The Introvert's Guide to Kissing in Europe

Name: The Introvert's Guide to Kissing in Europe
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ISBN: 9781368107082

Brenda Janowitz

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English

Melissa de la Cruz Studio
12 August 2026

Romance & relationships stories (Children's&YA); Drama & performing (Children's&YA)

13 Little Blue Envelopes meets Love and Gelato in this YA coming-of-age romance about Emily, who takes a gap year in Europe to learn about life, love, and working through grief-while following in her grandmother's footsteps.

Everything in Emily Tannenbaum's life is going according to plan. Graduate high school as valedictorian? Check. Gain admission to Dartmouth? Check. Decide to pause everything to embark on a gap year adventure abroad? Wait, what?

Ever since her sister died, Emily has done everything in her power to be the good girl, the safe girl, the one her parents don't have to worry about. She's worked hard, she's studied, she's attended school-approved functions.

But when her grandmother, a former member of the famous Flower Sisters music duo, proposes that Emily take time off to follow the European tour the Flower Sisters took in 1966, Emily impulsively jumps at the chance as a way to embrace the messy and unexpected parts of life.

As she travels from Spain to Sweden with stops in Paris and Rome along the way, Emily begins to experience all that life has to offer. She deals with pickpockets, dances the night away, has her heart broken, and learns more about herself and where she came from than she ever could have imagined.

By: Brenda Janowitz
Imprint: Melissa de la Cruz Studio
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781368107082
ISBN 10: 1368107087
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 12 August 2026
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Brenda Janowitz is the author of eight novels, including The Grace Kelly Dress, which has been optioned for film by Hallmark/Crown Media, and The Audrey Hepburn Estate, which was chosen as the Reader's Choice by the CBS New York Book Club with Mary Calvi. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Real Simple, The Sunday Times (UK), Salon, Redbook, USA Today, Bustle, The Forward, the New York Post, Publisher's Weekly, Hello Giggles, Writer's Digest Magazine, WritersDigest.com, and xojane. She is the former Books Correspondent for PopSugar. Brenda attended Cornell University and Hofstra Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review. Upon graduation from Hofstra, worked for the law firm Kaye Scholer, LLP, and did a federal clerkship with the Honorable Marilyn Dolan Go, United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of New York.