TWENTY YEARS, TWO PEOPLE, ONE DAY
15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.
So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that?
And every year that follows?
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
Review
Big, absorbing, smart,Ā fantastically readable -- Nick Hornby
A wonderful, wonderful bookĀ āĀ The Times
I finished it last night and I'm still quite wobbly and affected by it. It wasĀ BRILLIANTĀ . . . the jealousy nearly made me puke.Ā I wish I'd written this bookĀ -- Marian Keyes
AĀ genuine tear-jerkerĀ as well asĀ laugh-out-loud funnyĀ -- Books of the Year āĀ Independent on Sunday
ThisĀ perfectly executed novelĀ is a reminder that reading can be the finest entertainment there is āĀ Guardian
The book I go back to time and time again isĀ One DayĀ by David Nicholls.Ā I read it every couple of years. It's perfectĀ -- Dolly Alderton, author of GHOSTS
A modern classic āĀ Prime
One of the most tear-jerking novels ever writtenĀ āĀ YOU Magazine
I couldn't think of anyone who wouldn't love this bookĀ -- Simon Mayo Books Panel, BBC Radio Five Live
Re-readingĀ One DayĀ by David Nicholls is another version of putting on a Nora Ephron movie. It never gets old because the pleasure and comfort is in the language and the observations and the characters -- Maggie Shipstead, author of GREAT CIRCLE
One Daychanged my lifeĀ -- Pandora Sykes, author of HOW DO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING IT RIGHT
CaptivatingĀ āĀ Hello
You'd be hard pressed to find a sharper, sweeter romantic comedyĀ āĀ Independent
David Nicholls portrays theĀ bittersweetĀ experience of being a young man so brilliantly āĀ iNews
A total treatĀ . . . by turnsĀ bittersweet, funny, touching and sad, but always Nicholls's wonderfully observant and wry touch shines through. A way-we-live-now parable about relationships, disappointments, friendship and expectations; a novel utterly comfortable in its own skin -- Kate Mosse āĀ The Times
An off-kilter romantic comedy with charm to spareĀ āĀ Harper's Bazaar
It's rare to find a novel which ranges over the recent past with such authority, and even rarer to find one in which the twoĀ leading characters are drawn with such solidity, such painful fidelity to real life that you really do put the book down with the hallucinatory feeling that they've become as well known to you as your closest friendsĀ -- Jonathan Coe, Books of the Year āĀ Guardian
Nicholls has a gimlet eye for period detail . . . AĀ beguilingĀ read āĀ Observer
AĀ totally brilliantĀ book about the heartbreaking gap between the way we were and the way we are . . . the best weird love story sinceĀ The Time Traveller's Wife. Every reader will fall in love with it. And every writer will wish they had written it -- Tony Parsons, author of THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR
Who doesn't relish a love story with the right amount ofĀ heart-melting romance, disappointment, regret, and huge doses of disenchantment about growing up and growing old between quarrelling meant-to-be lovers? -- Top 10 Summer Books āĀ Elle
As a study of what we once were and what we can become, it'sĀ masterfully realisedĀ āĀ Esquire
AĀ brilliantly funny and movingĀ will-they, won't-they romance tracing a relationship on the same day each day for two decades āĀ Heat
With a nod toĀ When Harry Met Sally, this funny, emotionally engaging third novel from David Nicholls traces the unlikely relationship between Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew . . .Ā Told with toe-curlingly accurate insight and touching observationĀ āĀ Daily Mail
Nicholls captures superbly the ennui of post graduation . . . The writing isĀ almost faultless, there's a great feeling for the period and it's eminently readable āĀ Herald
Nicholls has a gift for zeitgeist description and emotional empathy that's wholly his own . . . [A] light but surprisingly deep romanceĀ so thoroughly satisfyingĀ āĀ Entertainment Weekly
David Nicholls'sĀ One DayĀ needs a special mention for its perfect encapsulation of Edinburgh's university experience. The novel takes place mostly in London but its two main characters meet as students here and almost - but not quite - fall for each other. Therein lies the tale āĀ New York Times
A pleasingly collaborative reading experience āĀ Financial Times
The funniest, loveliest book I've read in ages. Most of all it is horribly, cringingly, absolutely 100% honest and true to life:Ā I lived every pageĀ -- Jenny Colgan, author of DO YOU REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME?
The ultimate zeitgeist love storyĀ for anyone who ever wanted someone they couldn't have -- Adele Parks, author of ONE LAST SECRET
Warm-hearted, funny,Ā endearingĀ āĀ Sydney Morning Herald
Page by page,Ā the funniest book of the yearĀ āĀ Uncut
Perfect for the beach or summer in the city āĀ In Style
AĀ deliciousĀ love story āĀ Sunday Herald
AĀ smartĀ comedy, packed with the mistakes, mismatches and meandering conversations that make up real life āĀ Marie Claire
A modern fairy tale, slickly put together. A gifted story-teller with lots of technical savvy āĀ Scottish Review of Books
AĀ compulsiveĀ read you'll want to devour in one sitting āĀ Woman
A cross between Jonathan Coe and Nick Hornby, this is romantic, sharp and very English āĀ Scotsman
Nicholls'Ā unmatchable gift for dialogue and romantic plottingĀ āĀ Evening Standard
AnĀ unputdownable romance for the 21st centuryĀ āĀ She
- Publisher ā : āĀ Hodder Paperbacks (25 January 2024)
- Language ā : āĀ English
- Paperback ā : āĀ 480 pages
- ISBN-10 ā : āĀ 1399728628
- ISBN-13 ā : āĀ 978-1399728621
- Item Weight ā : āĀ 334 g
- Dimensions ā : āĀ 12.6 x 4.2 x 19.6 cm
- Country of Origin ā : āĀ India
