p /p b THE LOVE STORY OF THE YEAR /b br / A triumph, a real gift of a novel br / i b Sunday Times /b /i br / br / Romantic, funny and hopeful br / b Dolly Alderton /b br / br / Pure pleasure in a paperback br / b i The Guardian, /i Books of the Summer br / /b br / It makes you want to tell someone - anyone - that you love or care about them br / b i Independent br / /i /b br / b Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way... /b br / b Marnie is stuck. /b br / Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it s passing her by. br / br / b Michael is coming undone. /b br / Reeling from his wife s departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells. br / br / 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. br / br / b But can they survive the journey? /b br / br / Such a lovely book! br / b Nigella Lawson br / /b br / You become so invested in the outcome of this romance that it makes the whole world shimmer with a kind of secret possibility br / b i Observer br / /i /b br / The irresistible feel of a classic romance br / b i Mail on Sunday br / /i /b b br / One of the 18 best novels of the year for the /b i b Sunday Times /b br / /i b A book of the year pick in the i Guardian /i , i Observer /i , i Independent /i , i Mail on Sunday /i , i GQ, Good Housekeeping /i , NetGalley and i Red br / /i /b br / b Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Fiction 2024 br / Shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction 2024 br / Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award 2025 br / /b br / b ONE OF BRITAIN S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS /b br / One of the most astute chroniclers
