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Saturdays at Noon
Oct 2, 2024 8:26 PM

Author:Rachel Marks

Saturdays at Noon

'Heart-breaking and full of hope' WOMAN & HOME

'Wonderful, compassionate, unpredictable' GRAEME SIMSION, author of THE ROSIE PROJECT

'I genuinely couldn't recommend Saturdays At Noon enough' 5***** READER REVIEW

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EMILY JUST WANTS TO KEEP THE WORLD AWAY.

After getting into trouble yet again, she's agreed to attend anger management classes. But she refuses to share her deepest secrets with a room full of strangers.

JAKE JUST WANTS TO KEEP HIS FAMILY TOGETHER.

He'll do anything to save his marriage and bond with his six-year-old son, Alfie. But when he's paired with spiky Emily, he wonders whether opening up will do more harm than good.

The two of them couldn't be more different. Yet when Alfie, who never likes strangers, meets Emily, something extraordinary happens.

COULD ONE SMALL BOY CHANGE EVERYTHING?

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'Totally loveable and completely unforgettable' CLAIRE POOLEY

'I loved this book' KATIE FFORDE

Readers LOVE Saturdays at Noon . . .

'Such a special book . . . the characters jump off the page and pull you immediately into their world' 5***** Reader Review

'This book was FANTASTIC. When I wasn't reading it I couldn't stop thinking about it' 5***** Reader Review

'Outstanding. I have goosebumps typing this review . . . The story telling is the best I have read in a long time' 5***** Reader Review

Longlisted for the Guardian's 'Not The Booker' prize!

Reviews

Wonderful . . . compassionate and unpredictable

—— Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project

Oh how I loved this book [...] complex, imperfect, totally loveable and completely unforgettable

—— Clare Pooley

I loved this original, at times painful but truly thought-provoking book. A triumph

—— Sunday Times bestselling author Katie Fforde

Sometimes a book comes along and really does make you think... This engaging read is both heart-breaking and full of hope

—— Woman & Home

Touching, beautifully compassionate and warm; this is a lovely book, sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes funny. Perfect to curl up with and well worth a read

—— Dinah Jefferies

Clever and engaging read. Heartbreaking and hopeful, this book is a keeper

—— Woman's Weekly

Saturdays at Noon is one of those rare books that make you see the world in a different way... This is a satisfying, big-hearted book and a truly accomplished debut for Rachel Marks

—— WI Life Magazine

A sweet tale about second chances. Moving

—— Heat

It's a beautiful love story, but not the one that you'd expect. Wonderful, hopeful and insightful. This book is an absolute gem and you'll find yourself willing Emily to get her happy ending

—— Asia Mackay

A heartbreaking, funny and emotive read

—— The Sun

An engaging read that shows how people, and children, can be misunderstood

—— Woman

Beautifully written. When I decided to read Saturdays at Noon I had no idea that not only would it very likely be one of my books of the year but it would also rock my world. A stunning and perfect read in every way.

—— NB

Funny, sharp, insightful and completely heart-rending

—— Beth Morrey, bestselling author of Saving Missy

Absolutely loved Queen Bee. Brilliant characters, funny, addictive and very clever. The perfect book to lose yourself in

—— Claire Douglas

Typical Fallon, written with wit and an after-sting

—— My Weekly

With its edgy wit, this sharp tale is full of characters you'll love to hate

—— Weight Watchers

Sharp and hilarious. A perfect beach read

—— Irish News

Praise for Jane Fallon

—— -

She's the queen of the revenge novel. Dramatic and engaging from the start, you won't want to put it down

—— Heat

Brilliant, with completely unexpected twists

—— Gill Sims , bestselling author of Why Mummy Drinks

Superbly taps into our inner Avenger. Hugely compelling and unpredictable

—— Ruth Jones , bestselling author of Never Greener

Compelling, edgy, beautifully written

—— Daily Mail

Intelligent, edgy and witty

—— Glamour

I LOVE her books. She always delivers a fabaliss read

—— Marian Keyes , bestselling author of Grown-Ups

Barbed, twisty and full of deliciously dry wit, this is smart stuff to race through

