Consider Yourself Kissed
‘The perfect novel’ India Knight
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- $189.00
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- $189.00
Descripción editorial
Discover the joyful, funny love story of the summer - the perfect holiday read for fans of BRIDGET JONES, ONE DAY, and NORMAL PEOPLE.
A NATALIE PORTMAN'S BOOK CLUB PICK
'THIS SUMMER'S MUST-READ . . . LIKE ONE DAY AND NORMAL PEOPLE' THE TIMES
'FUNNY, SMART AND MEMORABLE . . . A DELIGHTFUL NOVEL' NEW YORK TIMES
'AS WARM AS A DAVID NICHOLLS NOVEL' STYLIST
'A BRILLIANT BOOK THAT HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, BOOK OF THE MONTH
'THIS BOOK IS PERFECTION' SUNDAY TIMES STYLE
'A DELIGHTFULLY GROUNDED ROMANCE AND A TREASURE . . . VERY HUMAN' GUARDIAN
'CHARMING . . . WITH QUIET INGENUITY AND COMPASSION' OBSERVER
'A DEEPLY ENJOYABLE MIX OF ROMANCE, SOCIAL COMEDY AND POLITICAL SATIRE' SUNDAY TIMES
'I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END' LIANE MORIARTY, internationally bestselling author of BIG LITTLE LIES
'CLEVER, JOYFUL AND SO FUNNY' NINA STIBBE, author of LOVE, NINA
'DEEPLY APPEALING AND WINNING' MEG WOLITZER, New York Times bestselling author of THE INTERESTINGS
What happens when you find love, but life keeps getting in the way?
When she first meets Adam, Coralie is new to London and feeling adrift. But Adam is clever, witty, and – he insists – half an inch taller than the average British male. His charming four-year-old daughter, Zora, only adds to his appeal.
And yet ten years on, something important is missing from the life Coralie and Adam (though let’s face it, mostly Coralie) have built. Or maybe, having gained everything she dreamed of, Coralie has lost something she once had: herself.
Set against an eventful decade that included the soap opera of five Prime Ministers plus Brexit and Covid, Consider Yourself Kissed puts the subjects of love and family on a grand stage, bringing to life how the intimate drama in our homes inescapably competes for energy and attention with the shared drama of our times.
Consider Yourself Kissed is a captivating portrait of a woman in love which effortlessly balances sweetness with bite, the public with the personal, and humour with heart.
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'Sweet and tender' PANDORA SYKES
'Ringingly original and just absurdly good' CATHERINE NEWMAN, New York Times bestselling author of WE ALL WANT IMPOSSIBLE THINGS
'I'm annoyed I didn't write this book myself' MADELEINE GRAY, author of GREEN DOT
‘So astonishingly clever, but with a core of love. I adored it’ DAISY BUCHANAN, author of INSATIABLE
‘Oh, how I loved and empathised with Coralie!’ JENNIE GODFREY, Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS
'So well-drawn it was like peering through someone’s kitchen window' CLAIRE DAVERLEY, author of TALKING AT NIGHT
READERS LOVE CONSIDER YOURSELF KISSED . . .
‘I predict this will be the book of the summer’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘So much more than a romance. Delightful, refreshing and thoughtful’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Funny, insightful and thoroughly enjoyable’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Exceeded my expectations and lifted me out of a real reading rut’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘The kind of book you want to share with everyone’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘An engaging and thought-provoking book about the messiness of love, the complications of family life, and the quiet losses that often go unnoticed until it’s too late’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Stanley (A Great Hope) serves up a charming and intelligent story of a 20-something Australian copywriter and aspiring novelist who builds a new life in London. Soon after arriving in England in 2013, Coralie meets political journalist Adam in a park and falls in love. He's amicably divorced from his ex-wife, Marina, with whom he shares custody of their four-year-old daughter, Zora. Coralie is intimidated by Marina's "intellectual credentials," and after she moves in with Adam and helps raise Zora, she senses that Marina views her as a "low-level functionary who nevertheless oversaw an important part of her life." Coralie's creative ambition keeps getting deferred; drafts of the novel she's working on live first under a sofa cushion and then in an IKEA bag under the bed. Adam, on the other hand, churns out books, including a biography of Boris Johnson. As the narrative progresses to the present day, Stanley portrays domestic and political developments with wry humor and sharp prose, depicting how the Brexit vote and a family loss each put a strain on the couple and how Coralie finally grapples with her desire to write. Readers will root for Stanley's endearing heroine.
