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Love Your Life
Oct 4, 2024 7:17 PM

Author:Sophie Kinsella

Love Your Life

'As close to perfect as romantic comedies get' Jenny Colgan

'A joyful, hilarious and heart-warming tale of the challenges we face when we sign up to be part of someone else's life' Beth O'Leary

The irresistible standalone novel from No. 1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella.

I love you . . . but what if I can't love your life?

Ava is sick of online dating. She's always trusted her own instincts over an algorithm, anyway, and she wants a break from it all. So when she signs up to a semi-silent, anonymous writing retreat in glorious Italy, love is the last thing on her mind.

Until she meets a handsome stranger. . . All she knows is that he's funny, he's kind and - she soon learns - he's great in bed. He's equally smitten, and after a whirlwind, intoxicating affair, they pledge their love without even knowing each other's real names.

But when they return home, reality hits. They're both driven mad by each other's weird quirks and annoying habits, from his eccentric, naked-sauna-loving family to her terribly behaved, shirt-shredding dog. As disaster follows disaster, it seems that while they love each other, they just can't love each other's lives. Can they overcome their differences to find one life, together?

***** EVERYBODY LOVES SOPHIE KINSELLA: *****

'Left me giddy with laughter. I loved it' JOJO MOYES

'Life doesn't get much better than a new Sophie Kinsella novel' RED

'Fast, furious and fabulous fun' WOMAN & HOME

Reviews

Sophie Kinsella is one of my favourite authors, and Love Your Life might just be her best book yet. It's a joyful, hilarious and heart-warming tale of the challenges we face when we sign up to be part of someone else's life. It made me laugh out loud and it made me cry happy tears - I adored it.

—— Beth O'Leary

As close to perfect as romantic comedies get.

—— Jenny Colgan

Kinsella is back with a relatable heroine, lots of laughs and a romance you'll be rooting for . . . A feel-good Christmas treat.

—— Woman & Home

As warm as the Italian sunshine and full of fun. A fabulous Italian appetiser, like a platter of antipasti, a stunning, satisfying mix of romance and real life; with characters that you will fall in love with, that will leave you smiling with joy. Like a glorious dinner party with friends, it left me feeling happy, warm and staying up far later than I should so as not to miss a thing. I loved it! It left me wanting more!

—— Jo Thomas

Pre-order this one right now, you won't regret it!

—— Good Housekeeping

Another great read!

—— Prima

Packed full of her witty humour, Kinsella's latest will leave you giggling all the way to Christmas!

—— My Weekly

Whether you're a fan of Sophie Kinsella, or just in need of a bit of escapism, her latest novel offers a whole lotta love and a little light relief, which is what we all need right now.

—— Heat

Classic Kinsella, this is funny and heart-warming.

—— Fabulous

[Kinsella is] on her usual sparkling form in this typically compulsive standalone...Fabulous escapism.

—— Daily Mail

If you're looking for laughs to beat the virus blues, Kinsella's your gal!

—— Sunday Post

This feel-good romance is a Christmas treat!

—— Woman's Weekly

An absolute joy of a read from storytelling supremo Kinsella.

—— Sun

Escapism at its best.

—— Glamour

Another very funny read from the bestselling author.

—— Closer

Very funny.

—— Bella

No less charming than the rest of her oeuvre, about one family growing up and ageing, and how the parent-child roles between parents and their children is swapped

—— Thrillist

Will make you question your entire childhood, and how much your parents influenced it as you learn one mother's perspective of what went right and what went wrong with her own family

—— Marie Claire

Smart and funny and warm, the kind of novel you fall into and don't ever want to end, which is exactly what we need now

—— Ann Patchett , The Times

The book has already roused a flood of fans clamoring to find out how Astrid's story ends

—— Reader's Digest

The warm and funny novel only Emma Straub can deliver to us in this time of need

—— Paper Magazine

There's no drama like family drama as Emma Straub proves in this touching, humorous, and eye-opening new novel... All Adults Here weaves a memorable tale about navigating some of our most important, and most maddening, relationships

—— Town and Country

There's refuge to be found in stories of everyday people going about their lives...Emma Straub has become adept at finding amusement in the mundane, and her newest, All Adults Here, might just be her best yet

—— Oprah Magazine

Perceptive and fun

—— AARP

It's good company

—— Leigh Haber, Book Editor at O, The Oprah Magazine

In her witty new novel, All Adults Here, Emma Straub examines adolescence, ageing, gender, and sexuality through the nuanced experiences of three generations of a New York family

—— Harper's Bazaar US

Come for the close examination of parental child roles, stay for goats

—— Good Housekeeping US

Unlike parents when it comes to their children, novel readers are allowed to have favourite characters. This will be an impossible task for many readers of All Adults Here, in which Emma Straub switches among the perspectives of eight characters who are all endearing in their disarmingly muddleheaded or abjectly truth-seeking ways...gasp-worthy...belongs in the company of Cathleen Schine, Tom Perrotta and other fiction writers who understand that the degree of humour that can be teased from family drama is often directly proportional to the extent of the family's misery

