauryn Harper had a plan. A high achieving, perfectly constructed, eight-year plan. But after a (totally blown out of proportion) mishap at work that plan is put to the test.
As punishment for her mistake she is transferred to the Ryser charity department, a branch that just so happens to be located in the hometown she abandoned long ago - and that her powerful corporate employer is responsible for running into the ground. Horrified at the thought of returning and facing those she left behind (one in particular keeps coming to mind), Lauryn quickly comes up with a new plan: impress her boss enough that she's briskly whisked back to her big city life.
However, it soon becomes clear that sticking to plans isn't that simple, especially when her ex-best friend enters the charity department demanding they help revitalize the town by bringing back the once-famous Greenstead Apple Festival. Confronted by her past wrongs, Lauryn immediately agrees to host the festival on Ryser's dime, but soon enough Lauryn is swept away in town hijinks, chaotic planning sessions, and a second chance with a childhood friend that shows her why home isn't necessarily a place she has to run from.
