People die. Love doesn't. 'A bitter-sweet pang in my heart' Monique Roffey
'A beautiful book. Insanely romantic and utterly convincing' Julie Myerson
'A wonderful and inventive novel, sorrowful and hopeful in equal measure. It was a true pleasure to read' Miranda Cowley Heller
'Louisa Young is the great chronicler of romantic love and the pain of its loss' Linda Grant
'Heart-stoppingly romantic... A lovely, moving, ultimately hopeful read' Mirror
'What a writer... so beautifully earthed in the everyday. Terrific' Elizabeth Buchan
'A modern day Truly Madly Deeply... Rasmus and Roisin both lose their partners, but the ghosts of Nico and Jay stay, unable to leave their loved ones alone as the broken-hearted pair find comfort in each other. Beautifully written, this is a haunting love story - literally' Best magazine, Must-Reads
'A skilfully calibrated love-after-death tale, it's a four course feast of hearts broken, hearts mended, of songs, laughter, old regrets and fresh desire, that demands a major film deal' Patrick Gale
'A wonderful novel, charming and surprising, filled with loss and its triumphant opposites' Susie Boyt
'Thoughtful, philosophical and clever, it is also funny, and full of poetry, and powered by an unflagging and irresistible belief in the redemptive power of love' Perspectives magazine
Rasmus and Jay, Roisin and Nico - two beautiful, ordinary love stories, cut short by death. Jay and Nico don't even believe in ghosts, yet they seem to be... still here. Still in love with Rasmus and Roisin. And maddeningly powerless.
Both are incapable of leaving the living alone: Jay plays matchmaker, convinced that Rasmus and Roisin can heal each other; Nico, plagued by jealousy, doesn't agree.
Rasmus and Roisin are just trying to navigate their newly widowed lives.
But all four of them are thinking the same thing: what is love, after death? What is it for? And what are we to do with it?
Louisa Young was born in London and read history at Cambridge. She co-wrote the Lionboy series with her daughter, and is the author of eight further books including the bestselling My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award, and was a Richard and Judy Book Club choice, and its acclaimed sequels The Heroes' Welcome and Devotion. Her work is published in 36 languages. She lives in London.
Title: Twelve Months and a Day: Breathtaking new fiction from the Costa Novel Award shortlisted author
Author: Young, Louisa
ISBN: 9780007532919
Binding:
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication Date: 2022-06-09
Number of Pages: 368
Weight: 0.5802 kg
'A modern day Truly Madly Deeply... Rasmus and Roisin both lose their partners, but the ghosts of Nico and Jay stay, unable to leave their loved ones alone as the broken-hearted pair find comfort in each other. Beautifully written, this is a haunting love story - literally' Best magazine, Must-Reads
'A beautiful book. Insanely romantic and utterly convincing' Julie Myerson
'Heart-stoppingly romantic... A lovely, moving, ultimately hopeful read' Mirror
'A wonderful novel, charming and surprising, filled with loss and its triumphant opposites' Susie Boyt
'A wonderful and inventive novel, sorrowful and hopeful in equal measure. It was a true pleasure to read' Miranda Cowley Heller
'A skilfully calibrated love-after-death tale, it's a four course feast of hearts broken, hearts mended, of songs, laughter, old regrets and fresh desire, that demands a major film deal' Patrick Gale
'A tale of two love stories with a supernatural twist, Twelve Months and a Day is poignant and sad as well as funny and beautifully written and imagined. What if our beloveds lived on as ghosts and watched us grieve, what if they never really leave us, and what if some of these ghosts even meet? You will fall in love again as you read this clever book by a writer who understands grief. Hugely engaging and readable. A bitter-sweet pang in my heart as it ended. A page-turner' Monique Roffey
'Louisa Young is the great chronicler of romantic love and the pain of its loss' Linda Grant
'Thoughtful, philosophical and clever, it is also funny, and full of poetry, and powered by an unflagging and irresistible belief in the redemptive power of love' Perspectives magazine
'What a writer. A raw and beautiful exposition on grief and loss but so beautifully earthed in the everyday. Terrific' Elizabeth Buchan
'Beautifully written, this is a haunting love story - literally' Best magazine