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Us
From beloved bestseller David Nicholls comes a brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children.
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Us by David Nicholls is a story about Douglas and Connie: scientist and artist, husband and wife - until, suddenly, after more than twenty years, their marriage seems to be over.
But Douglas is determined to win back the love of his wife and the respect of Albie, their teenage son, by organising the holiday of a lifetime. The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed.
What could possibly go wrong?
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399765220
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sceptre
Illustration: maps and line drawings
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 126.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 432
About the Author
David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us, Sweet Sorrow and You Are Here. One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide. His fourth novel, Us, was long-listed for the Booker Prize for Fiction. His latest novel, You Are Here, was an instant Sunday Times number one bestseller on publication.
On screen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us. His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by David.Also by David Nicholls
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