It's a Love Story

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『It's a Love Story』の概要

In "It's a Love Story," bestselling author Annabel Monaghan crafts a Hollywood romance that readers call "the book of summer 2025." Translated into 21 languages, this tale of authenticity and second chances ranks above every 2024 romance. Can faking it truly lead to making it?

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『It's a Love Story』の要約

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When Fiction Mirrors Reality: A Love Story Unfolds
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Have you ever noticed how the stories we tell ourselves shape our lives? For Jane Jackson, former child star of the hit sitcom "Pop Rocks," life has been one long performance. At eleven, she became Janey Jakes, the awkward keyboardist whose embarrassments were punctuated by laugh tracks and her catchphrase "Poor Janey." Now at thirty-three, Jane approaches dating like a method actor preparing for a role-tracking word counts, rehearsing casual reactions, and suppressing her natural wit. She's convinced that men prefer women who laugh at their jokes rather than make their own. But when her screenplay "True Story" needs a commercial hook, Jane impulsively claims she can secure an original song from chart-topping musician Jack Quinlan-the same boy who publicly rejected her at fourteen, spawning tabloid headlines that haunted her through high school. This desperate lie forces Jane to confront the narrative she's constructed about herself since that mortifying night-a story of unworthiness that has directed her life for far too long.
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The Performance of a Lifetime: Dating by Script
Jane approaches relationships like a choreographed dance, with precise rules for everything - from text response timing to personal anecdote quotas. "I act like a woman anyone would want to date," she admits, monitoring her words with bomb-defusing vigilance. Her dating wardrobe includes milestone-specific outfits, her unused "red fourth-date dress" symbolizing relationships that never advance beyond performance. Ironically, this performance becomes the barrier to connection. By the fourth date, men sense the artificiality beneath her perfect facade. Jane's roommate Clem urges, "Use your actual voice. Be funny and raw... You're the goddamn bomb, okay." But Jane has spent so long behind scripts that authenticity feels forgotten. This disconnect stems from being the punchline on "Pop Rocks," where being herself led to humiliation. When she finally reveals her dating protocol to Dan, his concern rather than amusement marks a turning point. He recognizes her elaborate performance as a sophisticated defense mechanism against vulnerability and rejection.
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Finding Home in Others: The Finnegan Family
When Jane accompanies Dan to Oak Shore for his parents' fortieth anniversary, she encounters a family dynamic overflowing with authentic love. The Finnegan household is chaotic yet warm - brothers who tease mercilessly but defend fiercely, parents whose love remains palpable after decades, and relatives forming a tapestry of belonging that both intimidates and fascinates Jane. What strikes her most is how the Finnegans love each other despite - and sometimes because of - their flaws. Their home brims with traditions and inside jokes, their arguments stemming from deep connection. For Jane, who has spent her life performing to be accepted, this authentic love is revolutionary. Dan's parents' marriage particularly captivates her. Cormack and Reenie share a comfortable intimacy through small gestures - hands casually entwined during Seinfeld reruns, always aware of each other "like they're each other's house keys." Their relationship embodies Reenie's philosophy that "love happens over breakfast" rather than candlelit dinners, because "no one wears lipstick to breakfast."
第4章
The Wounds That Shape Us
Jane's inability to believe in love stems from childhood trauma. Her father abandoned her at age five, claiming he didn't want to be her dad. At fourteen, Jane discovered a letter where her father described parenting her as "brutal." This revelation, combined with Jack Quinlan's rejection, convinced teenage Jane she was fundamentally unlovable. This wound manifests in Jane's adult relationships as certainty that no one will stay. She dates with minimal expectations, prioritizing reliability over connection. When falling for Dan, her instinct is to sabotage the relationship before inevitable rejection occurs. Jane's mother unintentionally reinforced this pattern by romanticizing her father's absence. When Jane confronts her, she explains, "I know you lied because you thought the truth would hurt me. But I found out anyway, and the lying made it worse." Healing begins when Jane recognizes her core belief - that she's unlovable - is a story, not truth. As Clem notes, "You hold onto shame really tight, like it's your identity." Moving forward requires courage to accept she might be worthy of love.
第5章
Being Truly Seen
Throughout the novel, truly seeing and being seen emerges as central to authentic connection. Dan, as a cinematographer, has a professional capacity for seeing what others miss-extending beyond the camera to recognizing Jane's essence beneath her carefully constructed persona. This quality shines when Dan tells Jane exactly what he loves about her: specific details like how she balls her hands when angry and how he sees "a whole world" in her eyes. This moment of being truly seen moves Jane deeply, contradicting her belief that she's not compelling enough to hold someone's attention. The contrast with Jack Quinlan's dismissive treatment highlights this theme. Jack sees only "Janey Jakes," the awkward TV character, cruelly reinforcing her deepest wound. This theme extends to Jane's professional life. "True Story" resonates with her because it depicts characters who see each other-flaws and all-and love each other anyway. Through Dan, Jane becomes "quiet enough around him to see myself clearly," recognizing her true self.
第6章
The Courage to Be Vulnerable
Jane's personal growth centers on transforming from carefully managed appearances to authentic self-expression. After years of maintaining protective facades, revealing her true nature causes significant anxiety, yet she discovers genuine connections only emerge through emotional openness. This lesson crystallizes when Jane mentors Ruby, Dan's twelve-year-old niece, through performance anxiety. Recognizing her own struggles reflected in Ruby's nervous demeanor, Jane demonstrates dance moves with deliberate imperfections, using gentle humor to show Ruby that "it's okay to share yourself even when you don't know how it will be received." With Dan, Jane experiences a deeper level of emotional connection. She acknowledges that previous relationships remained superficial due to her focus on appearances rather than authenticity. Their relationship reaches new depths when they maintain genuine emotional presence - creating what Jane describes as a "boundaryless" connection. Jane's most profound demonstration of authenticity comes when she scales the DON'T GIVE UP billboard to reconcile with Dan. This public declaration represents her willingness to risk vulnerability and judgment for love, standing authentically with no protective barriers.
第7章
When the Script Becomes Reality
In the eighteen months after reconciling with Dan, Jane's life begins mirroring her script. "True Story" becomes a metaphor for her journey toward authentic love. Their relationship isn't perfect - they "argue all the way to set but hold hands all the way back" - but it's grounded in mutual acceptance rather than performance. Their morning routine develops a comforting rhythm with coffee on the porch and Jane's Pop-Tarts that Dan teases her about. These moments embody Reenie's wisdom that "love happens over breakfast" in all its unadorned authenticity. Professionally, Jane's voice is finally recognized as her song "Can't Find My You" climbs the charts with her as the acknowledged artist rather than hidden behind Hailey Soul. The novel concludes with Jane driving home with Dan, singing "in my out-of-practice, newly retrieved grown-up voice" - no longer hiding behind scripts but expressing herself authentically, creating "something out of nothing, and also something out of everything." In embracing her full story, Jane becomes the protagonist of her own true love story.

