Synopsis

The Sunday Times Bestseller.

A 21st Century Love Story.

Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he's going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan.

A new relationship couldn't have come at a better time - her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone's moving to the suburbs. There's no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who's caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.

Dolly Alderton's debut novel is funny and tender, filled with whip-smart observations about relationships, family, memory, and how we live now.

Details

• Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
• Condition : Very Good
• Category : Fiction - Women's Fiction
• Published : 2020 (This Edition 2021 - Penguin)
• ISBN : 9780241988688
• SKU : B002982
• PPC : SP300gm
• RRP : £8.99
• Quantity Available : 1 only.

External Reviews

'The perfect no-holds-barred modern day rom-com' - Stylist.

'I loved it - Dolly Alderton has clearly mastered every form of writing. Which is a surprise to nobody' - Candice Carty-Williams.

'Wise, funny, tender and true, sharply-observed and utterly hilarious. Dolly Alderton's talent is phenomenal' - Elizabeth Day.

'Smart, caustically witty and achingly sad' - Sunday Mirror.

'A fascinating, perceptive look at what it means to be a thirty-something woman . . . Ghosts will resonate with so many women' - Red, The Best Books to Read this October.

'Achingly relatable . . . darkly funny' - i Newspaper.

'Really laugh out loud . . . so engaging I can't put it down' - Philippa Perry.

''A poignant, funny tale of early-thirties love and loss' - Sunday Times.

The Author

Dolly Alderton is a British journalist, author and podcaster. She is a columnist for The Sunday Times.