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I Know How This Ends

By Holly Smale
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If you knew how your life would turn out, what would you change now? The second brilliantly uplifting and page-turning novel from the multi-million bestselling author of Geek Girl. 'Irresistibly charming, heartbreakingly hopeful, and downright hilarious' β€” Catherine Walsh 'Everyone should read it and everyone will... Read More
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If you knew how your life would turn out, what would you change now? The second brilliantly uplifting and page-turning novel from the multi-million bestselling author of Geek Girl.

'Irresistibly charming, heartbreakingly hopeful, and downright hilarious' β€” Catherine Walsh
'Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' β€” Lindsey Kelk

If you could see your future, how would you live now?

Margot Wayward is in manically gleeful self-destruct mode. Following the implosion of a ten-year relationship, she's wilfully derailing her successful career, joyfully taking down men on dating apps, and living in total chaos.

Until one day, when Margot has a vision of herself with a man she's never met before. She doesn't believe in fate. But when Margot meets single-dad Henry, the vision comes trueβ€”exactly as she'd foreseen it.

As her future continues to reveal itself, a glimpse at a time, Margot realises she knows exactly what's going to happen, and when. And there's nothing she can do to change any of it.

So Margot has to decide how to live, how to love again, and how to be herself... Because if you can't change your destiny, how on earth do you live your present?

'Funny and tender, full of joy... a clever, surprising look at how our future selves can help us find out who we are.' β€” Catriona Silvey
'A true delight from cover to cover' β€” Charlotte Butterfield
'Holly Smale never fails to make me laugh.' β€” Daisy Buchanan

Praise for Holly Smale:

'A time-twisting delight' β€” Reese Witherspoon
'Utterly brilliant!' β€” Zoe Ballli
'Everyone should read it and everyone will love it' β€” Lindsey Kelk
'Totally absorbing' β€” Graeme Simsion
'Sharp, funny, quirky, insightful and so very, very relatable' β€” Joanne Harris
'Hilarious and heartwarming' β€” Woman's Own
'Gut-warmingly funny' β€” Emma Jane Unsworth
'Truly original novel' β€” Laura Jane Williams
'Very clever' β€” Irish Examiner
'Wonderful' β€” Daily Mail
'This is THE book for anyone who has ever wished life came with an undo button' β€” Sophie Irwin
'Smart and funny' β€” The Times
'A triumph' β€” Sun
'Clever and unusual' β€” Daily Express
'Brilliantly clever' β€” Sarah Haywood
'A witty read' β€” Sun on Sunday

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529195965

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Century

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 700g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Holly Smale is the internationally bestselling, award-winning author of the Geek Girl and The Valentines teen series, which have sold 3.4 million copies worldwide. After a lifetime of not quite fitting in, Holly was diagnosed as autistic at the age of 39. Suddenly a lot of things made sense. Holly regularly shares, debates and celebrates neurodiversity on Twitter and Instagram @holsmale.

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