He and his crew arrive, along with a horde of paparazzi, which Ellie and her friend Quinn mock while they work together at a local shop, Sprinkles. The more they talk, the more Graham begins to fall for Ellie.Įventually, Graham convinces his producer to stage his new film in Henley, Maine, so he can meet Ellie in person. He is lonely in Ellie, he finds someone down to earth and honest, and he feels he can confide his real emotions to her. Graham is relieved to have a relationship with someone that doesn't revolve around his success or his money. Unbeknownst to Ellie, her new email companion, Graham, is a movie star – Ellie never finds out his last name and Graham never mentions his fame, so the secret remains hidden. Lonely, Graham is happy to find companionship in Ellie, and for the next three months, they start an online friendship, exchanging information about their daily lives, thoughts, and feelings. When Ellie receives the email, she isn't sure who the sender is, but she's curious – she responds, finding herself communicating with seventeen-year-old Graham, who lives in California with his pet pig, Wilbur. A typo causes Graham Larkin to accidentally send an email to Ellie O'Neill, a teenaged girl living in the small coastal town of Henley, Maine. The book looks at issues of love, vulnerability, and family secrets, exploring the complicated nature of love between people from widely different backgrounds. Smith’s young adult romance novel This is What Happy Looks Like chronicles the budding relationship between teen heartthrob Graham Larkin and small-town Ellie O'Neill after a typo sparks an ongoing email correspondence.

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