Consider Yourself Kissed

A NATALIE PORTMAN'S BOOK CLUB PICK

'I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END' LIANE MORIARTY

'THIS SUMMER'S MUST-READ . . . A SPARKILY ENJOYABLE ROMANTIC COMEDY LIKE ONE DAY AND NORMAL PEOPLE' THE TIMES

'BUY THIS FOR YOURSELF AND THEN BUY A FEW MORE COPIES FOR EVERYONE YOU KNOW.' MADELEINE GRAY, SATURDAY PAPER

'A DELIGHTFULLY GROUNDED ROMANCE AND A TREASURE . . . VERY HUMAN' GUARDIAN

'CLEVER, JOYFUL AND SO FUNNY' NINA STIBBE, author of LOVE, NINA

'AS WARM AS A DAVID NICHOLLS NOVEL' STYLIST

Mother, writer, worker, sister, friend, citizen, daughter, (sort of) wife. If she could be one, perhaps she could manage. Trying to be all, she found she was none.

Coralie grew up in Australia but needed to escape some ghosts. Adrift in London, she meets witty, sexy, generous Adam—and his charming four-year-old daughter. Falling in love is fun. And then?

Coralie yearns for children of her own and to become a writer. But her trips back to Australia change her perspective. Ten years on, something essential is missing.

In this unforgettable story about what 'happily ever after' might truly mean, Jessica Stanley writes about life as we live it, and reveals how our intimate dramas can get tangled up with the public events of our times.

An honest, entertaining, and intelligent portrait of a woman in love, Consider Yourself Kissed will capture your heart.

PRAISE

'An unforgettable literary love story. This is a deeply appealing and winning novel.' Meg Wolitzer, author of The Interestings

'Sweet and tender.' Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We're Doing it Right?

'Suffused with wonder and joy.' Vogue

'Beautifully written, wise, funny, moving. Deftly fuses the personal and the political. A proper grown-up love story.' Beth Torrey, author of Saving Missy

'Oh, how I loved and empathised with Coralie! Consider Yourself Kissed is funny, tender, authentic, and incredibly moving.' Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious Things