Tommy from the Moon

by Daisy Garrison

Coming 12.01.26

Grace Franklin was never supposed to be Juliet. When she shows up to audition for the new Broadway production of Shakespeare’s great tragedy, she’s just there as a dancer. But the director, fed up with the big-name actresses auditioning, calls Grace in for a cold read, and changes her life. Then, she meets her Romeo: Miles Drake, cultural icon and the star of Grace’s childhood dreams.

As Grace and Miles are swept up in the thrilling whirlwind of rehearsals, their onstage chemistry is electric, and their immediate friendship evolves into something deeper. But Miles’s fame weighs on him in ways Grace can’t understand. And Grace is keeping a secret from him, too, about her connection to his first big break. As opening night draws closer, it becomes increasingly difficult to separate acting from reality, and Grace and Miles begin to spin out of control. Everyone knows how Romeo and Juliet ends, except Romeo and Juliet. Will Grace and Miles be able to write their own ending, or are they destined to be star-crossed, too?

Utterly immersive, brimming with joy, wit, and heart, Tommy from the Moon is an ode to being young in New York City, the camaraderie of backstage life, and two characters on the brink of adulthood in a tale as old as time, and fresh as first love.


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Early Praise for Tommy from the Moon

"This irresistible coming-of-age novel tackles first love, celebrity, ambition, friendship, and family with incredible heart and depth. It surprised me endlessly, smartly plotted and never predictable, with a lovingly drawn cast of characters. Daisy Garrison has written a novel that feels both timeless and completely of the moment, as at home quoting Shakespeare as TMZ."

- EMILY EVERETT, author of All That Life Can Afford


"Nobody writes contemporary romance like Daisy Garrison.At turns heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny, Tommy from the Moon is a propulsive, vivid story of friendship and yearning, brought to life by Garrison's singular talent for dialogue. The characters felt as real to me as my own friends;I missed them as soon as I put the book”

- EMMA NOYES, author of How To Hide In Plain Sight


"Full of heart, charm, humor, and all the feels of first love, Daisy Garrison's Tommy from the Moon is a page-turner worthy of a standing ovation."

- HEATHER AIMEE O'NEILL, author of The Irish Goodbye


"Grounded yet cinematic, with a Rooney-esque knack for relatable characters but a command of universe entirely its own, Tommy from the Moon will remind you what it felt like to be young and in love—not only with a person but also with your dreams."

- EMILY LADEN, author of Once More From the Top


“Daisy Garrison captures the kinds of moments we spend our lives chasing and makes them sing tenderly. I want to live inside this book. ... It is a genuine thrill for theater kids of any age, as well as anyone concerned with the unlikelihood and indomitability of love."

- ANDREW BARTH FELDMAN,award-winning Broadway actor and singer