Ivy and Abe: The Most Romantic Book Of This Year You Won't Want To Miss - Softcover

Enfield, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718185021 ISBN 13: 9780718185022

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2018

Synopsis

Two people. One love story. A million possibilities. They're soulmates. Ivy and Abe were inseparable as children until an accident tore them apart. Several decades later, when both are in their seventies, a chance encounter reunites them. But time is not on their side. What if they'd met in a different time and place? In another life, Ivy and Abe meet in their forties, when both are married already. Unable to resist the attraction between them, they embark on a passionate affair. In yet another, they marry young, with a bright future ahead of them - only for a dark shadow to threaten their happiness. Throughout various incarnations of their lives, they come together and go their separate ways, fall in and out of love, make or break promises. In every universe, Ivy and Abe are meant to meet. But are they meant to be? 'An epic love story' Araminta Hall, bestselling author of Everything and Nothing 'Beautiful, uplifting and wise. I surfaced from the last page, feeling as comforted as I was moved' Alison Macleod, Man Booker longlisted author of Unexploded 'Beautifully crafted, original and full of insight into the human experience' Suzanne O'Sullivan, author of Wellcome Book Prize winner It's All in Your Head 'A beautiful story that explores what it is to have a soul mate, and love in all its many guises. It made me cry a lot - in a good way! - but it also made me think, as all the best books do' Veronica Henry, author of A Night on the Orient Express 'A beautiful, intricately woven book . . . Bittersweet and wonderfully observed, Elizabeth Enfield's writing moves you, makes you smile in recognition and makes you think' Kate Harrison, author of The Boot Camp

About this title

About the Author

Elizabeth Enfield worked as a journalist and producer for BBC radio before going freelance. Her short stories have been broadcast on Radio 4 and published in magazines including Woman's Own and the Sunday Express.

Review

Gorgeous and clever -- Joanna Nadin author of * The Queen of Bloody Everything * Explores beautifully the way in which so-called ordinary lives play out -- Sue Purkiss If you liked David Nicholls' One Day or Jojo Moyes' Me Before You, you'll love this uplifting read * Take a Break * The same pair of lovers find and lose each other through the decades . . . a novel full of emotional truth * Daily Mail * Think Sliding Doors meets One Day. Follow two childhood friends through the lives they could have had together and wonder if there's a right person for everyone or just a right time * Red Magazine * A moving and thought-provoking novel in the tradition of Sliding Doors and The Versions of Us. One for anyone who's ever wondered if things might have turned out differently * Alison Mercer * Beautiful, uplifting and wise. I surfaced from the last page, feeling as comforted as I was moved -- Alison Macleod * author of Unexploded * A beautiful story that explores what it is to have a soul mate. It made me cry a lot - in a good way! - but it also made me think, as all the best books do -- Veronica Henry * author of A Night on The Orient Express * An epic love story -- Araminta Hall * author of Everything and Nothing * Ivy and Abe are impossible to forget even after you've closed the book. Beautiful and wonderfully observed -- Kate Harrison Perfectly pitched, thought-provoking and nuanced -- Sarah Rayner, author of 'Making Friends' Full of insight into the human experience -- Dr. Suzanne O'Sullivan * author of It's All in Your Head *

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0718185021
• ISBN 13: 9780718185022
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464