MAGNOLIA PARKS

She dates other people to keep him at bay; he sleeps with other girls to get back at her for it. But at the end of every sad endeavor to get over one another, it’s still each other they crawl back to.

But now their dysfunction is catching up with them, pulling at their seams and fraying the world they’ve built; a world where neither has ever let the other go completely.

As the cracks start to show and secrets begin to surface, Magnolia and BJ are finally forced to face the formidable question they’ve been avoiding all their lives: How many loves do you really get in a lifetime?

An Australian-native, Jessa Hastings now lives in Sherman Oaks, California with her husband, two children, her cat and a dog that she semi-regrets getting. She feels guilty writing that here but is fairly confident he won’t read it. She is presently exasperated by the US medical systems (but who isn’t?), she’s also knee-deep in Stranger Things theories and is an aspiring water-connoisseur. She still misses Australian breakfasts, tans very well and highly recommends the Coconut Cake from Erewhon.