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Witherspoon announced Once Upon a Time in Dollywood as her August 2025 pick on Tuesday, August 5, following up her July selection<\/a>, Spectacular Things by Beck Dorey-Stein.<\/p>\n \u201cI read this book in one sitting,\u201d Witherspoon said in an Instagram reel<\/a> announcing the pick. \u201cYou feel like you\u2019re talking to one of your best friends.\u201d<\/p>\n Reese Witherspoon Reveals Her August 2025 Book Club Pick<\/p>\n Reese Book Club August 2025: ‘Once Upon a Time in Dollywood’<\/p>\n $19<\/p>\n Buy Now <\/a><\/p>\n Buy Now on Target $19 $19 <\/a><\/p>\n Buy Now on BookShop $17.67 $17.67 <\/a><\/p>\n Ashley Jordan\u2019s debut novel centers on Eve Ambroise, a playwright whose career is taking off right as her personal life is crumbling. Fresh off a breakup from her fianc\u00e9, Eve cuts off her parents and heads for the Tennessee Mountains to start over. That neighbor, Jamie Gallagher, is a single dad looking for a fresh start of his own after a bitter custody battle with his ex. As he tries to navigate life without his kids at home full-time, he is drawn to Eve, even though a new romance is the last thing he needs.<\/p>\n Both Eve and Jamie have loved and lost, and are terrified of being hurt again, but will the mountains bring them together or push them apart?<\/p>\n Jordan is an alum of the second round of Reese\u2019s Book Club LitUp<\/a> fellows, a fellowship for amateur women and non-binary writers of diverse backgrounds that seeks to offer a launchpad for unpublished writers with diverse voices.<\/p>\n Each round of Reese\u2019s Book Club LitUp provides five emerging writers with an all-expenses-paid retreat along with a three-month mentorship with a published author and marketing support from Reese\u2019s Book Club. \u201cCongratulations, Ashley,\u201d Witherspoon added in her post. \u201cYou guys, check out her book. It is so good.\u201d<\/p>\n Once Upon a Time in Dollywood is available now.<\/p>\n More Top Deals from SheKnows<\/p>\n Best of SheKnows<\/p>\n Sign up for SheKnows’ Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Reese](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/c60389bf293b3e9d91b8a1c6c2db0e43.jpeg\"\/)
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Her story is that she\u2019s just there on a writing retreat, but that lie becomes too much in the face of the prying but well-intentioned townspeople, including one neighbor who has just as much baggage as she does.<\/p>\n