—— Sunday Mirror

This entertainingly twisty tale is populated with some enjoyably toxic characters

—— Sunday Mirror

Chick lit with an edge

—— Guardian

Sparkling and unpredictable

—— Elle

Darkly comic and addictive

—— Daily Express

Another sure-fire hit from Fallon

—— Platinum

Neatly observed, thoroughly well-meaning, sharply attuned

—— Private Eye

Anne Tyler… is a remarkable writer. You might say she is like a landscape painter who keeps returning to the same scene in different weathers… her stories hold your interest and please because they are rooted in her curiosity about the way we live, feel and think. She is a masterly examiner of the unexamined life

—— Allan Massie , Scotsman

Full of insight and sympathy. It is also highly absorbing — partly because of Tyler’s evocative style (when Micah considers his past, he is “visited by a kind of translucent scarf of a memory floating down upon him”), but mostly because of the intimacy with which she depicts the workings of Micah’s heart and mind...a quiet revelation

—— Matthew Adams , Financial Times

In wonderful prose, Tyler drills deep into a very ordinary life, familiar struggles, and a quiet heroism

—— David Hoyle , Church Times

Anne Tyler's masterful new novel asks what it might take for an unhappy man to change his life... her longevity means that her work has become a record of a certain kind of America, especially of "the dailiness of women's lives", for the past half century.

—— Benjamin Markovits , Prospect

A quiet and beautiful story about human relationships, written with intent observation, empathy and humour

—— Citizen Femme

A timely reminder of what matters: kindness and love

—— Cressida Connolly , Spectator Books of the Year

This gloriously warm novel felt heaven-sent when it appeared in deepest lockdown

—— Anthony Cummins , Metro, *Christmas Gift Guide 2020*

A new book from this wonderful writer is always a joy... Tyler packs feeling and insight into every single sentence

—— Joanne Finney , Good Housekeeping, *Books of the Year*

I adored Redhead by the Side of the Road... It is so subtle, and so brilliant as are all Tyler's novels... Witty and warm, its only fault was that I wanted it to be twice as long!

—— Victoria Hislop , Daily Express, *Books of the Year*

Tender and beautifully paced

—— Heather Martin , Daily Express, *Books of the Year*

Compassionate and alert to the complexities in even the most ordinary lives, the book reminds us why, at 79, Tyler is held in such high regard

—— Claire Allfree , Daily Telegraph, *Books of the Year*

The qualities that have long won Tyler admiration and affection - wry humour, shrewd perception, characters who leap off the page with authenticity - are in generous supply

—— Julia Durman , Sunday Times, *Books of the Year*

You can't go wrong with Anne Tyler. She makes it look easy creating characters that feel so believable, so three-dimensional

—— Robbie Millen , The Times, *Books of the Year*

Tyler engrosses with the 'and-thenand-then' of domestic detail

—— Rose Tremain , i

I do think the world would probably be a better place if everyone read Anne Tyler . . . She's such a brilliantly empathetic writer - there's no 'them' and 'us' in Tyler's world - and she often writes from the perspective of the kind of people who you would walk past and barely notice in the street . . . Reading Tyler helps people to become better people, and I really fully believe that

—— Hadley Freeman , Good Housekeeping

Tyler's irresistibly readable 23rd novel follows Micah, a socially inept, OCD-ish IT man whose orderly life is turned upside down by the arrival of a son

—— Daily Telegraph Books of the Year

Tyler's affectionate and quietly observant novel reveals her deep empathy for the hidden struggles of everyday lives

—— Jane Shilling , Daily Mail

Another shrewd yet kindly novel about the mysterious business of family life by one of the world's great writers

—— Reader's Digest

A charmingly offbeat love story

—— Mail on Sunday, *Summer Reads of 2021*

The narration here is a joy: you will be leaning towards the speaker to catch every nuance of Tyler's gently comediccharacterstudy of the Baltimore bachelor and fix-it man Micah Mortimer

—— Patricia Nicol , Sunday Times
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