『It's a Love Story』の主要テーマ

former child star
dating performance
authentic vulnerability
hollywood industry
identity construction

『It's a Love Story』の名言

"Poor Janey."
Now at thirty-three, Jane has traded teen stardom for a behind-the-scenes role.
I act like a woman anyone would want to date.
Use your actual voice.
You're the goddamn bomb, okay.

『It's a Love Story』の登場人物

Jane JacksonFormer child star turned creative executive
Jack QuinlanChart-topping musician and former child star
NathanJane's pragmatic boss at Clearwater Studios
ClemJane's roommate and confidante

著者について

Annabel Monaghan is the New York Times bestselling author of It's a Love Story and a celebrated contemporary romance novelist known for crafting emotionally resonant love stories that explore themes of self-worth, second chances, and the intersection of motherhood and personal identity. Her romance novels blend heartfelt storytelling with humor and authenticity.

She draws from her own experiences as a mother of three and her journey from a financial career at Goldman Sachs to pursuing her childhood dream of writing. Before achieving adult fiction success, Monaghan authored young adult novels A Girl Named Digit and Double Digit, as well as the essay collection Does This Volvo Make My Butt Look Big?

Monaghan teaches novel writing at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and holds degrees from Duke University and Wharton School of Business. Her breakout novel Nora Goes Off Script became a bestseller, followed by Same Time Next Summer and Summer Romance, which was selected as an Indie Next Pick. Monaghan has been inducted into the Library Reads Hall of Fame, cementing her status as a leading voice in contemporary romance fiction.

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It's a Love Story

『It's a Love Story』の概要

『It's a Love Story』の要約

When Fiction Mirrors Reality: A Love Story Unfolds

The Performance of a Lifetime: Dating by Script

Finding Home in Others: The Finnegan Family

The Wounds That Shape Us

Being Truly Seen

The Courage to Be Vulnerable

When the Script Becomes Reality

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Being Truly Seen

The Courage to Be Vulnerable

When the Script Becomes Reality

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