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47 pages 1 hour read

Until Friday Night

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

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Authorial Context: Abbi Glines

Abbi Glines is a bestselling American author. She has published over 40 works of fiction, most of which are in the romance genre. She has received recognition from the New York Times, USA Today, and The Wall Street journal for her work. Glines began her writing career by self-publishing young adult novels. Their popularity launched Glines’s career. She’s since established her reputation and grown her following through her Rosemary Beach, Sea Breeze, Smoke, Vincent Boys, Boys South of the Mason Dixon, and Field Party Series. Until Friday Night is the first book in The Field Party Series.

The circumstances and themes of Until Friday Night are inspired by Glines’s personal life. The source text’s author bio reveals that “Friday night games marked every important moment of Abbi Glines’s youth,” including “her first kiss, her first heartbreak, and the first time her crush noticed her” (349). The same is true of the novel’s protagonists, Maggie Carlton and West Ashby. Maggie and West find comfort, support, and stability in each other and their football family. Like her characters, Glines also lives in Alabama and is connected to and inspired by her hometown.

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