—— Shelf Awareness

All Adults Here is a master class on the small-scale American drama. There's a wry wink in the title; being grown up is no guarantee that you have it figured out. Ensconced in their upstate New York bubble, the Strick clan is the perfect show case...Yet this warm, optimistic novel argues that one should keep trying, regardless. All Adults Here affirms the value of community and family, no matter the strife that may rise up within them

—— Vogue US

One of our favourite funny and kind books of the year . . . perfectly pitched summer reading

—— Stylist

Set over the course of an upstate New York summer, this shrewd, kindly tale embraces a topical spread of inter-generational challenges, yielding tart truths about love, class and family. It's spry and satisfying

—— Mail on Sunday

A warm, funny novel

—— SheerLuxe

If you can imagine a glorious mash-up of Elizabeth Strout and Gilmore Girls, All Adults Here is it

—— Red

Set over the course of an upstate New York summer, this shrewd, kindly tale embraces a topical spread of inter-generational challenges, yielding tart truths about love, class and family. It's spry and satisfying.

—— Mail on Sunday

A novel full of poignant insights into family

—— Woman & Home

If you're a fan of Anne Tyler's writing, you'll love this captivating, well-observed family drama

—— Good Housekeeping

Busting with witty and poignant observations about the messiness of family

—— Jenna Bush Hager , Read with Jenna Book Club Pick

Emma Straub has done it again! All Adults Here introduces us to the Stricks, a delightfully flawed family, with matriarch Astrid at the centre...I know I've been having trouble adulting during this time (seriously, I have to cook, again?!), and the characters in this novel feel like they're struggling right alongside me

—— Read It Forward

All Adults Here will make you question your entire childhood

—— Marie Claire US

All Adults Here is deliciously funny and infectiously warm - a clever blend of levity and poignant insights. Straub's flair for irony and wit shine, and she puts a fresh (and progressive) spin on the age-old multigenerational family saga

—— Washington Post

The queen of the summer novel...we have turned to Emma Straub to bring us highly enjoyable, yet still thought-provoking, tales about witty protagonists in the throes of life changes

—— Entertainment Weekly

Straub's novel takes her signature wit upstate, exploring the complexities of small-town life and what it's
like to live as an adult in the same place where you grew up

—— Deadline

If you've spent lockdown at home with the family, this one might just ring true for you. A witty, warm and thoroughly entertaining novel. Relatable

—— Luxe

It takes rare skill to make everyday family ups and downs so pleasurable to read but Straub brings both a deceptive light touch and a flinty sense of humour to this breezy big-hearted portrait of ordinary people trying to negotiate the landscape of being a grown up. A superior slice of domestic fiction for fans of Anne Tyler and Ann Patchett

—— Metro

Pulsating with perceptive wit . . . entertaining

—— Sunday Post

Great for fans of Liane Moriarty

—— Harpers Bazaar

Whips along with feel-good momentum, driven by warmth and love

—— Press Association

Warm, witty, perceptive. Anne Tyler on laughing gas

—— Saga Magazine

Written with true warmth and wit

—— Bella

Praise for Emma Straub

—— -

It's the beautifully drawn, vibrant characters that make this smart, compelling novel so irresistible

—— Liane Moriarty

Funny, poignant and beautifully observed

—— Jojo Moyes

Straub writes beautifully and amusingly . . . hard to beat for sheer charm and gentle wit

—— Daily Mail

Smart and entertaining

—— Stylist

Hugely talented . . . intelligent holiday reading

—— Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4

Warm and big-hearted . . . leaves you smiling for days

—— Maria Semple , bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Straub writes with such verve and sympathetic understanding of her characters . . . Reading this novel has all the pleasures of reading one of Anne Tyler's compelling family portraits

—— New York Times

A funny and insightful look at love and relationships

—— Good Housekeeping

Written with true warmth and wit

—— Bella

A smart, cool sensibility

—— Elle

Lovely, satisfying

—— EW.com

Smart and fresh, offering new insights into the lives of people all around us

—— Brooklyn Magazine

Thoughtful and hilarious

—— Real Simple

It would be easy to compare Straub to other masters of the genre like Meg Wolitzer or Jennifer Egan, but she's already a master in her own right

—— The Millions

Wise and often hilarious

—— Buzzfeed

Readers will devour this witty and warmly satisfying novel

—— Publishers Weekly

A precise and observant writer whose supple prose carries the story along without a snag. Straub's characters are a quirky and interesting bunch . . . it's a pleasure spending time with them

—— Starred Review , Kirkus

Devilishly observed

—— Starred Review , Booklist

Sprinkled with humour and insight

—— Starred Review , Library Journal

Straub is consistently excellent

—— Book Riot
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