The Former senior editor of Marie Clarie and Editor-in-Chief of Women's Health and Fitness, Colleen Oakley brings her new book Close Enough to Touch to Midtown Reader in April!
A March 2017 Indie Next Pick, Close Enough To Touch tells the story of a woman with an unusual and rare health condition- an allergy to human touch, Jubilee Jenkins walls herself off in her own home for years, but eventually finds refuge in her libary and meets Eric Keegan, a divorced dad who "sets out to convince Jubilee to open herself and her heart to everything life can offer, setting into motion the most unlikely love story of the year."(Publisher's Marketing).

Oakley's debut novel Before I Go was an Us Weekly Must Pick, a Publisher s Lunch Buzz Book, a Library Journal Big Fiction Debut, and a People Magazine Best New Book pick.

Advance praise for Close Enough to Touch includes this, from Sarah Pekkanen, bestselling author of Skipping a Beat and The Opposite of Me:
"It's so rare these days to find an utterly original heroine like Jubilee - one who is bravely living an almost unimaginable life. Gripping, raw, and moving, this is one of my favorite novels of the year."