Love, Unscripted
'A complete delight' Holly Bourne
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Owen Nicholls' Love, Unscripted follows film projectionist Nick as he tries to understand why love isn't always like the movies. Perfect for fans of romcoms, David Nicholls and Nick Hornby.
'Sometimes a book comes along and it feels dusted with magic - Love, Unscripted is one of those books.' Josie Silver, author of One Day in December
IT ISN'T ALWAYS LIKE THE MOVIES . . .
For the last four years, Nick's life has been picture-perfect.
He's been working his dream job as a film projectionist and he's been dating Ellie, the love of his life and the coolest woman he's ever met. It took a while, but this hopeless romantic finally found a love story to rival the big screen.
Until, one day, Ellie moves out.
Stunned by the end of their cinematic romance, Nick rewinds to the first night they met. Maybe if he can freeze-frame their happiest moments, he can work out why Ellie had to leave him behind.
Before the credits roll, will Nick become the hero of his own romantic comedy, or is it finally time for him to step out of the frame?
**Owen Nicholls' new novel PERFECT TIMING is available to pre-order now!**
PRAISE FOR LOVE, UNSCRIPTED. . .
'An unmissable, multi-layered read'
WOMAN & HOME
'Bursting with some very cute cultural references'
SUNDAY MIRROR
'A refreshing take on the typical boy-meets-girl romance'
WOMAN'S WEEKLY
'A complete delight for film lovers (and lovers of love)'
HOLLY BOURNE
'The book equivalent of a classic rom-com'
CULTUREFLY
'A nostalgic read for fans of Nick Hornby and David Nicholls'
HEAT MAGAZINE
'A gorgeous rom-com'
KATE DAVIES, AUTHOR OF IN AT THE DEEP END
'An astutely observed romantic comedy . . . Pure pleasure'
EMPIRE MAGAZINE
'If When Harry Met Sally and High Fidelity had a book baby, this would be it'
EMMA COOPER, AUTHOR OF THE SONGS OF US
'Charming read'
WOMAN'S WAY
'This will tug at your heartstrings'
BEST MAGAZINE
'The perfect read for film enthusiasts'
WOMAN MAGAZINE
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Nicholls's inventive, clever debut follows a lovelorn London film projectionist between the 2008 and 2012 U.S. presidential elections. In 2012, cinephile Nick Marcet recounts his erstwhile relationship with Ellie Brown, a budding journalist with the "same quizzical eyebrows and flawless skin" as "Broadcast News era Holly Hunter." Nick met Ellie on the night Barack Obama was first elected president, at a mutual friend's party as the gathered Londoners eagerly await the vote count and quaintly debate Obama's leftist bona fides in relation to their own country's politicians. Occasional omniscient "intermissions" offer poignant snapshots of their love's growth and limitations, due to Nick's obsessive digressions into film references and Ellie's unhealed childhood trauma over the avoidable loss of her brother to appendicitis. As Nick struggles to piece together an explanation for the breakup, he wonders what someone of Ellie's "caliber" ever saw in someone so "bog standard" as himself. He replays the scenes of their fights, still unable to see how Ellie's decision to leave London for a career opportunity with the Associated Press in New York could have benefited both of them. Nicholls writes with verve and wit, elevating the unsurprising plot with infectious film commentary, the pratfalls of young love, and a time capsule of London life before Brexit. Nick Hornby fans will appreciate this.
