LoveReading Says
I first fell in love with David Nicholls' writing in his debut Starter for Ten. The honesty, the humour, the heart, all penned with such tenderness.
I adore his books. They are such a tonic. Such a joy to read. It is such a pleasure getting to know his characters page by page, chapter by chapter. Consuming them hungrily, whilst also mourning the fastly disappearing pages.
In this, his sixth novel, and I believe his best yet, we join a group of walkers on the journey of a lifetime. Mutual friend Cleo has the idea to plan a walking weekend with a group: four single people, a married couple and a teenager. Avid walker Michael is planning to walk the famous coast to coast, with the merry band joining him on the first leg of the trip.
Marnie is 38, a copy editor and proofreader, and hasn’t taken a photo of another person for 6 years. Year by year friends have been lost. Apathy, carelessness, moving on, with new lives, new partners, new children. And no-one to replace them. She now lives a life of self containment and independence. A solitary life. Alone.
Michael is 42, a Geography teacher who is separated from his wife, sincere in his passion for the subject, sincere in his love of walking. For the solitude.
Nicholls has this innate ability to capture relationships so well. Every high and low. Every peak and trough. With his observational humour shining through. It's so imperfectly real. So wonderfully wise. So brilliantly done. And every step of the way, you are smiling, you are urging them along.
Another absolute wonder from David Nicholls. Sigh, I wish I was there again. I’m bereft.
Deborah Maclaren
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You Are Here Synopsis
A SPECIAL, LIMITED CLOTHBOUND EDITION OF THE BOOK OF THE YEAR. Signed by the author.
The beloved number 1 Sunday Times bestseller by the author of One Day
A beautiful new twist on the iconic original design, featuring:
? Real cloth
? Unmissable sprayed edges with a quote from the book
? Blue ribbon marker
? Matching endpapers
'Written with charm and wit, it even made me consider walking the Northumberland Coast Path'
JACQUELINE WILSON, SPECTATOR
'A triumph, a real gift of a novel'
SUNDAY TIMES
'A comforting antidote to the grimness of our grim world'
GUARDIAN'Nicholls's knack for warm characters, funny dialogue and superb scene-setting is as spot-on as ever'
DAILY MAIL
'I read David Nicholls' new book
You Are Here - you'll love it as much as
One Day . . . Probably his best yet'
INDEPENDENT'A great comic novel . . . The reader becomes so invested in the outcome of this romance that it makes the whole world shimmer with a kind of secret possibility'
OBSERVER'A novel that will make you feel terrific'
FINANCIAL TIMES
'Few contemporary writers make characters feel as human as David Nicholls does'
BBC.com
'The irresistible feel of a classic romance'
MAIL ON SUNDAY'Romantic, funny and hopeful'
DOLLY ALDERTON, author of Good Material'Tender, wise and joyful. I inhaled it'
JOJO MOYES, author of Me Before You
'Magnificent'
MARIAN KEYES, author of My Favourite Mistake
Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way
Marnie is stuck. Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it's passing her by.
Michael is coming undone. Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells.
When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship.
But can they survive the journey?A new love story by beloved bestseller David Nicholls,
You Are Here is a novel of first encounters, second chances and finding the way home.
ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS
'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'
FINANCIAL TIMES
'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love'
THE TIMES
'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'
EVENING STANDARD
'Genuinely brilliant'
NEW STATESMAN
David Nicholls,
You Are Here Number 1
Sunday Times bestseller May 2024 (UK)
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781399740883 |
| Publication date: |
31st October 2024 |
| Author: |
David Nicholls |
| Publisher: |
Sceptre an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
368 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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